Почему Иран напал на Израиль на самом деле
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Вопрос: Персы – это древний народ, иранцы. Почему они все время хотят нас
уничтожить? У нас с ними долгая история, разная. Начиная с царя Кира,
который ...
Quote of the Day
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*If you show up in a Starbucks with a bullhorn and start yelling at people,
that doesn't make you noble, It just makes you an asshole*
-- Senator of Penn...
War Assessment
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[image: Dry Bones cartoon,War, Iran,Tehran, Hostages, IDF,Pro-Palestinian
demonstrations, Jewish, Israel, Oct 7, Jews,]
Seeing it from THEIR side.
** * *...
The Geulah Process Is Gaining Steam
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*17 Nissan 5784Moadim l'simchah! *
[Please see my comments to the *previous blogpost*.]
Every media outlet in the world carried this headline yesterday: ...
Eliana Light's Dayenu is delightful (video)
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Better late than never, but not entirely too late.
My husband was kind enough to remind me that I'd forgotten to post this
Dayenu by Eliana Light before t...
Trekking to Lakewood, New Jersey
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by Carol Blatter (Tucson, AZ) “It will be a boring visit, I know it will
be. I want to be with my friends. They’re going to the movies, and I’ll be
left ou...
A Kosher Dunkin’ in Baltimore to Close This Week
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The owner of Baltimore’s kosher Dunkin’ Donuts at Old Court is closing its
location over Passover. The reason for the closure has yet to be
determined. T...
Why is the Bread so Harried with Dread?
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Who fills the hearts of leavened grain
With dread so deep, with fear so plain
With awe so paralyzing, vain
That every crumb is wracked with pain?
...
21.5 Days
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*Warning: This post contains a prediction. This prediction may or may not
come to pass. Those whose Emuna will be negatively affected by predictions
not ...
Hallucination
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by Reb Gutman Locks
Hallucination
*Nicky* asked:
Are plant medicines for healing purposes, and magic mushrooms a
problem as recently ...
#BlogExodus #ExodusGram 5784
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*Rosh Chodesh Nisan is Tuesday, April 9th.*
This year is so different. Since October 7th, nothing has felt quite right.
And of all the holidays we've...
Not Quite Abandoned
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I didn't think it had been as many months away from here as it has clearly
been. I was certain I had updated this place in December and then again in
Jan...
PART 3: THE TRUTH REGARDING THE STAMFORD HILL ERUV
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*Their argument:* But the *Mishnah Berurah* argues that most *poskim*
uphold *asu rabbim u’mevatlei mechitzta*, so according to most *poskim* the
*mechit...
tiron and turai
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After a soldier enlists in the Israeli army, there are two words to
describe him (or her, although I'm providing the male forms of the words):
טִירוֹן *t...
Compassionate Moshe
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[image: Moshe at the Burning Bush]והיה רגיל להוכיח אותי על שראה שאינני
משתתף בצערא דאחרינא. וכה היה דברו אלי תמיד שזה כל האדם. לא לעצמו נברא רק
להועיל לא...
The true explanation of the Chamushim Midrash
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Remember the famous Chamushim Midrash? The way it was taught to us only
one-fifth of the Jewish people left Egypt. But there is much more to the
story...
...
Kovetz Hilchos Xmas – A Parody for the Rest of Us
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Humor has always been a staple for Jewish survival. Through our millenia of
tragedies and overall reasons to be sad, humor has been a way to raise the
sp...
Genocide of Jews: the declared goal of Hamas
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Ironies, paradoxes and hypocrisy abound in politics and war. At the recent
pro-Hamas anti-Israel demonstrations around the world the charge is often
mad...
Rivka leading protest in 1995
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Here is the photo I wanted to show during my talk. It shows Rivka leading
a protest in Oct. 1995 against the government and the Oslo Accords, which
turn...
Cum am scapat de insecte
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Insectele au constituit intotdeauna o problema in cartierul in care
locuiesc, motiv pentru care a trebuit intotdeauna sa gasesc diverse
solutii. Pentru ...
Week 3: For-Real Friday
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This week was a challenge to find something I was willing to write about
that was real and authentic. This specific exercise has made me more
conscious o...
