Three ideas from Genesis and what can we do with these ideas today.
How do the oldest stars in the universe exert their influence on us today?
Exert Their Influence on Us Today!
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The follow is taken from a web site promoting the book called “The China Study”:
Authorized website for The China Study I post the information above not because I read the book and conclusively believe this to be the latest truth on the nutritional scene. I include enough information to cause someone who perhaps has gotten caught up in the low carb or high protein diet as I have. I was at a Simcha Torah lunch at our shul when I had the opportunity to sit next to someone who had previously told me was getting away from eating meat. I had asked him if this was something his doctor had placed him on or was it something he had come up with on his own. He explained to me that he had read the book noted above and was also dealing with his doctor telling him that he would need to go on medication to control his cholesterol. I avoided asking him about exercise or other questions like that but was however more interested in the information that he had obtained from the book. In other words the doctor had suggested the medication as opposed to changing his diet, He had looked into this himself, and I understand it to be working well for him. I myself have previously been a fairly outspoken advocate for high protein diets for a variety of reasons. Now that I am aware of some important information regarding the dangers of excess protein from animal sources, I felt it to be a responsible thing to inform readers of my blog of what may indeed be significant consequences to shifting the diet to far into the consumption of animal protein. So I thought I would post about it first, then when I get the opportunity to read the book, come to my own conclusions later. My first encounter with the world of nutrition took place in the mid 80’s when a biology professor of mine at Queens College starting talking about the inhumane treatment of chickens raised for slaughter along with other information regarding using hormones on these animals that really become reduced to machines to produce meat for our dietary needs. Now mind you I had just left one of the finest Respiratory Therapy programs being conducted by UCLA hospital in conjunction with Santa Monica College. It was not because I was squeamish, or because the study was too rigorous it really had more to do with how most of the patients requiring our care had gotten there. You guessed it, cigarette smoking. It may have been just too much for me, when a patient right after getting a bronchosol treatment administered via an aerosol mist which he inhaled over several minutes then requested a permission to have a cigarette and then was allowed, might have been just a tad too much irony for myself. Our classmates used to immitate the sound that was made when a tube was inserted down the trachea of an intubated patient on a respirator and the mucus was removed from their longs via suction. At Santa Monica College we were even lucky enough to have actual human cadavers for our human anatomy course. The other concern had to deal with the double gown, double glove procedure that was used when one had to change the water in the humidifier tanks on the patients who had were diagnosed with highly contagious diseases which could be transmitted via water droplets. Somehow in my mind the protocol did not seem adequate enough to assure the safety of the health care practitioner performing it. So now having escaped from LA, and the potential dangers of earthquakes, and the very real danger (at least in my mind) present in all those water droplets from very ill patients on respirators, I had time to reflect on how the chickens that we eat were raised for slaughter. Also please understand that I only recently became an orthodox Jew, so I did not know anything about any possible variations in the raising or slaughtering of chickens. Suffice it to say that sometime in the mid 80’s I simply decided to become a vegetarian. I immediately became concerned about consuming complete proteins with the correct balance of amino acids. Of course as a biology major, I was also well aware that the essential amino acids had to be present in the required ratio in order to enable the body to produce the proteins that were required for proper health. Therefore I became engrossed in obtaining all kinds of information about the nutritional content of various foods including rice, beans and cheese. The vegetarian phase of my life lasted I was say about one calendar year. I mentioned being new to being orthodox because the moment that I stopped being a vegetarian can be best described as a big mack attack. McDonalds had a particular television advertising campaign at the time which featured an almost subliminal glimpse of a Big Mac, and somehow perpetuated a slogan of having a big mack attack. So I remember the evening that I decided to stop being a vegetarian, and stopped at the local McDonalds on Cross Bay Blvd in queens to have a Big Mac Attack.  