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  • Taanit 9

    Some people can’t get enough of traveling for business. They love traveling around the country, visiting new locales, seeing the sites, and sampling new cuisine, among other things. Others can’t bear the thought of sleeping anywhere but their own bed, preferring the comfort of home and all of its amenities.

  • Taanit 10

    Today’s page takes us through interesting and varied material, from a debate about the water cycle (with the conclusion that the rain is evaporated ocean water that has been “sweetened” in the clouds) to a discussion of when different communities begin to pray for rain (many weeks later in Babylonia , which

  • Catholic priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland

      The beatification of Fr. Jan Macha in Katowice, Poland, Nov. 20, 2021. / Screenshot from Katedra Katowice YouTube channel. Katowice, Poland, Nov 20, 2021 / 04:05 am (CNA). Fr. Jan Macha was executed in 1942, after serving just 1,257 days as a priest. Catholic News Agency