Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 23 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … Tuesday night is the holiday of Shavuos. The day that we received the Torah at Mount Sinai. And here’s one of my favorite stories. A very absent minded professor is driving together with a student. And the professor goes through a stop sign. The student notices, but […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 23 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … I was driving to synagogue the other day for morning services. Let’s just say… I wasn’t early! I was coming from a minor street and turning on to a major street. And they don’t give you too much time. In fact? Right after the light turns green? […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 22 Sep 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day. It’s not too late to say… “Happy 200th birthday to Abraham Lincoln!” If you have today off, enjoy it. But whether we’re working or not? Here’s a way we can think aboutLincolnand become better. Abraham Lincoln once said: “I am a success today because I had a friend who […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 05 Jul 2012 /
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Hi, Tomorrow night is Yom Kippur. … Jewish tradition teaches that G-d cares about how we live our lives. And we’re held accountable for our actions. But don’t worry. We don’t have a picture of a devil with a pitch fork! … Here’s one way to look at it. Picture that you need to drive […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 04 Jul 2012 /
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Hi, Sorry to keep you in suspense for all that time. The Jewish People actually do leave Egypt! … The Exodus from Egypt. It’s right up there with the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. And so much of Jewish ritual is meant to remind us of it. We mention it every day in […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 26 Jun 2012 /
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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 […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 30 May 2012 /
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Hi, Here’s a Rosh Hashanah thought. There’s challah dipped in honey. Apple and honey. And there’s also a custom to eat a pomegranate. Before eating it, we say a prayer, “May it be G-d’s will that our merits are as plentiful as the seeds of a pomegranate.” We seem to be asking G-d to give […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 08 May 2012 /
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Hi, Sorry we missed you yesterday. A few words about the Sh’ma. Judaism’s declaration of faith. We read it in this weeks Torah portion. … It’s the Jewish belief in monotheism. One G-d. “Hear Israel, the Lord our G-d is One”. Of course, it taught the world about G-d. That there is only one. But […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 08 May 2012 /
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Hi, Jacob had left the Land of Israel for two reasons. One, his brother Esau was furious that Jacob received the blessings from Isaac. And was planning to kill him. Second, his mother Rebecca sent him to her family to find a wife. Jacob was now returning to his parent’s home in Israel. (Genesis 32:4) […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 08 May 2012 /
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Hi, Please allow a personal note for the second time. The first was a tribute to my Dad on the anniversary of his passing. His “yartzeit.” Today is a tribute to my Mom on her yartzeit. … You may remember that my Dad did not come from an observant background. And what happened? He met […]