This very lush part of Israel should stay part of Israel forever. Okay, lets now take to the final level. The thought that proceeded much of this writing had to do with a particular cassette tape by Napoleon Hill that my Uncle Harvey Sanders (He should rest in peace) had lent to me sometime in the early 80’s. The tape talked about several ideas which I am now going to elucidate: Getting baked in the Squat: Napoleon Hill, a fairly well know author writing on such topics like: “Think and Grow Rich”. had used to an extended analogy to discuss his central idea. Free Download Think and Grow Rich The above link is somehow a free download so that you can download his book for free. (there must be a catch, and does his publisher know about this site?) The central idea was about not being decisive or being a glittering generality. He had used this analogy about how he was offered these muffins that were baked by a a neighbor or friend of his. They tasted okay but he wondered why they were so short and squat. Why they were not tall and fluffy like a muffin or biscuit is supposed to be. (I think it was biscuits). Any way the housewife explained to him that somehow they were “getting ready to rise” but for some reason that they did not. They had somehow become baked in the squat. In his tape Napoleon Hill then went on to explain how that is what happens to us in life with our goals. We for example might have a goal to buy a house. Yet we are waiting for the housing market to level off. Or in the past it may have been about waiting for interest rates to come down, or for housing prices to come down. You might have been waiting for you to become more secure on the job, or to get that promotion or raise you have been hoping for. Napoleon Hill in his tape about goals, goes on to list many more examples across all types of goals and ventures. Then concludes that you need to take action, or else you could risk looking back as ten years have got behind you Naturally I bring out these ideas of Napoleon Hill as a launch to explain how I see this paradigm affecting me and possibly everyone else in the world, to varying degrees. Also I have a very real concern that whatever type mechanism kicks in to throw one into a reflective or meditative may have something to do with my upbringing, from the point of view of not passing this undesirable trait on to my offspring. One rarely has a chance to see how this thing works, however my daughter and I just spent a Sukkos Chol Hamoed day (intermediate semi-holiday day of Sukkos) at my mom’s in Kew Gardens. Here is the sceneario: My daughter wanted to watch TV and had already expected trouble because my mother does not seem to like cartoons in the morning because of the sound. Then my mom was trying to issue further directives when my daughter who was already engrossed in the world of televison (like some other frum Jews in the area we currently do not watch TV at home) said “Your annoying me”. My mother took that as an insult, asked for Dinah to surrender the remote, and turn off the TV, until Dinah apologized. Now Dinah did not feel like she did anything wrong, so she was upset. I know how my mom felt because Dinah may have used that word with me, in the same context, and it did not exactly give a warm fuzzy feeling. However we have discussed and Dinah knows that she is entitled to speak and express herself. Also it is not like it is exactly an insult, however on the other hand nobody wants to view themselves as a source of annoyance. That in context with the thing which requires Dinah’s attention being the television kind of makes the person feel that much less important. Keep in mind also that for whatever reason, there seems to be all kind of criticism both to me and at Dinah, coming form my mom at regular intervals when we visit. So, I told Dinah that she should apologize for saying that her Grandma was annoying her. I explained to her that she probably could have used a better word, or somehow could have expressed herself in a nicer and more polite manner. I think my mom then did let Dinah watch some more TV, but then my mother decided to revisit the issue. I guess both my mother, and my brother always try to take on this roll of being a teacher to Dinah. Dinah on the other hand just wants to be the happy go lucky sweet loving child that she is, and have a nice time during a family visit. Okay, so here comes the tie in. During the revisiting of my daughter’s use of the word annoying I defended my daughter in being allowed to express herself however added that saying my mom was annoying, was really not a very nice thing. My daughter chymed in with “Then what should I have said?” I thinking for a moment came up with and started to say “I feel frustrated because…”. I was trying to give my daughter the formula for expressing your own feelings in an assertive way, a way in which you never could be wrong. Somehow, my mom quickly disagreed and then I asked “What she sh have said” and then…drum roll here… “You should think about it”. I thought for a second and then responded, but thats just teaching her not to respond, and not to be in the moment. Then my mom walked into another room. Then I explained that my mom rarely admits that she is wrong. My daughter agreeing with me also said she “never apologies” and