Baddiel, an ignorant, arrogant charlatan
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If Twitter obsessed David Baddiel's book, *Jews Don't Count* was a
*Wikipedia* entry it would be flagged as having "multiple issues".
The first problem ...
Those Holy Walls
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*Jerusalem, January 17, 2001*--Esther Shlisser is crying as she approaches
the imposing Huldah’s Gates on the southern side of the Temple Mount. The
tea...
The Shape of Love — A Story
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Haim Watzman Natalie chose the right side of the bench in the Train Track
Park. The sun wasn’t blocked there by the jacaranda tree in the corner of
the sma...
Twenty-Eight
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Every time I see this photo of Léah sitting on that bench with their Barney
and Annie dolls, my heart jumps out of my chest. I have so many memories of
Léa...
Attending my 6th AJS Conference, AJS 2022
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It was great connecting with fellow rabbis over beers Sunday evening
I was in the fortunate position to attend the 54th conference of the Association
for ...
It's been a while...
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I've been blogging a bit on Substack, at Scribal Error. While focused more
on gemara and girsaot, I just had a post on Rationalism and Midrash. Check
ou...
Can a Girl Just Say No?
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Did this story happen? Yes. Did you change any details? Not really. Except
for names. ~~~ “His Rav wants to talk to you.” “What do you mean he wants
to tal...
The Brokenness of the World
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When I heard the shofar in shul on Rosh Hashanah, the broken notes spoke to
me in a deep, visceral way. It sounded like a simple instrument that was
trumpe...
Let's talk about "lo tinaf"
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The torah portion that we read this week, Yitro, contains one of the
repetitions of the 10 statements - or as they’re commonly called, the ten
commandmen...
Parsha with Chana
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I've decided to write meditations on the weekly Parsha at my new substack,
'Parsha with Chana.'
Feel free to click here to subscribe and have it deliver...
Ася
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*"Ася", Израиль, 2020 *
Уговорил подругу и супруга пойти на новый израильский фильм "Ася".
Относительно новый, поскольку прокат этой ленты, как и всех проч...
A Collection Of Quotes About Thanking God
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Feature Image Source Being thankful to the Almighty is one of the best
habits you can develop at any stage of your life. It doesn’t require much
effort, bu...
In America
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In America, a caravan of antisemitic pro-Palestinians drive around Los
Angeles Jewish areas, looking for Jews to attack. They found them at a
local restaur...
40 Days: Some QuarinTorah
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I’ve now been in lockdown, quarantine, social isolation, call it what you
will, for 40 days. I’m past the panic …
Continue reading →
Weekend Roundup
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Archaeologists believe that a well-preserved complex at Horvat Tevet, near
Afula in the Jezreel Valley, served as a royal estate for Israel’s kings.
Arch...
Выборы 2019 | Пока ничего не ясно
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Выборы прошли вчера, но главная драма, конечно, только в самом разгаре. Кто
будет следующим премьер-министром Израиля? Пока не ясно.
Окончательные итоги...
Open office ou Excel, que choisir ?
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Le package Microsoft est l’un des outils les plus utilisés en informatique.
Son tableau Excel est souvent confondu avec le logiciel Calc de la suite […]
Flax/Chia Vegan Challah
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Since our previous post, 1 year ago, we made another attempt at Vegan
Challah with pretty good results. This one uses flax meal and chia seeds
instead of e...
Never a Part of the Tribe
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Someone referred me to a person studying people who convert to Judaism.
Excuse me? What made this referring person think that I would be a good
person ...
Eli Marcus Presents New Music Video- YOGATI
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The official music video for Eli Marcus' brand new hit song Yogati. The
video takes us on a journey through different struggles and the search to
find the ...
高血圧症の原因とは?治療や予防について
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普段の生活習慣や食生活が原因で高血圧になる方がほとんどです。 海外にくらべて日本人は塩分をとりすぎているため高血圧になる人が多いです。
たまに血圧が高くなるぐらいなら特に問題はないですが、血圧が高い状態が長く続くと血管に […]
The post 高血圧症の原因とは?治療や予防について appeared ...
