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Written by Rabbi Yehuda Spitz for Ohr Sameach
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Thursday, 01 December 2011 06:54 |
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When it comes to the parshiyos of sefer Bereishis, many people (mistakenly) kick back, relax and go on “cruise control”. They think that now is the time for stories, not actually actively learning any...
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Written by Ron Jager
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Friday, 23 September 2011 02:46 |
 Off-the-beaten-track sites in Israel
The people of Israel are passionate about digging up the most unusual, off-the-beaten-track adventures. And that enthusiasm is infectious: Given the country's small size, visitors to...
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Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011 06:21 |
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In almost every venue or endeavor, American citizens generally face three varying sets of laws. There are federal laws, state laws, and local laws. Mature, intelligent citizens view their laws with a sense of pride and...
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Written by Rabbi Marvin Tokayer
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:49 |
 As a Yeshiva University student in the early 1960s, I used to attend a Thursday night class on Chabad philosophy. The class was interesting and highly informative, and I was never shy about asking questions. How could you...
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Written by Avi Ashkenazy
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:44 |
What is the sign of a good decision? It’s putting what’s important to you first.
Did you realize that your assets owned at death are generally subject to federal and state taxes? A significant percentage of...
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Written by Jennifer Mann, LCSW
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:36 |
 This week’s letter is being answered by Jennifer Mann, LMSW.
Dear Jennifer, I am at a crossroads with my friend Gitty. I met Gitty a few years back and we have become good friends. I hate to think this, but I believe...
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Written by Shmuel Katz
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:21 |
 Last July, as my family celebrated the fourth anniversary of our aliyah, I wrote an article for the Five Towns Jewish Times about Gilad’s fourth anniversary in captivity, which was marked just days before our...
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Written by R’ Nison Gordon, z’l
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:16 |
From the 1964 book “Alt Un Nei In Yisroel.†Translated from the Yiddish by Victor Cohen.
The worst kind of luck that can happen for a political leader of a party is to be pushed into the corner for being in...
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:44 |
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It was painful to watch the days pass with silent inaction. The lack of words, however, spoke a great deal about the true feelings and the deep-seated sentiments that lie in the heart of President Barack Obama when it comes...
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Written by David J. Seidemann, Esq.
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:41 |
From The Other Side Of The Bench
How will you spend your glory years? What will you do when you no longer have to catch the early morning train to Penn Station? Is it ever too late to begin anew or, for some, to begin for...
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Written by Jonah Mandel
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:36 |
Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger will be saying Kaddish for Jonathan Pollard’s father, a religious duty the imprisoned agent cannot fulfill since that prayer needs a minyan, the rabbi announced on Tuesday.
Morris...
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Written by Rivka Lubin
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:32 |
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“Class of 2011â€â€”I remember when I first saw that written on the back of the new sweatshirt I received in the beginning of ninth grade. 2011. I remember thinking, “That’s so far off in...
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Written by Rabbi Meir Orlian
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:50 |
Mrs. Wilk was straightening her house when the doorbell rang. “Oh good!†she exclaimed. “Shaindy’s here.â€
Mrs. Wilk opened the door. “Good morning, Shaindy,†she said to her...
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Written by Hannah Reich Berman
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:41 |
 Continued from last week.
At 10:00 a.m. a hospital emergency-room doctor declared that I had pneumonia and needed to be admitted. I agreed, despite the fact that my own doctor didn’t have privileges in that hospital...
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:36 |
 Shimmy Werner would like to meet you. His brothers Baruch, Avromi, and Shea would like to meet you too. Over the last ten years, this team has revolutionized kosher vacationing with the panache and style of KMR Tours.
Full...
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Written by Samuel Soiferman
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:29 |
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For centuries, whiskey has stood at the center of the Shabbos-morning kiddush, b’ris milah, wedding, and almost every other Jewish celebration. Now whiskey has entered the political fray, which could threaten Jewish...