when my mom walked back into the room with new material, and yet another criticism, I quickly regained control of them matter and asked if Dinah could watch television, and my mom agreed. Whew! I know all this may sound so mundane, but there is a certain reality that Dinah will be facing my mothers attempts to educate and teach my daughter almost anything that she feels she needs to be instructed in. In the past I had fought harder against this kind of thing, but then realized, that to a large extent it is also up to both my daughter and my mom to form the own kind of relationship. I however realize that it is not my role to always back up my mother simply because she is my mother. (Others might disagree with me on this point). Sometimes my mom could be wrong just as well as I could be wrong. A major difference between us, is that I learned that it is okay to be wrong sometimes, to make mistakes, and to apologize (yes even to my own daughter) as soon as I realize that I was wrong, or made a mistake. In summation I realize that there is a good deal of living in the theoretical going on at various times in our minds. I do not advocate a society which promotes simply saying what you feel at all times without doing some weighing of how our words might be received. However I do believe that there is a tremendous amount of energy being expended on the level of the theoretical without ever coming back to the real issues which are demanding our attention. Life is not a dress rehearsal. I know many people in the frum world might feel as if there true rewards for their actions (or even lack of action) in this world will be well rewarded in Olam Haba (the world to come). However there is no denying that there are tremendous injustices taking place every day in this world. There is a great abundance of wealth, resources, and creative solutions to so many of the problems which continue to plague this world in the here in now. There is an incredible amount of wasted resources, as well as wasted abilities. Practical and real problems require practical and real solutions. Theoretical is great at the right time. Deep thought has its definite purpose. I believe is was the chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer, that first came up with the concept of The Big Think, in which he uses up some inordinate amount of time from his limited clock, but somehow figures out every theoretical option available on the chess board, and its proper response. Every single time I am called up for an Aliyah or some involvement with the Torah, be during the week or on shabbos or during a festival, I always take a moment (it probably only a a second or two) and try to think about what I am doing. When I take away from my concentration and notice how people are reacting to this two to three second delay in the action, they almost always think something is wrong, like I lost my place in the prayer, or don’t know what bracha to say. They are so so unused to this idea of collecting your thought energy in a focused way, and thinking about what you are doing, instead of just doing it! The answer is in our ability to distinguish between the moments in our lives that require the big think, and the moments of our our lives that require us to act with alacrity. The theoretical is of great use to us all. Where would we be without being able to pose hypothetical questions. When children learn how to play chess, they will often pick up a piece, place it on a square, and then proceed to analyze exactly what might happen if they were to place their piece there, while keeping their finger on the piece, so that way they can take it back. What would you do if I told you…? People often test the waters before making some huge announcement, like I have some really good news to tell you. The theoretical is of great importance to us all. We want to know how someone who is important to us would react to a given set of circumstances. In the frum world the are many things that could get in the way of a couple getting together for a date, so that possibly they could get married. In the secular world dating is much more simple, because although the end goal of getting married might on some level still be there as a real goal, it does not seem to express itself in the early dating rituals. The reason dating in the frum (orthodox Jewish) world is so different is that there are at least two people (often more) who realize that the stakes are indeed so high. As a matter of fact the stakes for orthodox dating are so high that it is amazing that anyone ever gets together at all. On the positive note, when the people do get together the stated goal of marriage is not so hopelessly far away as it might be in the secular world. Here is how getting caught in the theoretical might actually play it itself out in our lives: Narrowing down the field: There are so many possibilities which confront each and every one of us each and every day. So narrowing down the field actually is an important action. People who make their living in ways other than writing, for example, may have a certain set of conditions which require them to report to an office daily on a 9am-5pm basis on Monday through Friday. Having a