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Community Articles/Torah Message
Parashat Eikev
07/26/2007 | 247 Hits |  (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Torah Message
Parashat Naso
Even before the children of Israel received the Ten Commandments, they were told by G-d, “You are to be a mamlekhet kohanim,” (a kingdom of priests). One of our first communal obligations is to act as a nation of kohanim. How are we to embody this task in...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Parents for Free Choice in Education celebrated Independence Day by holding a rally for school choice at the Leon and Toby Cooperman JCC, in West Orange, New Jersey. The event brought together leaders and activists of the school choice movement, for the purpose of publicizing and educating voters on...
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Community Articles/Jewish Holidays
This year Jews celebrate the first two nights of Passover on the 19th and 20th of April with a joyous family event—the seder. We relive the experience of our ancestors as they were exiled and enslaved in Egypt, then liberated by G-d over 3,300 years ago. We recount the miracles of the Exodus,...
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Community Articles/Writer's Thoughts
Can we be so foolish as to think our world is random? The word ‘patterns,’ according to Webster's Dictionary, refers to “a person or thing considered worthy of imitation or copying, or, a model or plan used as a guide.” When we doubt Hashem's hand in all things, we must simpl...
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Community Articles/Financial
Here's everything you need to know about personal finance on a single page. But like so much in life, it's easier said than done!
Spend Less Than You Earn
You can’t avoid the obvious and absolute truth of this: If you don't earn more than you spend, sooner or later you'...
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Community Articles/Torah Message
Ethics of Our Fathers
Using the Spoken Word Properly
Shimon, the son of Rabbi Gamliel said, “All my life I have been raised among the Sages, and I have not found anything better for oneself than silence. Study is not the primary thing but action. Whoever...
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Community Articles/Torah Message
Rabbi Yannai said, “It is not in our power to explain neither the tranquility of the wicked nor the suffering of the righteous.”
(Chapter 4, Mishna 19)
This Mishna raises one of the classic questions of faith: Why do bad things happen to good people&mdash...
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Community Articles/Torah Message
Chapter 1, Mishna 14
He [Hillel] used to say, “If I am not for me who is for me, if I am for myself what am I, and if not now when?”
07/30/2007 | 338 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Community Events
New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly recently visited members of New York's Sephardic community at the Sephardic Community Federation annual board of directors meeting. He gave a top-level security briefing about the efforts undertaken by the NYPD to keep New York City safe and secure fro...
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Community Articles/How to Improve
In my lectures and coaching sessions I find that most people know about the power of positive thinking, but we are often distracted from maintaining a positive mindset. Positive thinking attracts positive energy. If you are looking for positive results in your life, create the situation that will at...
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Community Articles/How to Improve
In my lectures and coaching sessions I find that most people know about the power of positive thinking, but we are often distracted from maintaining a positive mindset. Positive thinking attracts positive energy. If you are looking for positive results in your life, create the situation that will at...
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Community Articles/Politics
The mad rush for ever earlier dates for presidential election events that have been sweeping the states is finally having an effect on the candidates. The momentum is definitely beginning to snowball toward the cold weather ballots in Iowa and New Hampshire. Now, the media stories are more about cr...
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Community Articles/Jewish History
George Washington was the first president to write to a synagogue. In 1790 he addressed separate letters to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI; to Mikveh Israel Congregation in Savannah, GA; and a joint letter to Congregation Beth Shalom, Richmond, VA; Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, P...
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Community Articles/Health
Everyone can benefit from keeping their blood sugar low and stable, and in some cases it's possible to do that with the foods you eat and the frequency in which you eat them. Of course, you should consult a doctor before any drastic diet changes, and if you are diabetic, stay in frequent touch with ...
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Community Articles/Organizations
Priority-1 recently hosted their Inaugura Legislative Breakfast, to educate legislators about youth who are “at-risk” of dropping out of high school and ultimately becoming alienated from their families and their communities. It also raised support and awareness about the challenges fac...
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Community Articles/Jewish Holidays
Purim is the festival which commemorates the breathtaking Jewish victory over the murderous designs of Haman. It is a story of great courage and self-sacrifice, first and foremost by Queen Esther and Mordechai, and ultimately by the whole Jewish nation. This joyous festival reveals the hidden hand o...
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Community Articles/Jewish Holidays
While the local customs of Purim are widely known, there are places in the world that have developed their own ways to celebrate the Purim festivities.
Germany
On Erev Purim, torches containing gunpowder would be ignited. During the Megillah reading, the gunpowder would explode with a deafeni...
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Community Articles/Jewish Holidays
Dear Rabbis, Professors, Relatives, and Friends,
This year Pourim day falls out on Friday March 21, 2008.
Pourim day has fallen out on Friday 13 times only from 1900--2005.
Pourim day will fall out on Friday only 11 times from 2008--2103.
This is a rare o...
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