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  <TITLE>Divrei Navon - The Writings of Mois Navon</TITLE>
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  <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="A collection of essays by Mois Navon on Torah, Philosophy, Ethics, Religion, Judaism, Aggada, Parsha, Halacha, Pop Culture, Tekhelet."> </META>
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				<SectionName>Ekev</SectionName>
				<SectionOrder>5.03</SectionOrder>
   				<Article>
				<Title>No Pity</Title>
				<Category>NEW</Category>
				<Category>Parsha</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Shiur Times</Name>
					<Date>August, 2008</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/Ekev_NoPity.pdf</Reference>
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				<SectionName>Yitro</SectionName>
				<SectionOrder>2.05</SectionOrder>
   			    <Article>
				<Title>A Mountain Over Their Heads: The Pedagogic Value of Coercion</Title>
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				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Category>Holidays</Category>
				<Category>Parsha</Category>
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					<Name>Arutz Sheva Judaism</Name>
					<Date>June 8, 2008</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/CoercionAcceptance_HarKgigit4.pdf</Reference>
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				<SectionName>Zachor</SectionName>
				<SectionOrder>6.02</SectionOrder>
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				<Title>Remember Amalek: A Lesson in Divine Providence</Title>
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				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Category>Holidays</Category>
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					<Name>Aish HaTorah Philosophy</Name>
					<Date>March 13, 2008</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/Zachor.pdf</Reference>
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				<Title>Halacha, Ethics and Aesthetics</Title>
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				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
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					<Name>Everett Journal of Jewish Ethics</Name>
					<Date>Winter 5768</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/HalachaEthicsAesthetics.pdf</Reference>
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    			<Article>
				<Title>Erev Yom Kippur: The Purpose Of The Day As Seen Through Talmudic Anecdotes</Title>
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				<Category>Aggada</Category>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
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					<Name>Chidushei Torah Journal</Name>
					<Date>5768</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/ErevYomKippur.pdf</Reference>
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    			<Article>
				<Title>Anticipation And Consummation: A Perspective On The Shofar</Title>
				<Category>Holidays</Category>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Alei Etzion Journal</Name>
					<Date>Vol. 15, 5767</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/Anticipation_Consummation.pdf</Reference>
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                <Article>
				<Title>One Thousand Years of Shabbat</Title>
				<Category>Aggada</Category>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Chidushei Torah Journal</Name>
					<Date>5767</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/one_thousand_years_of_shabbat.pdf</Reference>
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    			<Article>
				<Title>Sublime Tekhelet</Title>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Reference>./pdf/SublimeTekhelet.pdf</Reference>
				<Date>Winter 5767</Date>
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			<SectionName>Vayikra</SectionName>
			<SectionOrder>3.01</SectionOrder>
    			<Article>
				<Title>Salt of Life</Title>
				<Category>Parsha</Category>
				<Reference>./pdf/VayikraSalt.pdf</Reference>
				<Date>5752, updated 5767</Date>
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			<SectionName>Vayetzei</SectionName>
			<SectionOrder>1.07</SectionOrder>
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				<Title>The Kiss Of Esau</Title>
				<Category>Parsha</Category>
				<Category>Aggada</Category>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Jewish Bible Quarterly</Name>
					<Date>Vol. 35, No. 2, 2007</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/kiss_of_eisav.pdf</Reference>
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				<Title>The Matrix - A Modern Mystical Midrash</Title>
				<Category>Pop Culture</Category>
				<Category>Aggada</Category>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Chidushei Torah Journal</Name>
					<Date>5766</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/MatrixMysticalMidrash.pdf</Reference>
    			</Article>
    			
