Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 01 Nov 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. (And if you have been effected by the storm? I hope things improve very quickly.) … Today is Halloween. Not usually a topic for a Torah Minute. But I wanted to share something I think all Jews should think about today. And be proud of. It was something […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 25 Sep 2012 /
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Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. … Snow … There’s something about it. Kids love it. It’s great to watch them play in it. It makes you want to run for the camera. (Or whip out the cell phone!) And there’s something else. Because when it comes to snow? Even when we’ve grown […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi – Hope you’re having a great day! … We’ve all heard it. And we know it’s true. “Two Jews, three opinions!” (And some say, four!) Jews have very strong opinions. And hardly ever seem to agree. And inIsrael? Forget it! Two Jews? About 5,795,000 opinions! There’s almost nothing everyone agrees about inIsrael. But there’s […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi – Hope you’re having a great day. … A friend of mine told me an amazing story. He was part of a group of American Jews visiting the formerSoviet Union. One of the places they visited was a summer camp for Russian Jewish teenagers. To no fault of their own, these kids are totally […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. The Super Bowl is behind us! And pretty soon the game will be forgotten. But there are some people really hoping that something will be remembered. Advertisers! The people who spent 3.5 million dollars for 30 seconds. That’s around $117,000 per second! As one expert put it? “It’s […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi – Hope you’re having a great day! … It’s not one of my favorite places to be. The Sprint phone store. But I was having trouble with my phone and needed to exchange it. And as I was sitting and waiting for my name to be called? I started thinking about all those electronic […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. …One more story about my nephew Yehudah! For various reasons, after the accident his kids didn’t see him for many weeks. And while my wife and I were inOttawavisiting? They were going to see him for the first time. It was obviously a very emotional time. And a […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day. … “Once upon a time…” Most cultures have parables. A fictional story with a moral lesson. Here’s one told by a great Rabbi in the 18th century. With a huge lesson for us. … There was a man whose two sons lived in a different country. One was not […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 22 Sep 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day! … This is a follow up to the last Torah Minute. We spoke about how we need to do kindness with truth. To make sure that it doesn’t just make us feel good. But that it really helps the other person. And I told you about the yeshiva high […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 15 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day! This week’s Torah portion has one of the most fascinating stories in the Torah. … Abraham is sitting in front of his tent, recuperating from his circumcision. And G-d appears to him. Has something to tell him. Prophesy. But Abraham looks up and sees three strangers approaching. And […]