Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 11 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope you’re enjoying the nice weather while we have it. Autumn is here. Which means a few things to me as a jogger. On one hand? The trees are getting beautiful. And jogging through a park or even a tree lined street can be breathtaking. But fall makes me think of something else. My […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 11 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope all is well. It was a classroom in an “exclusive” private school in … The teacher was trying to make her students more conscious of the less fortunate. She asked them to write an essay about a poor family. Here’s what one little girl wrote. “Once upon a time there was a poor […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 11 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, You might be wondering. Did Alan Dershowitz respond to my invitation for dinner? And my (chutzpa) suggestion that he pay for it? Yes. A one liner from his Blackberry. “I look forward to a good kosher meal”! What about paying for it? I would have to say that he was non committal! … If […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 11 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, I hope you enjoyed the holidays. … Well known law professor Alan Dershowitz wrote a book called “Chutzpa”. He makes the case that Jews need to be more assertive. Need to have more chutzpa! There’s a cute cartoon of a man standing at the counter of a book store. He says, “I would like […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 11 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Sometimes we just need to be reminded of things we know. And I can’t improve on my Torah Minute of last September 11th. It’s worth thinking about as Rosh Hashanah approaches. … Where were you when…? I think every generation has one major event. Something that changes our lives for ever. When I was […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 11 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, I can’t believe it. It’s almost Rosh Hashanah! A time for self-examination. A time to step back. And see where we need to improve. In our relationships with other people. And with G-d. … And the truth is that it’s easy to become discouraged. Because we’ve been there. Done it. … Like last Rosh […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 10 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, More on “cleaning up our act”. “Lashon Harah. Gossip”. You have heard it from me many times. In Jewish tradition, it’s one of the worst things we can do. We’re even told that it weakens the power of our prayers. Because the tongue used to hurt other people? G-d doesn’t want to hear from […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 10 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, It’s an old saying. What does every woman want to hear? ‘I love you”! Like many old sayings? There are newer versions these days. Sometimes improved, sometimes not. Here’s a newer version. What does every woman want to hear? “I’ll clean up”! … In Jewish tradition, there is a metaphor used to describe us. […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 10 Sep 2012 /
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Hi, Hope all is well. Is there a Jewish response to the dog fighting scandal? I think so. The first is obvious. We should be shocked by the brutality of it. And so should every decent human being. … But here are some less obvious thoughts. I think we should know that all “decent people” […]
Posted by rabbi.deutsch on 10 Sep 2012 /
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Boy! The summer was much longer when I was a kid! …My wife and I enjoyed a few days in Door County last week. (Both our boys were off in camp.) I don’t think most people there knew what a yarmulke is. But a few did. “You must be from Chicago! I’m from Oak Forest. […]