Monthly Archives: ‍‍ Iyar / Sivan 5770 - May 2010

Two Ideals

Posted on ‍‍13 Sivan 5770 - May 25, 2010 by micha

(Split off from last week’s post “Shavuos Reading” because I thought of a number of points I wanted to add.) Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, in the Naso 5770 issue of his weekly Parashah Sheet “Covenant and Conversation” discusses what appears … Continue reading →

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Shavuos Reading

Posted on ‍‍8 Sivan 5770 - May 21, 2010 by micha

I just wanted to share some of what I came across this Shavuos… 1- From YU’s “Shavuos-to-Go”, R’ Mordechai Torczyner writes about the connection between Shavuos and chessed. Often cited is the idea that Rus, a book about chessed, is … Continue reading →

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Yom Yerushalayim

Posted on ‍‍28 Iyar 5770 - May 12, 2010 by micha

“זְכֹ֤ר ה’֨ ׀ לִבְנֵ֬י אֱד֗וֹם אֵת֮ י֤וֹם יְֽרוּשָׁ֫לִָ֥ם …– Hashem, remind the children of Edom of the Day of Jerusalem…” – Tehillim 137:7 It seems odd to me, but this is the oldest source for the idiom which the Chief … Continue reading →

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Building Anew

Posted on ‍‍20 Iyar 5770 - May 4, 2010 by micha

65 years before was the holocaust — one third of our people killed. When we left Egypt, we were led through the desert by a pillar of fire by day, and a pillar of smoke by night. When we made … Continue reading →

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Backgammon

Posted on ‍‍20 Iyar 5770 - May 3, 2010 by micha

The following is probably fiction, but is certainly possible. Picture a salt truck in February 2008, running down a Manhattan street, its mechanism scattering salt behind it. One particular piece of salt is sprayed out of the back of the … Continue reading →

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