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Written by Esther Mann, LCSW
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:02 |
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Dear Esther, a couple of weeks ago (MindBiz, June 3), there was a letter written to Jennifer Mann that I thought could have been written by my mother, though I know it wasn’t. It was about a woman who had strong...
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Written by Rabbi Yehuda Spitz for Ohr Sameach
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 01:05 |
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Visitors to Yeshivas Ohr Somayach’s famous beginner 4:00 P.M. daily Mincha minyan (You are also welcome to join) are wont to comment on the fact that everyone says Tachanun with nefillas apayim, the placing down of...
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Written by Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
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Thursday, 22 September 2011 04:33 |
 There is near universal custom during the month of Elul as preparation to the Yomim Noraim, to recite the Chapter of Tehillim (27) “L’Dovid Hashem Ori” during davening, both every morning and evening...
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Written by Yerachmiel Feinerman for 5TJT
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011 07:09 |
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Perhaps one can describe it as the ultimate PBA card.Â
A PBA card is a card that police officers in the United States give their friends and relatives to hand to other officers to help avoid getting a...
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:49 |
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Aaronson was a friendly old man from our first encounter until the last—which took place fairly close to the end of his life. I never knew Aaronson’s first name and I still do not know it today. He was just...
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Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman and vinnews
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:42 |
 The Oheiv Yisrael of the generation has passed on, and we are bereft not only of leadership, but of a leadership that personified an Ahavas Yisrael that knew no bounds. Truly.
Rav Michel Yehudah Lefkowitz, zt’l...
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Written by Anessa V. Cohen
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:34 |
 No matter how many homes you walk into, each one has a color scheme which portrays the homeowner’s personality as reflected by the designs and colors being showcased from room to room.
I read an article written by a...
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Written by Shmuel Katz
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:20 |
 Sitting for an hour in the “Shalit tent†a couple of weeks ago, I was struck by the humanity of the atmosphere. It has been almost a year since Noam and Aviva Shalit concluded a 12-day march across the country...
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Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:12 |
Rav Chaim Stein, the rosh yeshiva of Telze Cleveland, passed away on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 99 years, after a year of illness.
(The levayah is to take place first at the yeshiva, at 9:00 a.m., and then in New...
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Written by Rav Aryeh Z. Ginzberg
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:43 |
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Raising children in a healthy Torah home and environment has never been easy, and most often it has been extremely challenging. Whether it was ancient Bavel; during the days of Hillel and Shamai; in the streets of Vilna in...
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Written by Rabbi Avi Shafran
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:41 |
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Many people seemed happy to treat President Obama’s speeches last month on the Middle East and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s before Congress as some sort of sports tournament, rooting and scoring and...
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Written by Miri Urbach
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:33 |
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A new trend is emerging: Be different. Fashion has evolved and it’s become more about personal style than the latest runway looks. Defining your own look has become the next adventure in the fashion world. Whether you...
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Written by Doni Joszef, LMSW
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:06 |
GPS navigation systems have made our trips strikingly efficient. They guide us turn by turn, street by street, exit by exit. Just click “Calculate Route†and bam! You’re good to go.
But the purpose...
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Written by Esther Mann, LCSSW
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:48 |
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Dear Esther, my sister Rachel and I have always been very close. We are 14 months apart and were more than sisters; we were best friends. We shared a room, we shared clothing, and we even shared friends. We always got along...
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Written by Anessa V. Cohen
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:33 |
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I happened to read the results of a survey done by HomeGain, a real estate marketing company. The topic of this survey was “Simple and affordable do-it-yourself projects that can greatly enhance a home’s resale...
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:36 |
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It’s an odd race of sorts but it seems that the competition is on nevertheless. The political question this week which continues to develop moment by moment is who will the Obama administration succeed in removing...
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Written by Phyllis J. Lubin
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:27 |
 “They’re sitting there chatting.â€
From here we can see the officials gathering on a side street.
“You are not writing about this in your column!â€
“Don’t worry—I’m...
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Written by Anessa V. Cohen
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 10:13 |
There are still a number of prospective buyers out there shopping for houses, assuming that because they want to purchase a home and are mentally prepared for this hurdle, the rest will automatically fall into place.
