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Parshat Lech Lecha 2012-What’s behind his success?
What a way to start a parshah. A person we are only introduced to by name for a line is suddenly being told to move from his home and expect great riches, guaranteed by G-d himself! Who is this person … Continue reading
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Tagged G-d, hillel, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, moral education, orthodox, parsha, parshah, rabbi, religion, sabbath, spiritual, spirituality, study, Tanakh, Torah, university
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KOACH Redeemed
Koach is safe for now. The Conservative movement officially overturned the decision to defund Koach, its student outreach branch operating on 25 college campuses around the United States. Currently, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) has committed $100,000 to … Continue reading
Posted in current events, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, campus, college, conservative, education, hillel, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, KOACH, orthodox, politics, rabbi, religion, study, Torah, university, USCJ
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Parshat Shelah 2012-Cosmic Significance of Names
One of the tricks that psychics and other spooky people use to tell you more about yourself is your name. Your name describes your essence, about who you are. Not the physical you, but the spiritual you. The real you. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, campus, college, G-d, hillel, jew, jewish, jews, judaism, orthodox, parshah, rabbi, religion, spiritual, spirituality, study, Tanakh, Torah, university
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Addressing the Toulouse Shooting
The Jewish community has been hard hit by the murders that took place in Toulouse but at some level we have been at a lost on how to deal with it, besides the usual articles bemoaning the state of the … Continue reading
Posted in current events, Q & A, Uncategorized
Tagged anti-semitism, campus, candidate, college, education, four questions, G-d, hillel, holocaust memorial shooting, Israel, israel apartheid week, jew, jewish, jews, Mrs. Chava (Eva) Sandler of Toulouse, orthodox, Passover, Pesach, politics, president, rabbi, religion, riverdale bombing, study, Torah, toulouse, treyvon martin, university, vet
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Jewish Values Online-The Gilad Shalit Case
Was the Gilad Shalit deal the right thing to do? That’s for me to answer and you to find out. Continue reading
Posted in current events, Uncategorized
Tagged anti-semitism, Bible, college, education, G-d, gilad shalit, hillel, Israel, jerusalem, jew, jewish, jews, orthodox, palestinian, parsha, parshah, rabbi, religion, Tanakh, terrorism, Torah, university
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Parshat Noah 2011-Choose Your Friends Wisely
How could it be that the man described as righteous at the beginning of this narrative ends up drunk and according to some opinions castrated at the end? It was his friends. Continue reading
Sukkot Message 2001
Why do we celebrate Sukkot? What’s it all about? Why is it important to the Jewish faith? All of these questions answered in about 10 minutes. This was presented before the students of York College/CUNY:
Parshat B’Midbar 2011-Jewish Unity
Summary: The entire contents of the parshah are an accounting of all the Jews living in the desert by tribe. That’s all. My analysis: This is something my rabbi Rabbi Eytan Feiner gave over this year so I can’t take … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, college, education, G-d, hillel, jew, jewish, jews, moral education, orthodox, parsha, parshah, rabbi, Tanakh, Torah, university
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Parshat BeHokutai 2011-Keep Your Friends Close
Summary: This is the first of two tochachot-rebukes. It’s a list of prophetic what-ifs if Jews decide to violate our principles. The commandments donations to the Temple are enumerated and explained. My analysis: The repeated threat (yeah I know no … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, college, education, G-d, hillel, Israel, jew, jewish, jews, moral education, orthodox, parsha, parshah, prayer, rabbi, religion, study
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UStream First Blood
Here are recordings from my first ever live feed on UStream. I plan on running these videos every Wednesday at around 8:30. Topics that came up were the importance of Torah, science fiction, and missionaries. A few side topics came … Continue reading
Posted in Q & A, Uncategorized, video
Tagged Adam, age of the universe, Bible, branes, christian, college, education, faith, G-d, hawking, hillel, Israel, jesus, jew, jewish, kabbalah, m-theory, philosophy, rabbi, religion, science, spirituality, string theory, study, Tanakh, Torah, university, yitzchak of acco
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