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…not in a fundamental objection to the government killing people when required, so it should not stand in the way of my appointment. Unlike other local clerics and public officials, I have never actually been convicted of a felony, which makes me a stand-out candidate. I get along fine with most government workers, except the people at the CT DMV; I’ve even slept in Ben Bernanke’s bed, though he wasn’t there at the time. Although the promise of go…
…en the Temple was destroyed two thousand years ago and the Jews were scattered, people forgot which animal was supposed to be used to make the blue dye. Men stopped wearing the blue thread as the dye became unavailable. In 1858, a French zoologist found that there were three Mediterranean mollusks that produced purple-blue dyes. One, called Murex Trunculus, a kind of snail, was the one many people thought was the source of the blue used for the te…
…, “the Jews” don’t control the press; if we did, certain people would be getting much less coverage, or at least much more critical coverage. But each of us can speak, write or act in ways that consistently advocate the elimination of prejudice and hatred, that promote mutual respect and tolerance. While we have a few organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and leaders who speak out courageously when others are silent, they can neve…
…nkeys make a network to deal with the problem of too much space to be explored, in which they had to find the sparse resources. Likewise, Moshe had too many cases to adjudicate by himself. After following Yitro’s suggestion, the only reason why Moshe would deal with a case was if it required his special expertise or authority. Another, separate group of monkeys have a related social structure. According to Stanford University biologist Robert M. S…
…propriate to talk at all except as necessary for the funeral. In a shiva house, furniture may be overturned and mirrors covered, and mourners may have their shoes off and wear torn clothes. These unusual sights serve to remind visitors that things are not “normal,” and that the lives of the mourners have been overturned. When making a shiva call, it is considered correct to wait for the mourners to speak and to keep the conversation to their conce…
…uld render it halakhically acceptable. If the halakhic language seems abstruse to you, the value that we are going for is this: even if opening the livestream is not a problem on Shabbat, we still nevertheless tend to use our computers for things like work – things that are the opposite of Shabbat. Do everything you can before Shabbat to minimize your computer’s “work” feeling – closing your email, etc. And try to make the space in which you watch…
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…05 Sep Alternative Selichot Service “Reflecting On Our Years” (Zoom) September 5, 2021 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Rabbi Woodward will lead an Alternative Selichot Service: “Reflecting On Our Years” on Sunday, September 5 at 8 pm (Zoom). Join Rabbi Woodward for a […] More Info…
…women don’t count. What would the message to us have been if G-d said that, because of the killing of the Egyptian firstborn, all the non-Levite firstborn, male or female, belonged to G-d, and they all had to be redeemed? Would the redemption loophole make any less or more sense to us if a firstborn female Levite could have substituted for any firstborn, male or female, from the rest of the tribes? If the firstborn women would have needed to be r…
…15 Feb Rashi Study Group: Zoom with Rabbi Tilsen February 15, 2021 10:00 am – 10:30 am Home Page Interior Page For Zoom link email jjtilsen@beki.org More Info…
