The following article is adapted from Rabbi Pear’s Shabbat HaGadol Sermon: “Are the Egyptians the New Jews? A Jewish Response to the Arab Revolts.” I recently became a global citizen. In search of an affordable graphic artist to design a new logo for Shir Hadash I came across a website that ‘puts out to bid’ various [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Are the Egyptians the New Jews?
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Richard Nixon and the Mitzva of Love
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In this week’s parsha we are commanded to Love thy Neighbor as Thyself, or in the original, ואהבת לרעך כמוך. The question is: Is that even possible? Can I ever love a person as much as I love myself? Even Rabbi Akiva, who of course promoted this commandment above all others, understood there were limitations [...]
Time Travellers
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In the Hagada we are presented with what obviously must have been a very important historical seder, the seder of Rabbi Akiva and the other four sages. The question is: Why was the seder at Rabbi Akiva’s place? After all, the other sages mentioned were of equal stature. Among them was Elazar ben Azariah who [...]
