Poetry

Opportunity Of A Lifetime

January 9, 2012
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Opportunity Of A Lifetime

Surroundings make a difference. As I write this I am not at the usual Starbuck’s location. I ran into someone who once again has seriously been offering me the opportunity to sell for him on commission only, of course.   I realize that people have this stereo-type image of who a salesman is, from what he looks like to how he dresses, and the speed at which he talks. I realize there are sort of images that people have, and fully detailed images about what succes really looks likes, so here it is folks, this is the absolute best that I can do. My screen went blank about three times in a row. Despite what all the well meaning folks at Apple have told me, I am pretty concerned about his computer crashing with all its info and files. Also, people in general do not typically share even a small part of my dream, so therefore I use images, when words fail, and quote authors, or movies, when images fail, and when all else fails, I do what anyone else would eventually do.             I have talked to dozens of people, I have shared enough

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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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Where is G-d? Devarim-Nitzavim 30:11-14

September 10, 2009
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Where is G-d? Devarim-Nitzavim 30:11-14

Where is G-d? Is He hiding on a mountain, waiting for us to climb up? Is He dwelling in the waters, in the watery deep for us to find? Is He riding upon a rainbow, which we can only see after a storm? Is He hidden in the darkness, which we me must seek out in a cave within the earth? Is He hiding in the cosmos, behind some great constellation’s birth? Or have I got it all wrong… and its some emotion that is needed; perhaps mirth? That I need to cultivate within myself- forgetting all but my very birth? Do I need to deny myself, almost everything I want? Must I beg forgiveness, from all my friends, family, mother, cousin, aunt? Do I need to study Torah almost every waking moment? Will I need to devote a lifetime, sincerely seeking true atonement? Do I need to help everyone I meet, till I’m nearly going broke? Do I need to sincerely listen, to everyone even the most jaded folk? Do I need to risk a fortune and wager everything I own? Do I need to sell my house and wander forever without a home? No I tell you it’s

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