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If God Spoke To You
By
Brad Hirschfield
If God spoke to you, what would you want to hear? Given that Jews are in the final three day countdown to Shavuot and its celebration of revelation at Sinai, it seems like a good time to ask. The final three days before the giving of the Ten Commandments are mentioned in the Book of…
Jerusalem Quotes for Jerusalem Day 2010
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Brad Hirschfield
Today is Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, the national day which celebrates the unification of Jerusalem and its return to Israeli control in the wake of the 1967, Six-Day War. I love Jerusalem, and called the city my home for a number of years. I still feel at home whenever I am there. I also know…
Mother’s Day 2010 – Is It Jewish?
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Brad Hirschfield
How could it not be? That doesn’t mean that it’s also not Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Pagan, Buddhist, etc. It’s not a zero sum thing, as it rarely is in these things. But that is for another time. I know that cynics decry Mother’s Day as modern invention of greeting card companies and florists looking to…
Lag B’Omer 2010: Celebrate Being Kind
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Brad Hirschfield
Sunday May 2, 2010 will also be Lag B’Omer — the 33rd day in the 49 day countdown (mentioned in Leviticus 23:15-16) from Pesach to Shavuot, or Passover to Pentecost if you prefer. According to the Talmud, it was on the 33rd day of the Omer that the students of Rabbi Akiva Stopped dying of…
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