Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 05 May 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day! It’s easy to remember the Jewish date of Abraham’s birth. 1948! (Around 1800 B.C.E.) … G-d appears to Abraham and gives him a mission. (Genesis 12:1) “Leave your birthplace. I’ll make you into a great nation. You’ll be a source of blessing for the entire world.” And one more […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 05 May 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day! One more thought about the Tower of Babel. As we saw, they said, “Let us make a name for ourselves.” (Genesis 11:4) We suggested that the “us” was the State. As opposed to the individual. And here’s another idea. Different, but related. They wanted to build this huge tower […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 02 May 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you had a great Passover. It’s great to be back! I thought I would discuss something that may remind us of the holiday. Food! … Noah survives the great flood. The work of rebuilding the world begins. And G-d tells Noah some very fundamental moral and spiritual ideas. But among them, we find […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 02 May 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day. And that today’s lesson won’t apply to you personally! .. The Talmud warns us to never enter a home unannounced. Even our own. And even the room of a child. Especially a teenager! It’s not derech eretz. Not proper etiquette. A person may be startled, caught off guard. Not […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 02 May 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day. Here’s something that may get lost in the “Adam and Eve” story. … Clothing. Not something we get very philosophical about. When we get dressed in the morning, it’s much too early for deep thinking! But in Judaism, clothing is very significant. Has a spiritual purpose. How do we […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 02 May 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day! Here’s a little quiz. What’s the first thing G-d says to Adam, the first human being? And no peeking! Many people would say, “I know that one!” “Don’t eat the apple.” (Actually, since Jewish tradition does not identify the forbidden fruit as an apple, we should probably say that […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 02 May 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day. We just returned from New York where my wife spent the Shiva mourning period for my father-in-law, of blessed memory. Thanks to all that sent condolences. We really appreciated it! And may we only share happy news. We’re about to begin the “Garden of Eden” story. I wanted […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 02 May 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day. One last thought before we start the “Garden of Eden” story. Yesterday we discussed the Torah’s second description of the creation of man. The story is introduced with a very interesting verse. “On the day that G-d made earth end heaven.” Earth and heaven? That doesn’t sound right! Almost […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 02 May 2012 /
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Unfortunately Mrs. Bracha Katz’s father passed away today, and she and her husband, Rabbi Moshe Katz, will be in New York for the funeral and shiva. We join all their friends and students in extending our deepest, heartfelt condolences, and pray that G-d comfort them among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. Rabbi Katz asked […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 02 May 2012 /
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We’re going to wrap up the creation of the universe. And we did it in five days! The days of creation are followed with, “And G-d saw that it was good.” Then it says, “It was evening and it was morning, a third day. … A fourth day… A fifth day. On the sixth day, […]