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		<title>Was Yakov and Accountant?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parshat VaYetzei One of the famous scenes in this week’s Torah reading is Yakov’s dream of the Angels ascending and descending a ladder placed on the ground and whose top is somewhere in the heavens.  And one of the most famous interpretations of this dream is provided in the Midrash: The angels represent different nations, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=224&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the Future: Why Row Row Row Your Boat Sounds Better in Hebrew</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Torah tells us that Yitzchak re-dug many of the same wells that his father Avraham had dug in his lifetime, an act necessitated by the fact that these earlier wells were filled in by the local inhabitants in the interim.  The Torah seems to emphasize the importance of these acts by having Yitzchak actually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=216&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Can&#8217;t I Tickle Myself: The Hidden Mitzvoth of Shavuot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great number of the customs associated with the Holiday of Shavuot, the day on which the Torah was given at Mount Sinai, seem to hide the true nature of the Holiday.  For example: 1) One of the most popular &#8216;new&#8217; customs associated with Shavuot is the Tikun Leil, an all-night learning experience where people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=208&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are the Egyptians the New Jews?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article is adapted from Rabbi Pear&#8217;s Shabbat HaGadol Sermon: &#8220;Are the Egyptians the New Jews? A Jewish Response to the Arab Revolts.&#8221; 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 &#8216;puts out to bid&#8217; various [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=203&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Nixon and the Mitzva of Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 11:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=199&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time Travellers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 09:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s place?  After all, the other sages mentioned were of equal stature.  Among them was Elazar ben Azariah who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=197&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food, Glorious Food</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across an interesting Halachik discussion the other day; it was entitled &#8220;The Halachot of All You Can Eat Buffets.&#8221;   Apparently it was inspired by a law suit brought by a disgruntled All-you-can-eat sushi bar patron.  As the Los Angeles Times describes it, an individual with diabetes was caught taking out the fish [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=194&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Bouvre</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the introduction to the Ein Yakov the author quotes a tannaitic dispute about which verse in the Torah is the most important.  Ben Zoma says it is the Shema &#8211; which seems to entail the belief in, and love for, God.  Ben Nanas says the verse VeAhavta L&#8217;reyacha KaMocha &#8211; love your neigbhor as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=189&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spock vs. Homer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the beginning of parshat VaYikra we are introduced to the concept of karbanot &#8211; or sacrifices &#8211; with the phrase &#8220;if a person brings a sacrifice from amongst you&#8221; or in Hebrew mikem.  One midrash on this verse suggests the word mikem teaches us how beloved the Jewish people are.  When we do a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=186&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VaYakhel &#8211; Two Mishkans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The parsha begins with the command to gather all of Israel and command them about two things &#8211; Shabbat and the building of the Mishkan.  Regarding the latter, the midrashim are replete with sources connecting this command to what took place &#8216;last week&#8217; &#8211; in parsha Ki Tisa &#8211; when the Jews committed the sin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1869506&amp;post=183&amp;subd=joyousjudaism&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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