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Hospital Discharge to — Chabad!

Before describing our Shabbos of Gimmel Tammuz 5782/2022 (the Rebbe’s yartzeit), what happened here on Sat Night might be most telling for Rebbe’s yartzeit.

My parents home/Chabad House is the main office for regional Chabad & its first local address. … Read the rest

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The Mikvah Connection

My parents (Rabbi Israel and Rochel Rubin, may they live long and be well) have been learning together for many years. They’ve studied Talmud together, completing numerous tractates, they study the daily Chumash and for some time now, the daily … Read the rest

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Dairy on Shavuot: Reasons & Messages

Here’s a thread about the delicious & beloved dairy custom on #Shavuot & some #Torah-dairy connections. Some old tweets, some new (fitting as Torah is new & old at same time), some based on sources, others random insight. Lactose-intolerant? Messages … Read the rest

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The Book of Gold & The Case for Books

Two Books on Books:

At night at bedtime I read “The Book of Gold” (by Bob Staake) to Rivka, our youngest. It’s a picture book about a boy named Isaac Gutenberg who has no interest in books (or anything like … Read the rest

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Immersion as a Litmus Test for Moisture

Here’s a tweet I wrote before Shabbat, for today’s (4/7/22) #1ChapterRambam daily study tweet (a challenge I took up for this 3-year study cycle) and it ties into this week’s Torah portion of Metzora as well:

“Moisture” is a sign Read the rest

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The Whole Wide World is Waiting… I Am Also Waiting…

Songwriter and singer R’ Shlomo Carlebach who composed a great many Jewish melodies (including many of the very familiar classics) has this song about “Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbos” that has these two English stanzas. You can listen to one version Read the rest

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Lowly!

A day or two before Shabbat, the Wordle word was LOWLY – not the easiest word, with two L’s and a Y.

What comes to mind when you think of lowly? Down at the bottom, in the dirt, of low-rank … Read the rest

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What makes Passover 2022 Different?

Every Passover is special, of course. In addition to our old (but still relevant!) online collection of links and tidbits and nuggets that we’ve shared over the years, see below for some tweets and thoughts we’re putting together this year … Read the rest

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Thoughts on “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble”

David I. came back from UAlbany Spring Break 2022 with a classic picture-book from his father’s childhood titled “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble” by William Steig. Incidentally, William Steig (yes, he was Jewish, not that this impacts the message or … Read the rest

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Ukraine 2022… and the Departed Cloud of Glory & Dismantled Mishkan at the Climax of Shemot

All week we’ve been following the saga in Ukraine, at first with the Chabad Shluchim eager to try and stay with their communities which they are so tied and dedicated to and have built up all these years, and in … Read the rest

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