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…eople. God helped Yosef because he had a hard life with his brothers. Some really bad things happened to Yosef but he ended up being a really good person and doing good things, because God helped him. I think that God still helps people grow and change. God helps me. Being Jewish is important to me because it has been a good way to learn about God and how to grow and change. I want to help make the world a better place and I want there to be peace…
…s tell us Is that 14,700 people died In this sudden plague. It’s a precise number. And it invites immediate comparison To the number we heard just a few verses earlier: Why did only 250 die From Korach’s active rebellion, But 14,700 die For a single line of passive complaint: “You two have brought death on the L-rd’s people.” This single line of lament, Of blame and complaint, May not seem so surprising, or egregious. They had seen Moses tell the…
…n Qoronel mitokh Sifrei HaGeonim in Teshuvot uFesaqim, sec. 1, Benei Beraq Israel, 1985, 5:44. 24. Rashba, sec. 693. 25. Cited in Binyamin Zev, p. 247; Rabbi Yisrael of Kremz, Austria (14th century) in Hagahot Asheri rosh pereq HaMaziq (Baba Qama 32a); Rabbi Yosef Karo at Tur, Even HaEzer, hilkhot gittin, 154. 26. Karo at Tur, Even HaEzer, hilkhot gittin, 154. It is not completely clear that Karo intends to reject Rabbenu Simha’s view in its entir…
…to death by survivors and a riot broke out in which 26 Palestinians and 2 Israelis were killed. Baruch Goldstein has become a hero among some of Israel’s right-wing extremists. They set up a tombstone for him that reads, “Here lies the saint, Dr. Baruch Kappel Goldstein, blessed be the memory of the righteous and holy man, may the Lord avenge his blood, who devoted his soul to the Jews — He was killed as a martyr of God on Purim.” This view may r…
…I think that in the first lekh lekha, the blessings are encouragement. God really wants Abraham to follow that commandment. God really wants Abraham to leave, so he gives Abraham more reason to forsake his past and become God’s servant. But in the second lekh lekha, I don’t think that God really wanted Abraham to follow that commandment and sacrifice his son. I think so because Abraham does not receive his blessings until he is about to actually s…
…s expiates Jews’ sins Escapism: Flight or Fight 50/63 Aliya (emigration to Israel); Desire for aliya really means one must address local problems 127/137 Earthly matters most 158/144 Avoiding responsibility for restitution; Restitution made personally 210/150 Flight preferred Economic Issues 48/61 Repentance achieved by giving charity; Wealth; Charity 71/127 Livelihood protected when possible 79/127 Humility preferred to competition for job; Rabbi…
…e that is about women in the service. I read an article about women in the Israeli army. Every Israeli citizen 18 years or older serves in the army for some portion of their life. The only position that Israel won’t let women have in the army is in the front lines. They let women drive hummers, teach weaponry, teach tank driving, and let women do transmissions and communications, and much more, but they won’t let them up front with the men. This i…
…st in the way Catholics think about them. Donʼt tell anyone, but you donʼt really need a rabbi to become a bar- or bat-mitzva, get married or divorced, or have a funeral. It may be desirable to have rabbinic guidance and supervision, but there are really no special “powers” a rabbi has other than the endorsement of some rabbinical school attesting to the rabbiʼs training. The Cemetery Association may require (for good reasons) that a rabbi officia…
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…while the administrators were Egyptians. Each foreman was in charge of ten Israelites. If the Israelites did not do their job correctly, the administrators beat the foremen, so they would make the Israelite slaves complete their task. Every morning, the administrators would wake the foremen early, so they had time to gather the slaves. One morning, an Egyptian administrator went to the house of Dathan, an Israelite foreman. Dathan’s wife was beaut…
