“Elohai n’tzur l’shoni m’ra” ~ O Lord, Guide my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking guile.
Three times a day we recite this phrase at the end of the Amidah.
The Talmud teaches that worse than murder, is slander, because it kills three: “the teller, the listener and the victim.
I’m at a restaurant with [...]
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I was told all my life that I was such a good, well-rounded student. Two days ago in a speech from one of my professors “You know what is well rounded, an egg, put it on the table…and it rolls right to the floor!”
Yesterday in the sweltering heat of Coral Gables, Florida I learned an [...]
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Trying to pack for the big move.
4 pairs of Jeans.
4 or 5 sweatshirts.
100 tees/sweats/wristbands/hats/boxers/backpacks of past brand loyalties.
What is this phenomena of “brand loyalty” that I (among others) have suddenly stumbled upon? Those who don’t own up to it are “Cut-and-runners”, “seculars”, or worse “ignorant”.
True brand loyalty implies that the consumer is willing, at least [...]
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“Suddenly I realized that others would someday get everything I had worked for so hard, then I started hating it all. Who knows if those people will be sensible or stupid? Either way, they will own everything I have earned by hard work and wisdom. It doesn’t make sense…I looked again and saw people being [...]
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The Challenger – A former participant of the URJ NFTY Kutz Campus for Reform Jewish Teen Life
The Challenge – I want you to define Reform Judaism to me in your own words. GO!
Reform Judaism is a funny concept. It is a concept that I always think I have [...]
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