But...
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Written by Stacey Sutton and Shmuel Soiferman
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Tuesday, 04 October 2011 05:15 |
 As family members of soldiers know - it can be very distressing. Whether the soldier was in the IDF, or the US Army Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is very devastating.
New hope for preventing the development of PTSD...
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Written by Ciona Sha-ked
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Thursday, 22 September 2011 00:32 |
 Gender, age, IQ, appearance and race all have the power to label individuals and place them at disadvantages. It is an unfortunate occurrence for people to use these factors to set themselves limitations. How often is the...
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:50 |
 Is it truly a matter of civil rights or is it yet another symptom of the decaying of the moral fabric of our society? Last week, after years of resistance and hesitation, the New York State Senate passed legislation that...
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Written by Dr. Bernie Kastner
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:47 |
 “Eternity†is a concept that is above “time†as we know it in this world. In eternity, there are no limitations as in past, present, and future—everything in eternity is in present tense, all...
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Written by Phyllis J. Lubin
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 11:23 |
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I’m back at Avnet Country Day. It has been an entire year since I’ve been here, but it’s like I never left! The Avnet pools are my second home. They are familiar—I know all the cracks and...
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Written by Hannah Reich Berman
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:32 |
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As a courtroom-TV junkie, I am having the time of my life right now. Unfortunately, my unbridled enthusiasm for courtroom drama, which is currently providing me with some much-needed daily entertainment, comes at the expense...
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Written by Toby Klein Greenwald
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:18 |
 Fifteen years ago, when Bar Ilan University first bestowed the Guardian of Zion Award on Nobel Prize laureate Professor Elie Wiesel, the idea that someday the State of Israel would be in a genuinely fierce battle to prove...
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Written by Samuel Sokol
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Thursday, 30 June 2011 10:12 |
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Settlement Council head Danny Dayan came together with several journalists and academics, including Jerusalem Post deputy managing editor Caroline Glick, in Jerusalem recently to call for the extension of Israeli sovereignty...
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:42 |
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For this newspaper, there are about 200 dispenser boxes on streets throughout Long Island and the five boroughs of New York City. The fact is rather innocuous and inconsequential. It’s simply a circulation tool to...
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Written by Aviva Rizel
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:39 |
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Every time I walk into the Lawrence post office, I make certain to hold the door open for any other patrons who are coming in behind me. Then I make sure to open it again for them as we walk from the lobby into the main...
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Written by Phyllis J. Lubin
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 11:33 |
“Rebecca (a.k.a. Rivka) Lubin? It’s your turn.â€
“Can I come with her?â€
“Sorry, just in the changing room. Then she is on her own for the M.R.I.â€
“How long will the M.R.I...
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Written by Dr. Rachael E. Schindler
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:51 |
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We hear a lot about obesity these days, and the usual solutions range from gastric-bypass surgery to strict diets and lots of exercise. However, even with all this attention, there are a couple of aspects of being severely...
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Written by Mordechai Schmutter
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 10:48 |
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We live in exciting times. I recently read an article about a company in England that, in an effort to show people how to live green, created a prototype car that runs on coffee. They figured that if people can run on...
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Written by Shmuel Katz
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Thursday, 23 June 2011 09:47 |
Ten Reasons Why You Should Live In Israel
If it is June, it must be time for yet another one of my “ten more reasons to come live in Israel†lists. Inspired by a Nefesh B’Nefesh program, each year, around...
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Written by Simcha Dunn
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:34 |
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On Wednesday afternoon, while Sholom Rubashkin remained imprisoned in the Otisville Federal Correctional Institute in New York, convicted of various counts of financial fraud and sentenced to 27 years’ imprisonment, a...
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Written by David J. Seidemann, Esq.
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Thursday, 16 June 2011 11:25 |
From The Other Side Of The Bench
I can safely say that we have all been overexposed to the textploits of a certain congressman from New York who apparently needs a refresher course in how to tweet. The fact that he acted in...
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