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TEFILLIN ON THE LEFT BY RABBI MOSHE MEIR WEISS The posuk teaches us, “Vahoya l’os al yod’cha – Tefillin should be a sign upon your hand.” The Gemora expounds the word yod’cha to be a composite of yad keiha, upon your weaker hand, and it is from here that we learn the Halacha that one who is right handed should put his tefillin upon his left hand. This law prompts the immediate question, Why don’t we put our tefillin on |
GIVING & TAKING It is something I have noticed just about every election year, and I am always taken aback by it. This year was no different.
Inevitably, the major candidates make their income tax reports public. Included in these reports are the contributions to charity that they have made during the past year. Some candidates contribute generously, sometimes even impressively, to the charities of their choice.
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COUCH POTATO BY THE THERAPISTS
Dear Therapists,
My mother has been having a very difficult time getting up from her couch. Every time she tries to get up she falls back onto the couch. Each time she wants to get up we need to help her. Is there anything she/we can do to make it...
ANIT SEMITISM, ASSIMILATION & CHILLUL HASHEM BY RABBI WEISS
We baby boomers living in the land of the free and the home of the brave are really not prepared for the rash of anti-Semitism that we’ve recently encountered. There were five incidents recently in Bergen County alone, topped off by the terrible firebombing of the...
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THE MANY LESSONS OF HALF BY RABBI WEINREB
I was never very good at math. It all goes back to the fourth grade. I came down with a case of some ordinary childhood disease, probably chicken pox, at just the time that Mrs. Levine was teaching the class about the concept of percentages. I must’ve missed about a week...
WISH LIST FOR AN INJURY-FREE COMPUTER WORKSTATION | PART I
In previous articles we discussed the potential injuries that can occur due to misuse of a computer/workstation. These injuries are usually the result of 1) repetitive use of a computer and/or its accessories, 2) the setup of your workstation or 3) due to improper...
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HEALTHY RADIOACTIVITY
Every day we say about our tefillin, “V’haya lcha los al yadecha – And it should be for a sign upon your hand.” From this verse, the Gemora in Masechtas Menachos exponds, “As a sign for you – and not for others.” From here we...
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WHERE WERE $3.4 BILLION AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS SPENT?
According to ForeignPolicy, in an article titled: Hard times in Hebron the United States:
has spent $3.4 billion in development funds in the Palestinian territories of West Bank and Gaza
So, it appears that this poor, oppressed, underdeveloped Arab city has doubled the number of building...
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HIKIND & CONGRESSMAN TURNER MEET IN ALBANY TO DISCUSS EDUCATION AND OTHER INITIATIVES
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) met with Congressman Turner (NY-9) in Albany today to discuss a major initiative underway in Washington involving federal financial assistance for parents who send their children to private and parochial schools. Congressman Turner advised...
THE SEEKER
“This is the most shocking and astounding phrase in the entire Torah!”
These were the words uttered, in Hebrew, by the aging and ailing rabbi who was visiting Baltimore for medical treatment, where I lived long ago. The rabbi was from Israel, where he was the revered and popular...
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