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Hi, There is no nation that prays for peace as often as we do! I made a quick non scientific calculation. And came up with at least 15 times in our daily prayers! At the same time? There is a concept of war in the Torah. Of defending ourselves. Of fighting the forces of evil. […]
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. … This Shabbat, Jews all over the world will be reading them in synagogue. The Ten Commandments. (Exodus, 20:1-14) They’re the best Tablets ever prescribed to man! And as I always say? The Book is much better than the movie! … There were two tablets. One? Obligations between […]
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Hi, So the Super Bowl is history! I don’t know if you’re happy, thrilled or indifferent. (Or if you’re just happy to have your spouse back!) … I wanted to share a message that I gave to a Bar Mitzvah boy Saturday night. I think it has something to say to all of us. Especially […]
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Hi, Here’s a follow up from Monday’s “Super Bowl Torah Minute”. I wanted to share one of the great responses I got. A good Torah Minute friend forwarded it to a friend of his, Senator Howard Carroll. In the words of my friend, “Howard had a comment and asked me to… “Pass (sic) it on”. […]
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Hi, I don’t usually talk about baseball in the Torah Minute! Jewish tradition doesn’t usually have a compelling position on it! But today? I wanted to share what I think Jewish tradition has to say about the steroids controversy. And George Mitchell’s Steroid Report. We hear things like, “This isn’t only about baseball. About the […]
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Happy rest of Chanukah! … We were thinking of driving to New Jersey for a wedding. But changed our minds after hearing forecasts of “icy driving conditions.” Decided better safe than sorry. Then we thought maybe one of us would fly in. We scratched that idea too. There was a good chance flights would be […]
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Hi, Happy Chanukah! You may remember the name Christopher Hitchens. He’s the Jewish atheist who wrote a best selling book “G-d is Not Great”. In the book, he “trashes” every religion in the world, including Judaism. Here’s one of the many incredible things he says. “If I had to nominate an absolutely tragic day in […]
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Hi, … Memory aids. We may use them to remember important things. Like someone’s name, birthday or anniversary. Here’s one we can use to remember our priorities. … The Hebrew school teacher was determined. She was going to get the kids to remember the names of the “Five Books of Moses”. “Who can list all […]
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Hi, Hope you’re having a great day. I heard two cute stories recently. … I met a Rabbi who taught Hebrew school fifty years ago. There was an eight year old boy who loved what he was learning. And he asked his mother if they could “keep kosher”. The mother said that things were very […]
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Hope all is well. Yesterday I had the best of both worlds! I attended a Bris, a circumcision, and had a great breakfast. (There is something to the joke that we send two messages to the eight day old baby. Sometimes being Jewish is difficult… And there will be lots of food!”) … I happened […]