    			<Article>
				<Title>God Regrets Four Things</Title>
				<Category>Aggada</Category>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Alei Etzion Journal</Name>
					<Date>Vol 14, 5766</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/GodRegretsFourThings.pdf</Reference>
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   				<Article>
				<Title>Ha-Zad Hillazon - Trapping the Murex trunculus</Title>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Torah u-Madda Journal</Name>
					<Date>July 2006</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/Trapping.pdf</Reference>
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			<SectionName>Vayeshev</SectionName>
			<SectionOrder>1.09</SectionOrder>
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				<Title>Beged v. Simlah - Is there a difference?</Title>
				<Category>Parsha</Category>
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				<Publication>
					<Name>Jewish Bible Quarterly</Name>
					<Date>Vol. 32, No. 4, 2004</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/BegedSimlaJBQ.pdf</Reference>
				<Summary>Parshanut investigation into the use of beged versus simla</Summary>
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				<Title>False Tekhelet</Title>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Reference>./pdf/FalseTekhelet6.pdf</Reference>
				<Date>Winter 5764</Date>
    			</Article>

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				<Title>On History, Mesorah, and Nignaz</Title>
				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Category>History</Category>
				<Reference>./pdf/HistoryMesorahNignaz.pdf</Reference>
				<Date>5763</Date>
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				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Reference>./pdf/HatzofeNavonResponse.pdf</Reference>
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					<Name>Hatzofeh</Name>
					<Date>Iyar 5763</Date>
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				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Reference>./pdf/OhrYisroelResponseHEB.pdf</Reference>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Ohr Yisroel, Journal of Halacha and Custom</Name>
					<Date>Sivan 5763</Date>
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    			<Article>
				<Title>The Hillazon Braita</Title>
				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Date>5763</Date>
				<Reference>./pdf/HillazonBraita2.pdf</Reference>
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			<SectionName>Nitzavim</SectionName>
			<SectionOrder>5.08</SectionOrder>
    			<Article>
				<Title>Good and Evil</Title>
				<Category>Parsha</Category>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Date>September 11, 2002</Date>
				<Reference>./pdf/Nitzavim_GoodEvil.pdf</Reference>
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    			<Article>
				<Title>Chemical Testability</Title>
				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Category>Science</Category>
				<Date>5762</Date>
				<Reference>./pdf/ChemicalTestability.pdf</Reference>
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    			<Article>
				<Title>The Hillazon and the Principle of 'Muttar be-fikha'</Title>
				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Torah u-Madda Journal</Name>
					<Date>October 2001</Date>
				</Publication>
				<Reference>./pdf/MutarBefichaInToraUMadda.pdf</Reference>
    			</Article>

    			<Article>
				<Title>Sammanim</Title>
				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Category>Science</Category>
    			<Date>5760</Date>
				<Reference>./pdf/Sammanim1.pdf</Reference>
    			</Article>
    			
    			<Article>
				<Title>Rashi's Hillazon</Title>
				<Category>Tekhelet</Category>
				<Category>Halacha</Category>
				<Date>5759</Date>
				<Reference>./pdf/RashiHillazon.pdf</Reference>
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			<SectionName>Beshalach</SectionName>
			<SectionOrder>2.04</SectionOrder>
   				<Article>
				<Title>Pi-Hahirot - The Mouth Of Freedom</Title>
				<Category>Parsha</Category>
				<Category></Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Jewish Bible Quarterly</Name>
					<Date>Vol. 27, No. 4, 1999</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/pi_hahirot.pdf</Reference>
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			<SectionName>Vayigash</SectionName>
			<SectionOrder>1.11</SectionOrder>
    			<Article>
				<Title>Yosef is Still Alive - A Lesson In Divine Providence</Title>
				<Category>Parsha</Category>
				<Category>Aggada</Category>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Jewish Thought, OU Publications</Name>
					<Date>Vol. 5, Num. 1 (5757-8)</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/Vayigash_YaakovYosef.pdf</Reference>
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			<SectionName>Tzav</SectionName>
 			<SectionOrder>3.02</SectionOrder>
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				<Title>The Shalshelet: Mark Of Ambivelence</Title>
				<Category>Parsha</Category>
				<Category>Aggada</Category>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Publication>
					<Name>Jewish Thought, OU Publications</Name>
					<Date>Vol. 4, Num. 1 (5755-6)</Date>
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				<Reference>./pdf/Shalshelet1.pdf</Reference>
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				<Title>God, Purpose and the Necessity of the Mitzvot</Title>
				<Category>Philosophy</Category>
				<Date>1995</Date>
				<Reference>./pdf/MEANING7.pdf</Reference>
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