structure like the above in some ways simplifies a person’s available choices. These people might simply tell you they have no time for getting caught up in the theoretical. The very same people would not be very likely to simply surf into this website, and therefore, they are no the target audience for this particular piece. So who might actually read this now two part essay on getting caught in the theoretical. Well I suppose; philosophers, college students, people who are looking to get rich quick, writers, used car salesmen, songwriters, musicians, poets. artists, chess players, politicians and teachers might find this to be of interest. Narrowing Down the Field- An Essential Component of Living in the Theoretical When I first started writing this essay I had thought that Living in the Theoretical was actually a negative thing. Now as I see the concept evolving it seems to have developed its own uniques and yes very important place in our existence. For instance this concept of something to write about sprouted in my brain while I was discussing Aliyah with someone who somehow felt that it was his responsibility to tell me about some of the huge issues involved in moving to another country with different language and culture. Then I realized that the cause I was rallying for merely required decisiveness, and that getting too caught up in the theoretical was actually a very damaging thing. Getting caught up in the theoretical leads to inaction. For example on the dating websites like frumser there are so many different people to choose from that one needs to narrow down the field. You can then plug in of these various criteria such as age range, location, type of orthodox such as chassidish, black hat, yeshivish, modern orthodox, etc. The you choose, location, if they want to make Aliyah, if they have children, if they never had children, if they learn Torah or daven daily and the list goes on. Then, here comes the hard part, you have to write a message to them. I suppose you could try pouring out your heart, or just a brief note, you can try humor, flattery or whatever you think might work. However, this is a big however, your prospective partner will also see your stats. They might have already decided that they want someone who davens 2x a day, and only learns Torah one time per week, and is modern orthodox chasidish with a black velvet kipa, and has dark hair and eyes, and is between five years younger then them and up to only three years older then them. Now they may have liked or not like your picture, but your particulars are not totally what they want. So what happens you get this politely worded rejection notice which was formulated by frumster so that you see they took the time to write back to reject you, but did not want to take them to write you a personalized rejection based on your particulars. Had they told you that the issue was indeed that: you daven 1 time per day too much a had to cut back on you Torah learning and have black or brown eyes, then perhaps you could have responded, hey, I can do that, have you heard of these tinted contact lenses they have these days? Instead you just take it on the chin, go to the next person on the list, maybe just send them a few words, like “hey, I liked your profile, what do you think of mine?” and see what happens. At least in the rejection there is decisiveness. It is only because we have such big egos, that we might think, hey they just don’t know me. Had they met me they would see how appreciate all my charm and charisma. They would see that even though I am only 38, that I am as mature as 45 year old. Or that even though I am already in my 40’s I act and think like a guy in my late 20’s or early 30’s. Or just wait till the see the sparkle in soulful green eyes, the’ll see that they are every bit as good as brown, and even better than blue. Yet these meetings do not occur. Then again sometimes we can escape from the theoretical and actually sit down for a date. Sometimes you can stop talking about that novel you are going to write, and start writing it. Sometimes you can stop searching through all these personal profiles and ads on dating sites, and actually start talking to these people on the phone and actually go on dates. Or you can stop dreaming about making Aliyah and actually pick up the phone and call Nefesh B’Nefesh. I give you permission to stop dreaming about making millions of dollars, and to start developing and implementing you business ideas and plans. I give myself permission to stop thinking that i want to fall in love and get married and to start going on dates with women that I find attractive who are within my reasonable age and attractiveness parameters. I give my self permission to stop living in the theoretical and to begin taking steps towards accomplishing my reasonable and obtainable goals each and every day. So much of what we really do today is based on the actual thing itself. For example we have virtual offices, TeleCommuters, cyberspace. Today’s authors are not the erudite Ivy League educated scholar of the early 19th century, sitting in some New England Chalet with a roaring fire writing the great American Novel. No, today’s authors are the stay at home soccer moms, sitting in her kitchen with a laptop pc writing while she is waiting for her oven to pre-heat to 451 degrees. My story may not be so atypical. A product of a hidden child mom, and a secular Jew dad, of Russian heritage who grew up in Paterson NJ. Dad sometimes would comment on an Florida picture of himself ”The only beach boy with a college education”. The work ethic thing definitely made its mark on my dad. My mom on the other hand had this kind of strange mix of “you can be anything you set your mind to” combined with “as long as your happy”. All this gets combined with countless hours logged in front of a television set with an untold number of slogans hopelessly lodged into my brain:
