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		<title>D&#8217;VAR TORAH &#8211; Shavuos</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Shavuos we rejoice as we appreciate our wonderful Torah. Our Sages tell us (Shabbos 88b) that when Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses), was up on Har Sinai (Mount Sinai), receiving the Torah from Hashem (G-d), the Angels were in an uproar. They complained Hashem should give them the Torah, not the Children of Israel. &#8220;Master of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Torah and Food</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first half of this week&#8217;s Torah portion, B&#8217;hukotai, begins with 13 blessings (Leviticus 26:3-13), continues with 30 curses that will occur if we don&#8217;t follow G-d&#8217;s commandments (Leviticus 26:14-41), and ends with a final blessing of consolation from G-d (Leviticus 26:42-45). God basically says that even though there will be destruction, I will still be with you in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D&#8217;VAR TORAH &#8211; Acharei / Kedoshim</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of Aharon&#8217;s sons died while transgressing the Divine commandments in the Temple service. Losing a son, either spiritually or physically is a most painful traumatic process as the following true anonymous letter illustrates. Until a few years ago, I didn&#8217;t take anything very seriously. I had graduated from a Yeshiva high school, and unlike [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parshas Acharai Mos and Parshas Kedoshim</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Shabbos we read  Parshas Acharai Mos and Parshas Kedoshim. In Parshas Kedoshim the Torah gives many of the most basic commandments that deal with interpersonal relationships. “You shall not steal, you shall not lie, you shall not shall not oppress,… One of the instructions given to us is the Mitzvah to give rebuke to another Jew. “Do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parshas Tazria and Parshas Metzora</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Shabbos we read  Parshas Tazria and Parshas Metzora. In these two Parshas we read of the affliction called Tzaraas, a spiritual malady with physical signs that in Temple times would affect a person who committed certain sins. Primary among these sins was the sin of Loshon Hara, to speak evil of another Jew. The punishment of the person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why a Minyan, Why Not Alone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rabbis, stressing the importance of communal prayer, say, no doubt with a degree of hyperbole, that when prayers are offered in a congregation God will never reject them. Modern thinkers on Jewish prayer. Some of the more sacred prayers can be recited only where a quorum of ten, the minyan, is present. The prayers in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D&#8217;VAR TORAH &#8211; Tazria Metzorah</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Torah prohibits the speaking of Lashon Hara (Derogatory Speech). When we denigrate others, we not only cause them harm and loss, but we create a negative environment that affects the listener and even the speaker of the lashon hara. Attitudes affect and infect others, both consciously and subconsciously, as the following true story illustrates: A man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D&#8217;VAR TORAH &#8211; Passover / Pesach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Torah points out that G-d took us out of Egypt in the springtime, when the weather was beautiful, so that we could fully enjoy this great event. Surely we would have been happy to leave the bitter bondage of Egypt in any weather, but, G-d added this special touch for our benefit. We learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D&#8217;VAR TORAH &#8211; Ki Sisa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moshe urged Hashem (G-d), &#8220;Let me know Your ways&#8230; (Ex.33-13). The ways of Hashem are indeed puzzling to us &#8211; particularly how Hashem runs the world. Things seem to make no sense. This is because we only see part of the puzzle at a time. Trying to look at the world today and understand why things happen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shabbat On Your Own</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking on Shabbat by yourself is a tough job, but there are definitely ways to make it work even if your family isn&#8217;t on board. Your first and possibly best option is not one you&#8217;ll be able to take every week, but it should still be on your radar: spend Shabbat with a Shabbat-observant family. [...]]]></description>
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