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The Miracle of Spiritual Sustainability

Posted in Hanukkah, Peace, Religion, Shabbat, Spirituality on December 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Our rabbis taught: “On the twenty-fifth of Kislev (begin) the eight days of Hanukkah, on which lamentation for the dead and fasting are forbidden. For when the Greeks entered the Temple, they defiled all the oils in it, and when the Hasmonean dynasty prevailed over them and defeated them, they searched and found only one [...]

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Worked to Death

Posted in American Judaism, Judaism, Labor, Religion, Shabbat, Torah Commentary on March 9, 2007 | 5 Comments »

The Israelite people shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. It shall be a sign for all time between Me and the people of Israel. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day, God ceased and was renewed. (Exodus [...]

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