Elul

Intelligent Design-Holy Torah.

September 13, 2011
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Woodstock Just In Love

This probably will be one of the shortest posts I will be writing on this website. The truth is when I there is a certain amount of pressure to conform to deadlines, start dates, and appointments, things get done. On one of my BlogSpot blogs I recently posted a comment that at one time I had actually taught a full program at a public high and then afterwards taught no less than four additional preps (4 different classes in different subjects) at a Yeshiva which required a significant commute. Ebbs and flows are natural cycles that are build into every aspect of the world in which we live. While I have been significantly involved in developing dozens of new websites (mostly for my own purposes) I also am faced with the results of imperfect planning. Sometimes we can become significantly sidetracked even by our own work. The amazing thing is how the offers for work fly in, when I am required to do my most effective thinking and planning on my own part. Getting caught up in the thinking and planning stages of any given project, is an extremely significant important thing to understand with all of its subtle implications.

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This Week’s Torah Portion-Ki Seitze.

September 8, 2011
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Graphic Representation of the Ten Sefirot

One thing I learned fairly recently, is that the Torah Portion of the week starts to “exert it’s influence on us” after Tuesday. Therefore the Torah Portion of the week which has information specifically relevant to our lives for right now, is the portion which will be read, or publicly lained in Shul this coming Shabbos. The name of the Parsha is Ki Seitzei, and is the portion of our Holy Torah which will be lained (read publicly from a Torah Scroll requiring a minimum of ten Jewish men- a minion to be present) this Saturday, Shabbos in synagogues and shuls all over the world. The portion is in the 5th book of Moshe (our teacher) which is also called Devarim (or Deuteronomy) in the non-Jewish world. The portion starts at Deuteronomy chapter 21:10 and ends at Chapter 25:19. When I resume writing this piece I will be discussing Mitzvah (commandment) given to chase away the mother bird, before taking the egg. While I normally do try to avoid using non-Jewish sources, sometimes expediency requires otherwise, in this case, its merely the words translated into English that are needed. Deut 22:6-7 (Jewish) )6 “If, as you are walking along, you happen

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Torah Tidbits For Elul

August 30, 2011
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We used a cropped photo of this for our Aliyah file!

בס״ד Frum Find & The Writers Cafe Present An Inspirational Shiur for the Community   The Remez of the Torah   By Rabbi Shmuel Zvi Kessin   Rabbi Shmuel Zvi is a Ba’al Remez, or expert in identifying Torah hints and showing how they relate to our modern day experiences. He is a scholar known for his Innovative perspective, his approach is highly original.  His ideas both deeply resonate and amuse.   Wednesday, August 31st   111 Kensington Terrace Passaic, NJ   (off Park Ave, btw Brook & Howard)   7:30 PM   Light dinner will be served   Incoming search terms:liane\s dvars

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The Calm Before The Storm

August 26, 2011
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The Calm Before The Storm

With this post I am finally taking this website into a new direction. Now that I have revealed a little bit about how I name this website, I thought a little more information about the writer, the dreamer, the poet who’s thoughts get written here. They say the darkest the hour, is always before the dawn. Its a saying who’s original author may have simply been pushed aside by pop culture. Certainly in my circles everyone associates that idea with the song by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.   Additionally there is no doubt that people’s minds over here on the east coast must certainly be on, the recent and upcoming events. What could i possibly be speaking of on this website of mine (one amongst perhaps a dozen or so) yet this is the one site where my where my strongest readership is in the New York City area. Statistics Summary for thewriterscafe.org Thewriterscafe.org has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 980,759. We estimate that 87% of its visitors are in the US, where it has attained a traffic rank of 124,284. Visitors to the site view an average of 11.0 unique pages per day. The site is relatively

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