by Aryeh A. Frimer
Yom Kippur is an awesome festival of self reflection
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on past errors and the
ongoing obligation to rise to the challenge of fulfilling one's destiny.
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by Leonard Book
A satirical, tongue in the cheek essay on the foibles
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and rantings and ravings as observed and interpreted by this newly ordained Rabbi in his erstwhile community.
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by Aryeh A. Frimer
Rabbi Frimer discusses the centrality of matzah in
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our national memory – as a memorial (zikaron), a positive commandment and an encapsulation of the main themes of Pesach. It is matzah, he writes, which transforms the Haggadah into a personal tale which can be relived.
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by Carol Novis
The Lieberman Open Orthodox Haggadah, first published
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last year, is a pluralistic approach to the Pessah Haggadah from the point of view of the Open Orthodoxy movement which combines halachic adherence with openness in many areas. For example, the book is dedicated to agunot (“chained” women) and it includes many interesting essays and discussions.
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by Rabbi Dov Lipman
Rabbi Lipman is convinced that the ‘ingathering of
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the exiles’ described by the prophets is unfolding before our eyes and that with this we are experiencing the Final Redemption. As we celebrate the state of Israel's 68th birthday Rabbi Lipman calls on Jews around the world to make the challenging but very worthwhile decision to move to Israel
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by Aryeh A. Frimer
Rabbi Frimer discusses the rules of expressing thanks
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(hakarat haTov) in Judaism. By way of example he explains the role of hakarat haTov in the Amida, a prayer recited three times a day. He also elaborates on the postulation that hakarat haTov is the underlying theme of the Book of Esther.
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by Lydia Aisenberg
Today, children at Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek play on a
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concrete dreidel, built as a memorial to a tragic bombing that took place on Chanukah in 1948, when an Iraqi bomb killed three children who were asleep in a children’s house, as well as a pregnant kibbutz member.
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by Shlomo (Salomon) Liberman
The contents of an unused synagogue from Sweden were
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donated to a Raanana synagogue, but import duties made it impractical to bring them to Israel. What to do? The solution involved creative thinking, a move on paper of the contents to Denmark and a few bottles of Slivovitz.
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by Suzanne Libenson
Technology brought a childhood synagogue experience
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full circle to Suzy Libenson, whose mother was confirmed in 1933 at B’nei Yeshurun synagogue, (as it is known today) in Cleveland. She was touched when she recently saw a friend mention her name in a Mi Sheberach blessing from the same synagogue, which was live-streamed and archived on computer.
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by Aryeh A. Frimer
In the "Al ha-nissim" paragraph added to prayers on
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Chanukah a contrast is made between "zeidim" (evil ones) and those involved in Torah. Rabbi Friedlander of the Ponevezh Yeshiva also points out that the ancient Greeks believed that learning was geared to the practical conclusions of their study, whereas the Jews valued learning in itself as a sacred act.
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by Eli Libenson
In l967, when he began studying at the NYC Jewish Theological
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Seminary, Eli Libenson barely knew the difference between tradition and law. He recalls some of his great teachers and hoe he quckly discovered that the teachers never took a "day off" from studying. Rabbi Libenson also learned the importance of preparing and delivering an inspiring sermon.
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by Herb Hahn
Ravello is a UNESCO World Heritage site. At its centre
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is the CAMO – the Cameo and Coral Factory, with its own museum. What caught Herb Hahn's eye was the Shema over the entrance to the museum. From the Jewish owner Herb learned about the generations of Jewish cameo carvers that lived and worked there.
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by Aryeh A. Frimer
The Gemara presents seemingly opposing interpretations
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of judgment by the Almighty on Rosh Hashana. These raise the question: Is judgment individual or is mankind judged as one? Rabbi Frimer shares a Tamudic response to this contradiction which offers an answer to spiritual preparation for the Day of Judgment.
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by Emil Murad
Life prior to 1941 had been wonderful for the Jews
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of Babylonia, modern-day Iraq. They achieved great success in many fields and got along well with their Arab neighbors. But a pogrom on Shavuot, 1941 devastated the Jewish community, and from then on, Jews sought ways to leave the country.
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by Diana Lerner
Diana Lerner recalls her childhood journey from Hungary
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to New York in 1929 with her mother and siblings. The new world was good to her family, but Israel, which she first visited in 1956, was eventually to be her home.
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