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The Significance of Names

I gave a Dvar Torah before the holidays about the first parshah of exodus for a Judaism class Ricky and I are taking at a local synagogue. I talked about how the title means names, and how in the past &helli...

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A Wintertime Sukkot Gift

One afternoon in early January 2014 a FedEx truck pulls up and the driver gives us a small but heavy box. Inside there’s a thick book, a collection of advanced commentaries on Talmud tractate Sukka...

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An Emotional Twist on the Polar Vortex

Polar Vortex is the big word this week as a huge swath of Midwest and Central United States is hit with unusually cold frigid Artic temperatures. We have friends and relatives in Chicago and Detroit hit by d...

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Making the Case for a Case for Google Glass

An alumnus of ours Ayelet G. has been promoting a kickstarter project for a protective case for Google Glass. It seems that the original bag that Google Glass comes in doesn’t offer enough protection b...

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Cozy-Shabbat Jan 10-11 + Sat Night Farbrengen

Jan 10-11 will be our second and final Cozy-Shabbat weekend for this Winter Break. If you are up in Albany, please join us. Prayers 6:30pm, Dinner 7pm on Friday; Prayers 10am, and Lunch will be 12:30pm on Sa...