Of course there were comic books, pea-shooters, yo-yo’s, sizzler fat tracks, click-clacks, baseball cards, wacky packages, red wagons, tricycles, bicycles,pixie stix, razzles, turkish taffy, pogo sticks, mess kits, pocket knives, stick ball, roller skates, cap guns and little toy rubber pellet BB guns, to keep us happily distracted. Yet here was never any doubt or question, Television was on top of the entertainment/distraction heap. Somehow the concept of having absolutely nothing to do directly coincided with those horrible moments of life that had to be endured when the only things to watch on the tube included: The Little Rascals, The Bowery Boys, and there may have been one other, its just to painful to recall. So, now lets get back to what could be meant by getting caught in the theoretical. Fast forward to what I can now call: These are some ideas that could make us rich, but lets just talk about it, and see if we can figure out why they wont work, and thearby save us the heartache of ever having to try to strive for something which might seem to be beyond our grasp. These conversation took place mainly between my father and my uncle (both who are no longer with us, they should rest in peace). They had so many different ideas, ranging from chameleon ties (change color according to what you are wearing) which I really still believe was more of a joke from my uncle Harvey, to any sort of get rich quick scheme that you could ever think of. (Please notice I have only revealed the one that I am pretty sure was a joke so as not to so easily give out any idea which truly be valuable in today’s economy). The take home message of these stories that I am sharing with you today is that somehow the very act of sharing these ideas with each other in this proscribed format was always a precusor to having absolutely no action whatsoever to be taken on these items. These thing being said, I truly feel as if I have been drained of all enthusiasm and energy. So lets push through. I used to gravitate towards the self help books at a young age. I understand todays yeshiva bokurim have certain books on various topics that is required reading. As a teen I read; Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and The Little Prince, along with hundreds of other titles that may have simply grabbed my eye. “How to be Your Own Best Friend”. “The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power” Some book by Uri Geller, a guy who was able to bend spoons, and get broken watches to start ticking again with the power of his mind. Going back several years earlier (comic books/baseball cards) -At some point after perhaps reading too may Richie Rich comic books, I started getting “Specialty Salesman” magazine sent to my door. I also got catalogues mailed to me, with hundred of pictures of semi-precious gems, tiger-eye cuff links and rings. Stuart Mcguire sent me some kind of shoe catalogue, and some tiny thin blue plastic record that I was able to play on my turntable. The American Seed Company sent me seeds. Complete sets of greeting cards were sent to me, all for resale. I could buy 12 cassette tapes for only 1 penny (I could not find the cent symbol on my keyboard). I could make millions selling candles, and I got into it. Soon I had gotten away from buying those tiny 1 lb boxed of thin slices of paraffin sealing wax, and now was buying huge 10-20 lb sheets of wax, and various types of clorings, and scents, and stearin (a hardening agent) also I also got into photography at a fairly early age. My bother Jeff became my top salesman. The sky was the limit. We did get a complaint from our downstairs neighbor. The ice candles were mainly a decorative concept. You placed some crushed ice in the molten wax, and then after the candle hardened in its mold the water was harmlessly allowed to spill out, that was not the problem. The complaint was that the candles did not last vary long because of the empty spaces along the wick line. The problem perplexed me, so I scrapped the ice candle production line entirely, and sent the matter to the R & D people. Aharon Moshe (Stephen) Sanders
