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	<description>Ideas, Events &#38; Activities to Make Judaism More Joyous - by Rabbi Ian (Chaim) Pear</description>
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		<title>When Not Giving is Giving</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Biblical times, and as an echo we continue to hear today, one of the foundations of Israeli society was the system of tithing, or giving maserot.  There were many different kinds &#8212; such as trumah, which was food separated from the gathered harvest and donated to the cohanim, or priests; ma&#8217;aser rishon, which was given to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=146&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>O&#8217; Say Can You See</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of Parshat VaYelech, Moses calls the Torah a &#8217;song&#8217; and commands the Jewish people to remember this song.  The next week&#8217;s parsha, Ha&#8217;azinu, is clearly a song as well, and many commentators suggest that it is to serve as a paradigm for the entire Torah.  The question is why &#8211; Why is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=144&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Kosher Bookworm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the recent review of my book, The Accidental Zionist, that appeared in the Long Island Jewish Star.  To order the book, visit your local Judaica store, or shop online at Amazon.com.
The Kosher Bookworm: “The Accidental Zionist” by Rabbi Ian Pear
In Alan Jay Gerber, Atlantic Beach, Exclusive, Feature, Hashkafah, Israel, Kosher Bookworm, Opinion, Review, Yeshiva [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=142&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lag B&#8217;Omer &#8211; When Hatred is Love</title>
		<link>http://joyousjudaism.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/lag-bomer-when-hatred-is-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Talmud, Rabbi Akiva presided over 24,000 students until a terrible plague decimated nearly all of them (only 5 survived) in the 2nd Century CE.  &#8220;Why did these students die?&#8221; asks the Talmud.    The answer: &#8220;Because they did not show honor to one another.&#8221;
There are many questions one may ask about this story, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=137&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Inner City Schools Need Kohanim</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 15:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of Friday nights ago we had the privilege of having over to our home for Shabbat dinner a distinguished group of U.S. educators visiting Israel as part of the American-Israeli Friendship League Mission Program.   As usual, we went around the table and had everyone introduce themselves.  In addition to telling us a little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=132&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Lions Roar &#8211; The Connection Between the Holy and the Ethical</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 15:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for the length of this post.  Feel free to split it up into two or three reads.
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Why do we take three steps back and then three steps forward before praying the silent &#8216;amida&#8217; prayer?
There are a number of answers to this question, such as: This &#8216;coreography&#8217; is to remind us of the actions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=129&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge straight into Israel</title>
		<link>http://joyousjudaism.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/jumping-off-the-golden-gate-bridge-straight-into-israel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230; and he shall dwell alone, isolated outside the camp will be his residence &#8230;&#8221; (Leviticus 13:46)
Thus we are told is the punishment for the person afflicted with Tzara&#8217;at, the spiritual disease often likened to leprosy and brought on by &#8212; according to our Sages &#8212; the sin of speaking ill of other people.
Rashi notes that this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=123&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All We Have to Fear is Fear Itself</title>
		<link>http://joyousjudaism.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/all-we-have-to-fear-is-fear-itself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Torah uses two phrases to describe how God took the Jews out of Egypt &#8212; with a mighty hand (Yad Chazakah) and an outstretched arm (zarua natuah).  Why both expressions?
Rav Kook answers as follows.  The mighty hand was employed to weaken Pharoah and force him into letting the Jews go.  But that alone was insufficient [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=120&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Earth Day Special</title>
		<link>http://joyousjudaism.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/an-earth-day-special/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For an interesting take on disposal of hazardous waste &#8212; 2,000 years ago! &#8212; check out the Talmud&#8217;s Bava Kama Tractate 30A.  There, you will see the discussion held by a series of Rabbis of how to best dispose of dangerous materials, in those times things like thorns and shards of glass.  The accepted practice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=118&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Matzah</title>
		<link>http://joyousjudaism.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/how-to-make-matzah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rabbi Israel Salanter was especially meticulous when it came to the baking of the town’s Matzah. To make certain that everything was done according to the strictest interpretation of Jewish law he personally supervised the baking. One year the Rabbi was bedridden and unable to go to the bakery so He assigned the task to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=joyousjudaism.wordpress.com&blog=1869506&post=114&subd=joyousjudaism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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