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The Ladder and the Life-vest

For a prop this Shabbat Nitzavim we set up a green ladder with an orange life-vest hanging from it. 

What’s the connection? Here’s the verse from Devarim/Deut, Nitzavim 30:11-14:

For this mitzvah which I command you this day, it is … Read the rest

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Why Start Off at Alumni House?

It so happens that this Fall 2021, two of UAlbany Hillel’s semester opening events were held at the Alumni House. True, it is a nice space and a retreat from campus (we had a portion of our son Moshe’s Bar-Mitzvah … Read the rest

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Lesson from a Taliban Strength

The rapid fall of Afghanistan and the Taliban conquest in mere days after the US withdrawal after twenty years of American war and nation-building was a huge shock and news buzz and the talk around town. As it should be. … Read the rest

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Wet Feet

I thought of this title because Chani (our daughter) is staffing a CTeen Extreme adventure road-trip from Denver to Los Angeles, and just sent us pictures of her hiking for miles immersed waist deep (sometimes higher) in the Virgin River … Read the rest

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Memories & Impressions of Reb Pinye Korf

BDE. #RebPinye in #Pinchas! A great & simple teacher, I learned so many and one things from him, a shapeless shaper, deep impressions but light marks, kindly yet unwavering… much to miss, remember, cherish, live with… an icon, a symbol … Read the rest

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Shabbat Pinchas between July 2nd and July 4th

This year (5781/2021), Shabbat Pinchas is on July 3rd, sandwiched between July 2nd which commemorates the vote on the (Lee) Resolution (the act) of Independence and July 4th which celebrates the Declaration (the explanation) of Independence.

So, too, the end … Read the rest

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NY Times Front Page: Beautiful, Heartbreaking

The front page New York Times image of two women saying Psalms in prayer for those missing and buried under the layers of rubble in the nearby Surfside Champlain Tower South building collapse is both beautiful and heartbreaking. 

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Why Water in Front of Fan Works

We’re in a scorching heat spell now in Albany (late June 2021) and since not all students and others have A/C in (or throughout) their summer apartments, I thought to share a little tip that also has a message. Because … Read the rest

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The Surfside Building Collapse, the 17th of Tammuz, and all of us

Today (Sunday, Jun 27, 2021) is a Jewish fast-day (a long day, as the summer day is long, and hot – as we are now under a heat advisory), called “The 17th of Tammuz” which commemorates the attack on &
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Changes at UAlbany Basketball Courts

Since so many of you have played on the outdoor basketball courts – situated on campus on the way to/from Shabbos House – here’s an update and insight from those courts as we drove to school one day soon after
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