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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Parshas Balak — Bilam notices some of our shining points
In this week’s Torah portion two evil leaders and two wicked nations join forces to try to find a solution to “the Jewish problem”. Anti-Semitism is as old as the Jewish people itself. Hatred’s impact, however, only goes as far … Continue reading
Dog and Perek Shira
reprinting, since one part of Bil’am’s stream of praises memorialized in this week’s Parshas is that we are a nation of dogs. Continuing on in Perek Shira…from every force of nature, from every created thing, we can learn how … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Thought, Jewish Weekly Torah Reading
Tagged Dog, Jewish Spirituality, Kelev, Perek Shira, Song of Universe
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When the Donkey Brays and When the Stupid Speak – Friendly Fire in Speech
You and I like to believe that we are of the saner side of the human race, those who do not want to inflict pain and harm on another person. Yet, often, we end up doing just that, through thoughtless … Continue reading
Writing Gone to Pot – Ethical Dilemna About Parnassah
Repost because someone asked me yesterday why there are certain jobs I wouldn’t take… I signed up for a freelance writing assignment. And got assigned a gig on how to grow marijuana. Okay. Deep breath (not of hashish, silly, but … Continue reading
Just really a lead in to get you to Rabbi Tatz’s Shiur…
After the mistake with the rock and the stick, Moshe and Aharon find out they’re not going into the Promised Land. Yet, we find a fascinating thing happening right after that. Moshe should now want nothing further to do with … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Thought, Jewish Weekly Torah Reading, Jews in Desert, Parsha, Tribes of Israel
Tagged chukas, edom, miracles, nachas, nes, nisayon, ordeals, the purpose of life's tests
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Conforming to Conformity — or conforming to G-d!
For those of you not yet familiar with Herman Wouk, he is a master storyteller. However, it is not the plays he wrote that became blockbuster movies or Broadway shows that I want to share with you today. It is … Continue reading
Rope Burn – Exactitude of Reparations
After the Torah reading each week, we read the “haftorah” which is either from the Prophets or from the Kesuvim. The selection usually connects either with the Torah reading or with the time of the year that it happens to … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Thought, Jewish Weekly Torah Reading
Tagged Haftorah, Jeremiah, meraglim, rachav, shelach, Yirmiyahu
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Yakub the Singer, the learning that binds us to our nation
Reb Yom Tov Ehrlich’s son just passed away and the family needs funding desperately. You can donate here: http://www.gofundme.com/w4g8h5w And here is another story that Reb Yom Tov Ehrlich ZT”L sang. Once, during WW II, far off in a remote … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish prayer, Jewish Thought
Tagged golus, intermarriage, Mesorah, preventing assimilation, ww ii, yakub the signer, yom tov ehrliche
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Hillel On The Roof
reposting this today, because Reb Yom Tov Ehrlich’s son passed away and his family has no money for the Levaya and not for the family’s needs too (they lost their mother previously). You can join me in helping out by … Continue reading
What Festers Beneath
Reposting…. The summer of Foo-Foo. Boy, was that fun. I agreed to dog-sit so a dog owner could be off for a specialized summer program. When Foo-Foo arrived, she seemed a bit off kilter, grey, pudgy and lopsided in shape. Picking her up, … Continue reading
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