Unreasonable virtual data room Tips
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Outrageous Files Room Strategies When you actually available your own
personal living room regarding required research that doesn’t imply that
the software...
Writings and Talks on Religion and State in Israel
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Israel's Marriage Law and its Role in the Formation of an Israeli Citizenry (unpublished
research paper)
Different Lenses: How Israeli and American Jews Mi...
Here’s to 2018!
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The other day, my family and I were all sitting around in our apartment in
Florida and my sister-in-law asked us what our best memory of 2017 was. We
all b...
Video of Sessions from the WCJS 2017
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The WUJS has posted to Youtube a number of sessions from this past summer’s
WCJS in Jerusalem. In the video below (8:00) you can see that I am not a
Russia...
Another Sabbath massacre
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In an attack reminiscent of the massacre of the Fogel family in Itamar in
2011, a 'Palestinian' terrorist knocked on the door of a Jewish family in
the vil...
This Post Will Save Your Life
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I know it’s been a few years since the last post, but the rusty Fallout
Shelter sign on my building prompted another trip to the library like in
the olde...
The Futility of Polemics
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(Note: although I am no longer actively blogging, I have some old pieces
from a few years back and decided to post them for posterity rather than
having th...
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My second book, *Sefer ha-Bahir,* is in process to be published in the
coming year! The cover design is beautiful.
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Happy Purim - Purim Satire
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In the spirit of Purim we offer the following news briefs….. 1: After being
rocked by hundreds of FBI agents visiting a number of Yeshivas and homes in
Mon...
Turkey, Russia, and the US in Syria
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The tensions between Russia and Turkey, publicly revealed following
Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet, raise a number of
important questions ...
The top five views of Jerusalem's Old City
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The rabbis of the Talmud wrote it, and every guidebook and tour operator
repeats it: "Ten measures of beauty descended on the world; nine were taken
by Jer...
Family Sukkah Project 2015
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I realized this year that I've been labeling each year "Sukkot 20XX"... and
it dawned on me that all I needed was the year. After all, it's not like
we're ...
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Dear Roger Waters
We don't need your
Education
We don't need your
Vitriol
Your calls for sanctions
Concert boycotts
Roger leave us
Yids alone
Hey, Roger! ...
Perfect after-fast food
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I know this is really unlike me to post about a product, and NO the company
is not paying for this mention.
But I just wanted to say that if you're also a ...
The Temptation of Chauvinism
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The Temptation of Chauvinism
[First delivered as an address on April 28, 2002
at the First Presbyterian Trinity Church
in South Orange, NJ, in the after...
Kiruv-Proof Your Kids, Or Else...
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If the message you send your kids - consciously or unconsciously - is that
Orthodox Judaism is the truth, and the only reason you aren't Orthodox is
lazine...
A fi sau a nu fi scriitor la Bookfest
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Scriitor se numește persoana pe care atunci cînd o văd prietenii o
întreabă: cînd mai scrii o carte. Există stereotipul că scriitorii scriu
neapărat cărți,...
Bibi’s Brilliant Media Campaign
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I wanted to write this post throughout the past election season in Israel,
but I was busy with work, Pesach preparations, etc. After the Likud’s
victory at...
Tracing the Tribe is now on Facebook!!!
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Hi, everyone.
This post is a long time in coming - sorry about that.
Tracing the Tribe - The Jewish Genealogy Blog is on hiatus
Most of the wonderful acti...
The Old Man and the Academy
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When searching for a way to procrastinate, I often read, which is absurd,
because my procrastination is supposed to help me avoid reading. I'm
preparing fo...
Rabbi Zev Farber's "Crime" and religious hypocrisy
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There are a lot of issues that need addressing, but moderation won't allow
some of them to be addressed in the proper forum.
1) I see lots of people throw...
Help Wanted: Seeking New Home Waters
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*Help Wanted: * Fly fishing rabbi seeks new home waters near central New
Jersey. Beautiful stream a must. Large trout preferred. Harmony and peace
desire...
Stick It To Darkness: Shine Your Light!
