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NY's Funniest Rabbi: September
;the waves get to you after you've had a break on the shore and realize you have to jump in,at least for a minute, and then in one of those before you know it moments you're out in the deep water fighting the feeling that you'll never get out of the ocean...
Dateline: 2010-09-01 1:00am -07:00T (59 words)
 
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: And We Will Say Amen
oEight months into it I am still struck by the bottom line."There shall begreat peacefrom Heaven andlife upon us andon all of Israeland we will sayamen."On Christmas Day she woke and- short version -said "I can't breathe."She never spoke again.In Hebrew I...
Dateline: 2010-08-31 11:45pm -07:00T (82 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Guest Post: The Five Best Pieces of Fiction Dealing with Judaism
Interested in reading some fiction that depicts Judaism in a realistic and interesting way? Check out these five fantastic novels. The Chosen by Chaim Potok The story of Danny Saunders and Reuven Malters follows the friendship of two Jewish boys livi...
Dateline: 2010-08-31 8:15pm -07:00T (772 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: "Late last night I heard" - J.M.
o"Thank you very much"has a clichéd ring to itWe need something elseA filled restaurantOne day everyone will goDoes everyone live?--------------------------Big Yellow Ellul Pt. 1Everything starts falling, while the king walks inthe field, and weeach go o...
Dateline: 2010-08-31 2:15am -07:00T (63 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: How A Heart Can Be So Big
uThe words, and the context brought tears to my eyes. There are blessings and there are blessings. This one came from the heart and entered the heart:"I wish you the best year of your life in every way."...
Dateline: 2010-08-30 8:15pm -07:00T (39 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: And Yet...
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Dateline: 2010-08-30 7:00pm -07:00T (1 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Haiku, Poem, Me
;Every message isa message in a messageSpoken unspoken---------------------------------------------------For David(after psalm 27)Did anyone before you ever say"G-d is my light?" I doubt itAnd if they did, they didn't say"and my salvation" or clearly arti...
Dateline: 2010-08-29 10:00pm -07:00T (56 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: "Clean favored, and imperially slim" (click)
dI'm in the first quarter of Christine Lavin's autobiography, Cold Pizza for Breakfast. She's a good writer. In college she had a lively friend named Vickie who she lost touch with. A few years after university she tried to get her on the phone and the...
Dateline: 2010-08-29 10:00am -07:00T (174 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: My "Favorite" Way To Ruin A Joke
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Dateline: 2010-08-29 10:00am -07:00T (1 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Like Riding a Bike, Childhood Never Leaves Us
.Soon, teaching. I can't believe that it's been 5 years since I last taught the start of Breishit. On the other hand it feels like yesterday that my colleague Rachel Besser (she should live and be well) (I wonder if that bet with Donny is still on) told ...
Dateline: 2010-08-29 10:00am -07:00T (156 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Kum La'asot Retzon Borei/HaMelech BeSadeh
gFor a parsha piece on Shoftim that I'm fond of, written all in haiku, click here. For another short Shoftim thought- on what it means to be tamim and another about judges - see here. Did you ever notice how people into very spiritual stuff like Yoga or...
Dateline: 2010-08-13 6:00am -07:00T (462 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Reciting L'Dovid Hashem Ohri (Click For Link To Audio Shiur)
The following talk of Rabbi Dr. Shnayer Leiman was listened to and adapted into writing in memory of my dear mother Freida Maryam bat Binyamin Maneleh.The Mishnah Berurah (TK”PA) writes that (in his part of Europe) it’s a minhag to say LeDovid Hashem ...
Dateline: 2010-08-12 8:30pm -07:00T (1137 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: My Uncle From Oz
Today's google logo, what they call their doodle, pays tribute to The Wizard of Oz. It's an easy free association for me, that movie leads right to Uncle Sig. The third photo above was obtained from the website of Jeffrey Pidgeon. Jeffrey, I believe, c...
Dateline: 2010-08-12 12:00pm -07:00T (256 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: During my five
During my five year sojourn in Israel I bought this picture for my mother (ZL) and father (HSLABW). The artist's name was Bar Ami, I believe. He was Israeli but had spent some time living in Riverdale. His work, to me is amazing. He uses pesukim in sma...
Dateline: 2010-08-11 10:30pm -07:00T (162 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: 1 Night Time Haiku
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Dateline: 2010-08-10 8:45pm -07:00T (1 words)
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