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Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 12 Feb 2015 / 0 Comment



Hi, Hope you’re having a great day! … I have to share this with you! It’s a story that didn’t make the newspapers. But it should have! It was February 1st. Super Bowl Sunday. And the day of Chicago’s great blizzard. The Polstein and Nathan families were looking forward to this day. Their children were […]

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CTN TORAH MINUTE


Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 26 Aug 2012 / 0 Comment



Hi, Hope you have had a great summer. As we continue to pray for peace, I wanted to tell you about a special friend of CTN. A guy with a deep love for Israel and the Jewish People. Mort Friedman. Like Jews all over the world, Mort was deeply concerned with Israel being at war. […]

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CTN TORAH MINUTE


Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 25 Jul 2012 / 0 Comment



Hi, Hope all is well. Here’s one of the most amazing ethical commandments in the Torah. It’s talking to a farmer harvesting his field. He can’t harvest the whole thing.  Even though it’s his. And even though he worked so hard for it! The Torah says he has to leave a corner of the field […]

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CTN TORAH MINUTE


Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Jul 2012 / 0 Comment



Hi, Hope you’re having a great summer. (It’s not over till it’s over!) … There is a Torah portion in Leviticus called Kedoshim.  Holy. It begins with the words, “You must be holy because I, the Lord your G-d, is holy.”  (Leviticus, 19:2) It’s a commandment.  And it’s the Torah’s perspective on life. That as […]

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CTN TORAH MINUTE


Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 15 Jul 2012 / 0 Comment



Hi, The Torah is amazing! Sometimes it seems “so ancient”.  So “old fashioned. We might say, “We can pass over that one.  Those days are over!” But if we have patience? We’ll discover tremendous lessons.  Very relevant lessons. … You can’t really get around it.  The Torah is thousands of years old. It couldn’t talk […]

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CTN TORAH MINUTE


Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 04 Jul 2012 / 0 Comment



Hi, There is no Pope in Judaism. I’m sure you didn’t need me for that! But there’s more to it. What a Pope represents doesn’t exist in Judaism. … The closest we may have ever come? Was probably the High Priest in the Temple.  The Kohain Gadol. He preformed the special Yom Kippur service. What […]

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CTN TORAH MINUTE


Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 26 Jun 2012 / 0 Comment



Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. …Pharaoh has decreed that all newborn Jewish boys be thrown into the Nile River. Amram and Yocheved have a baby boy. Yocheved, his mother, hides him as long as possible. Finally she puts him in a box and places it on the banks of the Nile. And she […]

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CTN TORAH MINUTE


Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 07 May 2012 / 0 Comment



Hi, Jacob has gone through quiet an ordeal, but now has a family. He’s about to head back to the Land of Israel. … “Jacob went on his way, and angels of G-d encountered him.”  (Genesis, 32:2) Here’s a word about angels. Don’t get your hopes up.  I don’t know that much about them myself! […]

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CTN TORAH MINUTE


Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 07 May 2012 / 0 Comment



Hi, It’s almost time for another wedding. Jacob is about to meet Rachel! But first, a small story with a big lesson. … Jacob comes to a well.  And sees a group of shepherds.  (Genesis, 29:1-8) And says to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” He wanted to know if they knew his mother’s […]

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CTN TORAH MINUTE


Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 07 May 2012 / 0 Comment



Hi, I’ve been sitting at my computer thinking. We’re about to start the next Torah portion, so I was looking for a small nugget to share. Here’s what came to mind. … One of the great Rabbis of the past generation always looked for lessons in life. In his days, it was the telegraph. He […]

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