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Category Archives: personal
It’s a Boy, and other eighth day ideas-Parshat Shemini 2013
This will probably be the last of a blitz of things I’ve written/posted… about having a son, which is a big deal for me. I really thought after 2 girls that was it for having a boy. It is different. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, campus, college, education, G-d, Israel, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, moral education, orthodox, parsha, parshah, rabbi, religion, spiritual, spirituality, study, Tanakh, Torah, university
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30 Days before the Festival
Everyone I know, Jew and Gentile alike, can’t stand how Christmas has become a two month celebration starting basically right after Halloween. It’s OD. For almost a solid month some radio stations play nothing but Christmas music, though I noticed … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, personal, torah portion, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, campus, college, education, G-d, holiday, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, moral education, orthodox, parsha, parshah, rabbi, religion, study, Tanakh, Torah, university
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Giving and Giving-Parshat Terumah 2013
I’m tired. I’m fried. I’m burned. My wife is having pregnancy complications now and on top of everything else I’m doing I’m now part-time nurse and Mr. Mom, and I have no bedside manner. It’s a problem and I’m working … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, college, education, G-d, Israel, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, orthodox, parsha, parshah, rabbi, religion, spiritual, spirituality, study, Tanakh, Torah, university
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Moving Out-Parshat Yitro 2013
We moved! Yeah for us. As of yesterday my family is officially homeless as we have just moved out of our old apartment and in a few weeks will be in our brand new location. None to soon as we … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, campus, college, education, G-d, hoarders, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, moral education, orthodox, parsha, parshah, rabbi, religion, spiritual, spirituality, Tanakh, Torah, university
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The “Holiday” Experience
Guess what I’m doing today? Substitute teaching, what else! Growing up on Long Island in the 1980’s, I really couldn’t imagine Christmas being a regular day. It really doesn’t matter that I’m Jewish. I grew up in an Italian neighborhood … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, personal, Uncategorized
Tagged campus, christmas, G-d, holiday, jesus, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, Judaism and Christianity: A Contrast, rabbi, religion, spiritual, spirituality, study, Tanakh, Torah, university
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Squish Your Kids
I have to speak more as a parent than a rabbi now, because I am personally touched by the events in Connecticut. Not that I knew anyone who knew anyone who was there, but because I’m a parent. I’m a … Continue reading
Posted in current events, personal, Uncategorized
Tagged adam lanza, children, newtown, sandy hook, shooting
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My Lesson From Being Assaulted-Parshat Miketz 2012
I took getting sucker punched very well. I don’t just mean by the fact that right after it happened I was walking around, washing up, and attempting to crack jokes despite being covered in my own blood. I mean the … Continue reading
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Tagged assault, chanukah, college, education, far rockaway, G-d, hanukah, holiday, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, moral education, mugging, orthodox, parsha, parshah, rabbi, religion, sabbath, spiritual, spirituality, Tanakh, Torah, university
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The One Thing That Messed Sukkot
One girl’s public breakdown on Sukkot was a lesson for me about relationships. Continue reading
Posted in holidays, personal, relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, campus, college, education, G-d, holiday, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, moral education, rabbi, relationships, religion, sex, spiritual, spirituality, study, Sukkot, Tanakh, Torah, university
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Parshat Matot-Masei 2012-A Tribute to Yisrael Moshe Reisman zt”l
This is a tragic period in the Jewish year, the three weeks between the Fasts of the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av where we focus our attention on the destruction of the Two Temples and Jewish tragedies … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, campus, college, education, G-d, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, moral education, orthodox, parsha, parshah, prayer, rabbi, religion, spiritual, spirituality, study, Tanakh, Torah, university
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Fifty Shades of Get Over It
I’ve been seeing so much about these books, they’re everywhere. Even in the campus bookstore. They’ve even made such waves that hardware stores have picked up female business and sales of classical music have increased. Classical music? Really? Is it … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 shades of grey, ahab, caligula, campus, college, forgetting sarah marshall, G-d, gemara, ghostbusters, goonies, in living color, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, marquis de sade, moral education, orthodox, parsha, parshah, philosophy, rabbi, religion, sex, spiritual, spirituality, study, talmud, Tanakh, Torah, university
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