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This week's Torah Portion is Balak, one of the most extraordinary passages
in the Torah. The Midrash says that certain things were created during
Shkiah, t...
More Israel-bashing at European Parliament
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European Parliament calls for investigation into death of Palestinian
prisoner in Israel
BRUSSELS (EJP)---The European Parliament said it is “extremely con...
Did Someone... Go OTD???
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These past few days have been really sad ones for most people living in an
area where news from New York reaches their radio stations and their TV
channels...
A Prophet For Our Times
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*A rare photo of MLK addressing a crowd of chassidim. *;)A few weeks ago
the US celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which commemorates the
birthday of...
This Blog is moving to WORDPRESS
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B"H
*No further articles are going to be posted on this Blog, as I have moved
to WORDPRESS !!!*
*I am sorry for all the inconveniences but Blogspot has a ...
Making Amends
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Sitting in Hadassah Ein Kerem right now is a lovely and dignified mother
who, like me and countless other Jewish women, was on her way to the Rami
Levy sup...
“We All Believe in Strange Things”
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Mitt Romney’s Mormonism has reared its head every once in a while
throughout this election season. Recently, more and more people seem to be
asking about t...
The Blog Has Moved
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You can find all my recent writing on +972 Magazine. The direct link to the
Promised Land Blog is: http://972mag.com/author/noams/ See you there, Noam
Palestinian Collaborators
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Jamming with South African musicians...an extraordinarily tuneful
association. Hat tip to Angela for
this link out of Israel. No more apart-hate anywhere...
The little cherry tree on Woodmere Blvd.
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At 321 Woodmere Blvd., in the Five Towns of Long Island, New York, there
stands a mansion-like building. It is an attractive, red bricked edifice
with a la...
“The Nation Demands Social Justice” – For All
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Event Poster for Beer-Sheva Rally that Reads, “The Negev Demands Social
Justice” I’m forgoing my perfectionist leanings because I want to tell you
about th...
Dog Days
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"*Dog Days*" are the hottest, most sultry days of summer...usually
fall[ing] between early July and early September... Dog Days can also
define a time pe...
School Advice
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Every year the stress and aggravation parents face getting children into
the Mosdos schools seems to get worse and worse.There doesn’t seem to be
any solut...
It Gets Besser
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Pretty incredible. Even though I grew up Modern Orthodox, I found myself
feeling a visceral sense of freedom when I saw the "after" pictures.
Before, the...
Teaneck Tirtzah Event
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This Sunday, July 10, at 2:00pm Tirtzah members will meet in Teaneck New
Jersey for an informal gathering and Torah study. The event is
child-friendly and...
Support...?!
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The following article is about 2 Chassidish Borough Park guys. They owned
an auto collision shop and were purposely ruining the cars even more, by
hammer...
TIMPUL POTRIVIT
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*Motto:* „La miezul nopţii apăru o vedenie de iad. Pe terasă ieşi un bărbat
de o rară frumuseţe, cu barba ca un pumnal, îmbrăcat în frac şi aruncă o
privir...
Farewell! God Knows When We Shall Meet Again
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Today I officially lay *The Wet Sprocket* to rest. It's been a great run: 5
1/2 years of on and off blogging from January 2006 until the present. To be
hon...
The farce of prohibiting music on the omer
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The omer is a tough time for me because music is so important to me. To go
40 days without music and then not long after another 3 weeks is difficult,
espe...
Massacre of Truth
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The vile, wretched media elites continue to demonstrate unconscionable bias
and bigotry against the Jews, while shamelessly providing tacit approval of
the...
French PM calls for stronger sanctions on Iran
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French Prime Minister Francois Fillon called in Saudi Arabia on Saturday
for stronger sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear
programme.
“I...
Women Of Valor (אשת חיל מי ימצא)
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22 of the Tenth Month 5771
אֵשֶׁת-חַיִל, מִי יִמְצָא; וְרָחֹק מִפְּנִינִים מִכְרָהּ. מִשְׁלֵי לא,י
A woman of valor who can find? for her price is far abov...
A Year's Update
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It's been a year and a half since my last post. There's so much to tell
about what has happened to me since I started telling people I was an
atheist. The ...
