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Lapid's Tirades vs Chareidim and Army Wrong
This post is also on Israel Blogger as Chareidim to IDF with Honey not Lapid’s Tirades.The truth is that I do think that the chareidim and the extreme Leftists who have been finding lots of loopholes...
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Mass Women's Prayers Before Rosh Hashanah
A week before Rosh Hashanah, three quarters through the Jewish Month of Elul, and this year's deadline to do Teshuva, repent to Gd is getting closer and closer. Some Jews have been going to Uman to the...
View ArticleWhy isn't Hillary Clinton POTUS?
aka Why did Hillary Clinton lose the American Presidential Elections?And NOT Why did Donald Trump win?Robert J. Avrech wrote some interesting things Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Understand George Orwell’s...
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"Be strong and courageous!"
Today as I read through the Torah Portions, Nitzavim-Vayelech, in synagogue, I suddenly read:Deuteronomy Chapter 316Be strong and courageous! Neither fear, nor be dismayed of them, for the Lord, your...
View ArticleRosh Hashanah Countdown, Teshuva Anytime
How many of you catch yourself saying something and wonder if it's really a nice or right thing to say? If so, does it happen more in Elul and the beginning of Tishrei than the rest of the year?Think...
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More Hypocrisy from the Israeli Left
Tonight on the television news, there was a report about how even though there's a shortage of workers willing to be aides in afternoon programs for preschoolers and other young children, school...
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Rosh Hashana Rant: Stop The Focus on Food
This morning, I posted the following on my facebook page:Am I the only one who can't psyche myself into RH cooking mode? I hate the focus on food rather than רוח spirit.None of the replies so far got...
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Bibi and Trump at UN, Coordinated Attack?
I listened to a good portion of the United Nations General Assembly speeches of both Prime Minister Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu and American President Donald Trump. They both came out punching. Neither...
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Israel Doesn't Need American Soldiers
I am not gladdened, relieved or any positive emotion hearing that there will be an American Base with American soldiers stationed here in Israel. I don't see how that can enhance Israel's security and...
View ArticleAfter Three Days Offline, Didn't Miss Much
For most of us Torah observant Jews, we're either just finished with three days totally removed from news, telephones, internet etc. or soon will be. Our two-day New Year, Rosh Hashanah was immediately...
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"Mussar," Never Planned, But That's A Mussar Lesson
Over the many decades, actually over half a century, since I began to live a life of Torah and Mitzvot, of the little I heard about "Musser," it didn't attract me.Yesterday, the Shabbat just after Rosh...
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1967 Six Days Victory, Alternative to Destruction
"So Sorry We Won" was the brilliantly prophetic name Ephraim Kishon and Dosh gave to their post 1967 Six Days War political satire. Here we are a half a century later, and even Israelis think there was...
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Save The Date: Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Prayers at Tel Shiloh
Rosh Hashanah was the beginning of the Jewish Month of Tishrei, and pretty obviously, there weren't any Women's Prayers at Shiloh Hakeduma, Tel Shiloh on those days. Now it's not only Tishrei, but it's...
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Interpol Fiasco Proves No Justice From Nations & Failure of Bibi's Peace Policy
I guess by now everyone knows that Interpol members voted to let the cat watch the cream.Interpol Gives Palestinians Full Membership'State of Palestine' admitted to Interpol as new memberLast night on...
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Yom Kippur 5778, Please Forgive Me
May I take this opportunity, just hours before Yom Kippur to ask forgiveness from all of you...For those of you who know me personally, f2f, and those who just read my words on social media...For...
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Opinion Please: What Makes a Good Chazan/Cantor?
We've just finished the two Jewish Holidays which demand the most time in a synagogue listening to and singing along with a chazan/cantor.Here in Shiloh, all of our "cantors" are volunteers. They are...
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By Legitimizing Terror Attacks in Israel, The World Invited Terror Home
It's no longer rare to hear of a terror attack, almost always done by someone with an Arab sounding name, in Europe, the Americas and further afield. Years ago, I began warning that "understanding,"...
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Mulling Over Succot and The Fragility of Life
There's a great irony in the Jewish Holiday of Succot. It's called זמן שמחתינו Zman Simchateinu, The Time (Holiday) of Our Joy. We're specifically commanded to be "happy" and celebrate, but at the...
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Could Nikki Haley be The First Female POTUS?
I don't know about you, but I've been very impressed by Nikki Haley, who is the American Ambassador to the United Nations. And to be honest, I'd be impressed by such qualifications and pro-Israel...
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Bible Marathon in Shiloh
Today was the Annual Bible Marathon in Shiloh. Each year it grows larger and larger. Runners come from near and far. I walked down the hill to Tel Shiloh to join the excitement this morning. Running...
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