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History or Fiction – The Story of Purim is Still True!

by Arliene Botnick, February 28, 2024

14 Adar. “And the month was turned from sorrow to gladness from mourning to joy.” (The scroll of Esther. 9:22) As we complete Adar 1, and look forward to the…

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The Power of Prayer

by Arliene Botnick, January 31, 2024

Perhaps my most favourite reading from our Siddur is the passage adapted from Abraham Joshua Heschel. We read the following words: “With prayer we invite God‘s presence to suffuse our…

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From the Creation of the World to the Creation of a People

by Arliene Botnick, December 31, 2023

Genesis to Exodus – from the creation of the world to the creation of a people and a homeland. Our story doesn’t begin with us as a people, it begins…

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The Necessity of Interfaith Dialogue

by Arliene Botnick, November 30, 2023

Over the course of any given school year, Solel is host to numerous grade 11 classes from the Catholic School board. As part of their world religions studies, the students…

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