It's Time For Me To Fly Away
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Oh boy, this is much harder than I thought it would be.
I haven't posted here in a long time and that is because I have been trying
to figure out how to s...
Pierogies Yay!
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I don't know about you but to me, sour cream and potatoes are major comfort
food. Wrap those yummy potatoes in dough and wow what a tasty meal. I've
always...
This Blog Has Moved
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After a great get-together last night, we are ready to move the blog to a
new format that has more functionality and is more esthetically pleasing.
Please ...
Making the minyan* (prayer quorum)
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In general, the only time I go to prayer services is on Shabbat and that is
really only for social reasons. With work keeping me busy during the week,
I li...
Best Bar Slogan on Earth
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Next time you have to market a bar, keep in mind the greatest ad slogan
ever, for Herlinger, in Tel Aviv: Check out Herlinger on Facebook.
And the police were just laughing
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Some 300 people, both Palestinian and Jews, marched from the Clock Tower
square in Jaffa to the Yiftah police office on Salameh Street, protesting
against ...
Is IMHJO Dead?
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In a sense, yes. I don't plan to delete it anytime soon, but I don't feel
as strongly about it as I did a few years back. (Obviously)
A recent date made me...
Diplomatic niceties
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Zion Evrony, Israel's ambassador to Ireland isn't the most liked man in the
Emerald Isles, it would seem.
Putting aside the passport theft business for a m...
Switching from Blogspot to Wordpress
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I have not been blogging a lot lately, and I don't know when I will write
again. I have, nonetheless, been deleting spam comments on a regular basis
(appro...
Please join me in my study.
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I think by many standards this blog has been a great success. I originally
set out to tell my story to clarify my own feelings and I was quite
pleasantly s...
Sevivon si Hannuka
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Titirezul(sevivon) nelipsit de la nici o sarbatoare de Hannuka, are o
istorie frumoasa in spate.Aparut initial in India Antica ca si joc de
noroc, ajunge d...
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If you have ever been concerned about the security of your synagogue during
the high holy days, fear not. Community leaders like American Rabbi Gary
Mosk...
Sefer Ha-Bloggadah: week 47
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This is it! The end of year 1! And what a climax it is! We'll formally
complete year 1 with a siyyum next week at the NHC Summer Institute. Post a
comment ...
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somehow i started to get emails from "InTORAHnet,"* I have to admit to not
reading most of them. For whatever reason I recently opened the "dvar
torah" on ...
Children of Hamas
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"Bastards", I shouted in a rare display of road rage as a couple of cars
ran over a crossing narrowly missing a school child. Then I realized with a
small ...
Internship Visit this Past Weekend
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This past weekend, I went up to Boston for my internship. This time
consisted of two elements: speaking at the Tremont Street Shul (as I've
done previously...
Blog Trek: Run Silent, Run Deep
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CYBERSPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER...
THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE *UCS WEBLOG*...
ITS MULTIYEAR MISSION...
TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW SITES...
TO SEEK OUT NEW F...
What's in a Name?
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e-kvetcher points out in the comments of my previous post:
It's funny that the term "depression" was invented by Hoover to try to find
a more uplifting ter...
Twitter Us, Facebook Friend Us
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22 Tevet 5769
You can now follow the Avodah Ivrit Blog on....
Get the Twitter Widget widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox
!
...as well as...
Yom Iyun on Talmud and Torah She-Ba'al Peh
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Yeshivat Chovevei Torah will be holding a Yom Iyun on Talmud and Torah
She-Ba'al Peh on Sunday 1 February 2009 in Riverdale, NY at SAR High School
(5900 Ne...
The Best Intermarriage Discussion Ever
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Between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jeffrey Goldberg. It makes me really sorry I
didn't go to a socialist Zionist summer camp.
new blog address
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i'm not posting on this blog so much anymore, instead, i'm posting at
israel-and-beyond as i begin my year of study and adventures in israel.
come visit wi...
Как же это понимать?!
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Litush спрашивает: …”множество чудес Моих” … как понять - и в какое время
это всё произойдёт - если глаза видят совершенно другое? Ответ:..
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