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CANDLELIGHTING

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THE JEWISH VIEW

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HOLIDAYS

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JUDAISM 101

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{weblog_name} - on stamps and due dates
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Shavuot is a time to be awash in words. So, to oblige this tradition, and to be well tucked in for the holiday with a riotous companionship of words, I paid a visit to the Johns Hopkins University Eisenhower library. One of the things I like most about the place, besides their enormous collection, is the way they check out books. They have a hand-held dispenser that adheres a tiny tag with the due date right on the back of the book. The most obvious advantage to this triviality is that you know when the book is due at a glance. Once upon a time, this piece of knowledge was available on any library book. You could look inside - or more recently outside - any borrowed book and know when it was due. It was stamped right there… read more