Apr 12, 2007

why a BT would change?

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What would you do if you found out you were not Jewish? If you were suddenly told that you were adopted as a child, a non-Jewish child, and ...
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The JIBs are now open!

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Head on over and start nominating your favorite bloggers or even just your favorite posts even if you normally do not like the blogger. The...
Apr 11, 2007

Advocating for a simple Judaism

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It is that time of year again. You know - the time of year when everybody (at least in the religious/yeshivish communities in Israel) picks ...
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The JIBs are coming!

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Get ready! Here they come! The jblogging event you have all been waiting for! The JIB (Jewish and Israeli Blogging) Award process is finally...
Apr 10, 2007

no need for the findings

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There has been this whole debate in the press about the Winograd Committee's interim conclusions and their being made public. They were...

some political points

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1. Labor MK Ophir Pines-Paz is moving to force the Labor Party to back out of the Olmert government. Pines-Paz is running for leadership of ...
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Apr 8, 2007

vasikin at the Kotel

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For a number of years now I have been diligent to go to the Kotel once or twice during Hol Hamoed to daven "vasikin". This Pesah, ...
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Apr 6, 2007

Pesah softball

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PLAY BALL!! I always say that baseball (and softball too) was created to be played during the day.... Today we played the team from Eilat in...
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Rav Shmuel's greatest hit (video)

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Apr 5, 2007

murder caught on video (video)

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The video of the elephant murder has been uploaded to YouTube, and I bring it to you here... WARNING: This video is not for the faint of hea...
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murder in the Israel safari

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The butler did it. Actually that is not true. Yossi did it. Yossi is an elephant. Yossi , a 33 year old, 7 ton elephant went, in full publ...
Apr 4, 2007

one tune for all

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We were on our way home after yomtov tonight and we were listening to the radio. Radio Kol Chai to be exact. They had a program in which chi...
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Apr 2, 2007

A late look at a couple of Pesah customs

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The common custom is not to eat matza from Rosh Hodesh Nissan until Pesah night. The purpose of this minhag is in order to increase ones des...
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Apr 1, 2007

nominee for Humra of the Month award!

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My brother Shaya wrote in the comments of a previous post an experience he had in the supermarket. I nominate this for this months Humra of ...
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don't listen to music during sefira?

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Do you not listen to music during the period of sefiras ha'omer? Why not? The reason is obviously based on the death of the students of ...
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Mar 31, 2007

special tefilla for the seder night

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Rabbi Shlomo Amar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, has composed a special tefilla on behalf of the captured soldiers. This tefilla is mean...