Monthly Archive: January 2009

Jan
27

A Video Message From Michael Harshaw

TweetShare via emailJudaism teaches that G-d gives each of us what we need to fulfill our purpose, and “for whatever measure it is that G-d has given us, one should be extremely thankful.” For those who have been so blessed, our 1,000@$36 campaign — finding 1,000 people to donate $36 to sponsor a complete redesign …

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Jan
23

Inauguration Week

TweetShare via emailIt has been an extraordinary week, especially for those of us in the United States. Just 45 years after the 1964 Civil Rights act, we have a black President. I think that this is part and parcel of what has made the United States such a Medina Shel Chesed, kind host to its …

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Jan
16

Hidden Miracles

TweetShare via emailOur Sages teach that Moshe’s father, Amram, withdrew from his wife because of Pharoah’s cruel decree that the midwives should kill any male Jewish child. His daughter Miriam protested, saying that because of him there would be no Jewish girls, either — and he accepted her reasoning, resulting in Moshe’s birth. Amram returned …

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