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Pick It Out

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:17:48 +0000

Sometimes, a video’s brilliance is its simplicity. You don’t always need to fluff it up with fancy scripts and visuals. All you need is a funny concept and you can run with it. So with the long weekend quickly approaching, why not just leave you with a light, funny video that can provide a quick laugh?

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Taking Food Home from a Reception (a Simcha)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:29:37 +0000

Question: Is it permissible to take home food/drink from a reception (a Simcha ) without asking the host? An example I’m thinking about is at a large Jewish wedding where there are many bottles of soda lying around. Can one take a bottle home without asking? Answer: Thank you for your question. Any food and drink put out at a reception is for the people in attendance only, and it would be theft to take home a bottle of soda, without the permission of the hosts. If it is something that people commonly take home, such as a piece of cake or a few cookies, and you have no reason to assume that the host would object, we say that there is implicit permission to do so even without their knowledge. This is the concept of “ Umdana “- we assume permission has been granted for this. Similarly, a child may offer friends some snacks from her home, even without her parent’s knowledge, because we can assume permission has been granted for this unless we know otherwise. Take care, Rabbi Aaron Tendler

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Wise Fridays: What is Revelation?

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:29:22 +0000

“Revelation is not an act of [a prophet] seeking, but of his being sought after, an act in God’s search of Man.” –Abraham Joshua Heschel, Between God and Man Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on

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Murder of Israelis Stuns Jewish Residents of West Bank

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0000

As negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians continue in Washington, D.C., despite two terrorist attacks in as many days, Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria are lamenting an apparent return to the darkest days of violence.

The Good, the Bad, and the Delicious

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:57:40 +0000

Earlier this week Stacey Ballis wrote about Rosh Hashanah cooking and fasting on Yom Kippur for the JBC/MJL Author Blog. Her newest book, Good Enough to Eat, will be available September 7th. I’ve long been fascinated with the relationship women have with their own bodies and appetites. While the subject of weight and body image and

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The Most Jewish Show on TV?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:47:17 +0000

I have some news for you. Curb Your Enthusiasm may not be the most Jewish show out there. That title has to go to Adult Swim’s Delocated. For those of you who don’t know what Delocated is, I’ll fill you in quickly on one of the weirdest comedies in history. “Jon” played by Jon Glaser, is

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The Ancient Jewish Wedding

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:57:18 +0000

Question: What was the courting and betrothal procedure in time of the Roman empire, ca. 100 to 300 AD? What was the waiting time? Answer: The Jewish wedding has two parts: the Eirusin , or engagement, followed by the Nesuin , the actual marriage. In Biblical times these were two separate ceremonies, as much as a year apart from each other. Today they are combined into a single ceremony on the same day. In olden days the couple were effectively married after the engagement but lived separately, without any physical contact. During that time a home would be prepared, after which the marriage ceremony would be held and the bride would be brought into her new accommodations. Today what we call “engagement” is not a wedding in the sense of Eirusin , but the effective relationship is established almost simultaneously at the end. Regards, Eliahu Levenson

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N.Y. Rabbi Promotes New Year Services Ahead of Fashion Week

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0000

For the first time ever, New York Fashion Week – an annual tradition that showcases the spring lines of hundreds of the city’s top fashion designers – will coincide with the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah.

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Printmaker Blends Jewish Images With a Nod to Pop Culture

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Chasidic artist Michael Mordechai Cohen celebrated his East Coast debut as he unveiled a series of pop-influenced spiritual prints at the J. Klaynberg Gallery in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea.

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Caregiver’s Rosh Hashanah: High Holiday Poetry Contest Winner

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:42:28 +0000

This is the first-place winner of MyJewishLearning.com and Shemspeed.com’s High Holiday Poetry Contest. Read our other winners, Wet Toes and Dragon Tefillin. Caregiver’s Rosh Hashanah by Rita Janice Traub The only shofar sounds we hear are beep of horn and screech of brakes. Shul is off-limits to us now. Each cluttered room a temple makes. No reader chants the liturgy anywhere

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