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New (Fruit) = Nu?

Each year on the second night of Rosh Hashanah we bring to the table a plated assortment of exotic fruits, unusual hard-to-get or little-eaten fruits from around the world. Often to find them locally we have to go to the … Read the rest

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The Napkin Effect

When we’re preparing for elegant affairs using paper goods, Raizy will sometimes seek out a napkin design and color that will blend or support the various colors on the table. You might question the Napkin Effect, as I have, after … Read the rest

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The Beef Jerky Symbolism

Early morning on the eve of Rosh Hashanah I was online with an alum serving abroad in Iraq discussing how he could best keep Rosh Hashanah under the circumstances out there, being the only Jew on base, far away from … Read the rest

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Alessandro’s Encyclopedia – and the Machzor

On Erev Rosh Hashanah 2022 I was driving around doing last-minute errands and while driving in the car heard a segment of a story told over WAMC radio as part of their Sunday ‘Selected Shorts” a short story titled “Books … Read the rest

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Let Go and Open Up A Little…

In the Torah reading of Netzavim, read every year on the Shabbos before Rosh Hashanah, there’s a line about “circumcising our hearts.” This isn’t a physical procedure like the better known circumfusion, rather an effort (that will ultimately be done … Read the rest

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Would Solar Panels Help Puerto Rico?

Just before the last Shabbat of the Jewish year 5782 Raizy and I (separately, in separate cars) listened to the car-radio, not only that, but we happened to listen to the same radio station and hear the same piece of … Read the rest

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Understanding the Veneration for Queen Elizabeth II

As an American observing the deep veneration of royalty across the pond in the 21st Century in connection with the passing of Queen Elizabeth, I struggled quite a bit with it & came to an understanding that also has lessons … Read the rest

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Digging for the Lost Ark

Digging for the Lost Ark
Adapted from the Rebbe’s Sicha (LKS Vol 21, Terumah) by Rabbi Israel Rubin

We mourn the Temple’s destruction during the Three Weeks preceding Tisha B’av. But rather than just cry over the past, we act … Read the rest

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“Kahn Bonim” – Under Construction

It is my father’s (Rabbi Israel Rubin’s) custom to print a booklet (a “Kuntres”) of his original Torah scholarship in honor of special occasions (one day may this booklets become a book!).

Being that he was unable to attend this … Read the rest

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The 1928 Plaque at Sunnyview

Some thoughts about the wording on this historical 1928 dedication plaque in the entrance lobby of “Sunnyview (which very much lives up to its name!) Rehabilitation Hospital” in Schenectady NY:

I’ve been visiting my father (Rabbi Israel Rubin) who has … Read the rest

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