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…asking G-d for forgiveness…
Excerpted from Aish.com: On Yom Kippur the opportunity to re-experience God’s love for us is greater than it is at any other time. What that means is that God makes it possible to break down the most resilient barrier that we can erect separating us from our Father — the barrier of sin. The word “sin” has a terrible reputation. It is associated with paralyzing guilt that...
The Month of Elul
“I have set before you life and death . . Therefore, choose life, that both you and your seed may live.” –Deuteronomy 30:8 I want to live more than anything, I want to know life and a life full of love and prayer and obedience to HaShem. I suppose you can say that I live an emotional life, not always predicated by my intellect, but a life in which I respond to things with a...
Haveil Havalim #95 – Thanksgiving Edition
“Hinei ma tov uma na’im shevet achim gam yachad.” “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is to be united like brothers and sisters in one family and one community.” — Psalm 133:1 Folks, I am pleased to host this edition of Haveil Havalim, the weekly round up of posts from all over the JBlogosphere. There were lots of great submissions to choose from this week...
Kristillnact, 1938
Munich, September 1938. What happened? Britain and France generously donated a big slice of Czechoslovakia to Hitler, in exchange for “peace with honor,” “peace in our time”. What followed? Kristillnacht – in November of 1938. What caused Kristillnact besides the irrational hatred of Jews? Appeasement. Appeasement doesn’t merely fail to prevent catastrophe, it...
Why, despite everything, Jewish-Americans keep voting for Democrats
Folks, this Election Day, November 7, 2006, vote Republican, not Democrat. Here’s why, in an article from Joel Engel dated 2004: For nearly 60 years, since the birth of Israel, American Jews have faced accusations that they care more about the well-being of their ancient homeland than of their home. Well, barring some unforeseen circumstance, the canard of dual loyalty should be retired...
Crown Heights outrage
Sorry I am so late with this story, folks:—————A 16-year-old Hasidic boy walking home from a Brooklyn synagogue on Yom Kippur was jumped by a group of teens who called him a “f—–g Jew,” witnesses and his family charged. Mendel Chesney was heading home about 10 p.m. Sunday when he was attacked by as many eight young men on Carroll St. in Crown...
Lesson from Yom Kippur by Levi Cahzen
The Talmud teaches us that the First Temple stood for 410 years. During that time, only 18 High Priests served in that position, averaging a 25-year term for each High Priest. The Second Temple stood for 420 years, and yet more than 300 High Priests served in that position. Moreover, we find that the first few High Priests of the Second Temple served for many years, such as Shimon HaTzadik (Simon...
Palestinians doing what they do best: 2 Qassam rockets fired at Sderot on Yom Kippur
Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket Monday afternoon from northern Gaza towards the southern town of Sderot. The rocket fell outside of town, Thank G-d, not causing any damage or casualties. Earlier Monday, another rocket was fired and landed in an open field.
Poll: Overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews observe various religious commandments
Interesting poll results from Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis) Telephone poll of a representative sample of adult Israeli Jews carried out by Mutagim for Makor Rishon and Gesher and published in Makor Rishon on 22 September, 2006 31.8% Don’t turn on electrical equipment on the Sabbath62.6% Say Kiddush on the Sabbath89.1% Read the Haggadah at a...