Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. If you would see me now? You would say, “What happened to your finger?” Because it’s all bandaged up. … It was caught in a heavy door! And I know you just said… “Ouch! That must really hurt! Sorry! Feel better soon!” Thank you! It was extremely painful! […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi – Hope you’re having a great day … You may have heard this very Jewish parable. It’s about lashon harah. Gossip. A man felt sorry for all the gossip he had spread. He went to his Rabbi and asked what he had to do in order to get a clean slate. The Rabbi didn’t […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I wanted to share something from last week’s Lunch, Learn & Mitzva. We spoke about gossip and how bad Jewish tradition considers it. And we spoke about tools to help us improve. One tool I mentioned? Going out of our way to use our words for good things. […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. And that your holidays were enjoyable and meaningful. … It was one of the most embarrassing things that ever happened to me. I shared it at the CTN Yom Kippur Service. And I wanted to share it with you. … Before the recent CTN dinner I went to […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I attended a Bar Mitzvah this past Shabbos. The boy is a Yeshiva day school student and was reading the entire Torah portion. And that’s no small feat for anyone. But this young man was presented with a very unique challenge. In the middle of the Torah reading? […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 24 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … I noticed something at the bottom of an e-mail recently. I had seen it before. But I don’t think I gave it much thought. But Yom Kippur is coming, so I look at things differently. I look for things that can help me improve. What did it […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 22 Sep 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day. The Jay Leno show? Not what you expect to see in a Torah Minute! But you probably heard about President Obama being on the show. And when you’re on Leno? You have to try to be funny. And the president made an off the cuff remark. Which came across […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 22 Sep 2012 /
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Hope you’re having a great day. … One more thing about President Obama’s inauguration. We know there was a “blooper” when the oath of office was administered. The way it’s supposed to go? “I will faithfully execute the office of president of theUnited States.” But Chief Justice John Roberts switched it around. “I will execute […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 15 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope all is well. … There is no more fundamental idea in Judaism. “Man is created in the Image of G-d”. This assumption is often challenged these days. Sometimes in books attacking religion. And sometimes in more subtle ways. … I recently came across a copy of National Geographic. (I was in a doctor’s […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 15 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope all is well. … There is no more fundamental idea in Judaism. “Man is created in the Image of G-d”. This assumption is often challenged these days. Sometimes in books attacking religion. And sometimes in more subtle ways. … I recently came across a copy of National Geographic. (I was in a doctor’s […]