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Posted on April 27th, 2007 by cyberdov
I just discovered this blog today and the two posts I read (from April 26) convinced me immediately to make it regular reading.
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I just discovered this blog today and the two posts I read (from April 26) convinced me immediately to make it regular reading.
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Networking Event (NOTE DATE CHANGE!)
We cordially invite you to a wine & cheese networking party hosted by the new
Citibank Financial Center at 58th & 3rd
Come and meet other business owners in the neighborhood as we share our thoughts on how we can all grow our businesses.
Presenting will be Dov Weinstock, President of Salem Global Website [...]
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A historic document for Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day) - terse, simple, yet so powerful!
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R Yitzchak Blau was the scholar-in-residence at the RJC last weekend. In discussing the idea of future generations being obligated by a covenant, one approach he identified (Ramban on Shabbat 88a) was that as long as a benefit of the covenant is enjoyed by the descendent, they remain bound to the obligations. This opens a [...]
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In honor of Yom HaAtzmaut…
Moishe is driving in the opposite direction of traffic on the highway. He hears on the radio that there’s one idiot driving in the wrong lane.
“One?” says Moishe, “THERE ARE HUNDREDS!!”
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We noticed, along with about 92,000 other people, that spring has made its arrival in NYC - Central Park was beautiful! After braving the nasty traffic and parking situation (note to Mayor Bloomberg - TURN ON THE PARKING METERS!) we finally ended up doing a circuit around the park. What a glorious day for biking, [...]
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The ‘haftara’ for YH is the same as for P8 – the vision of salvation spoken by Isaiah, which begins with a description of the imminent salvation from Assyria, and seems to morph into a description of Messianic times.
The background is that Sennacharib advanced on Jerusalem with 180,000 troops. Hezekiah inspired a religious repentance [...]
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Gil posted Rabbi Dr. Louis Jacobs‘ nice summary of the classic approaches to this question, here.
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I had a good chuckle from this post - Shir HaShirim for a chocoholic.
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After the death of Nadav and Avihu, Moshe spoke to Aaron. The usual approximate translation is:
“This is what God had said, Through those who are close to me I will be sanctified, and I will be honored among the entire people”.
I noticed that the original Hebrew is a little ambiguous. The key words are:
Ekadesh - [...]
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