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 not that way; it is so simple yet so true. G-d is not so very far, He is as near as your own heart? You can love G-d, and keep His mitzvah’s, forever walking in His ways. Then we’ll all be blessed with His kindness, just as plants soak in the sun’s rays. Aharon Moshe (Stephen C.) Sanders-Original inspired poetry. Copyright 9/10/09- Please use by only posting-a Title with up to 3-lines, with a link back to: thewriterscafe.org Try opening the music in another window, and reciting the “lyrics” above to the meter of the song. It almost fits, a few more lines, maybe a slide show to follow. Alison Moyet performs Windmills of Your Mind ~ taken from the album, Voice-AMCOvideos May 01, 2007 This piece has been several weeks in the making and it has been on my mind since we arrived. One of the things that delayed me completing my masters degree, back in the day was developing a detached “scientific” voice in my writing, the salient point of which was to write a scientific paper. (separate topic maybe for some other piece). The real thing that brought me to keyboard for this online piece of writing is my desire to share some thought I have about Israel, while I am still here in the land G-d promised to our people the Jews. One thing which people tried to tell me about in before I left was the concept of of Hashkaka Pratis (will revisit spelling and typo issues later) The idea behind Hashkaka Pratis is that things be they seemingly bad or good happen for a reason, a reason which is best know to Hashem. My friends in Passaic actually had attempeted to explain to me how this might work in the Holy Land. The concept is really hard to expalin or even understand until you see it start to happen to you. Once you start to verbalize these ideas about how Hashem starts pulling stings on things from above which directly affect your life in this world, right here, right now, you might start to sound like some kind of fanatic. Indeed to the average un-affiliated, secular, or reformed jew, the stories of G-d being directly involved in the life of an indiviudal. and even orchestrating various actions via the medium of other people sounds more like someone being overly setimental or even trying to rationalize how a bad experience really turned out being something good. Then when you kick up these ideas to even a higher level as a BT (Bale Tshuvah-one who returns to the orthodox life style) which I as an individual see plane as day that: Hashem really is involved with us in our daily lives, then you may begin to sound a little bit loony, and might imagine that people might be humming “Twilight Zone” motiffs as they hear you, or pehaps turning their finger in tiny circles around their temples when you are not looking. The following may appear to be alot of html code, yet it is my way of creating an on-line source for me to locate where I might want to live for about a week or two close to preferably in the Old City of Jerusalem. <iframe width=”640″ height=”480″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ src=”http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Western+Wall+Plaza,+Jewish+Quarter,+Jerusalem,+Israel%E2%80%8E+-+02-6271333%E2%80%8E&daddr=12+Shamai+St,+Jerusalem&hl=en&mra=cc&dirflg=w&sll=31.775516,35.224957&sspn=0.01193,0.022638&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=31.780423,35.289116&spn=0.140088,0.219727&z=12&output=embed”></iframe><br /><small><a href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=embed&saddr=Western+Wall+Plaza,+Jewish+Quarter,+Jerusalem,+Israel%E2%80%8E+-+02-6271333%E2%80%8E&daddr=12+Shamai+St,+Jerusalem&hl=en&mra=cc&dirflg=w&sll=31.775516,35.224957&sspn=0.01193,0.022638&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=31.780423,35.289116&spn=0.140088,0.219727&z=12″ style=”color:#0000FF;text-align:left”>View Larger Map</a></small> A five minute post, three years in the making. Question number one, if our holy Torah does not have all the Parshiot written in chronological order, then why should these semi-autobiographical pot porri type posts be held to the same standard. It’s my true birthday today, so should I now take the time to create? Or would it be better to learn today’s daf? If the answer to the first question is its better to go learn the daf now, and create later, then figure on this being another one of those inspired posts, that never truly gets completed, let alone even get started. As i return from answering the call of my egg timer, yes its true I eat nearly half a dozen hard boiled eggs daily, however I only eat two of the yolks. I attended the Nesiviot Shalom shiur last night and actually remembered some learning from two years ago, wow? I am someone who learns with my pen in handout, and notebook open. So as I write, I also read, some of my notes from previous shirum. Yes I even have notes from previous Daf Yomi days. This BT is coming up to his three year anniversay of living in Passaic as a fully frum 100% orthodx jew. Yes thats right, at the advanced age of 40 something I voluntarily took on the 613 mitzvot. True I do not wear a black hat, nor a strimel, nor do I have curly payes, but I do keep the mitzvot and daven with minion, and learn Torah, mussar, and Gemorah daily. Yes I also have a job, even my vacation time is now upon me, and also have time to raise a yeshivish daughter, who has completed her third year in yeshiva and is about to be a bas-mitzvah on Gimmel Av 5769. As for me, my actual secular birthdate, is June 17, and , my hebrew birthdate thanks to the very chashuvah Chabad birthday converter turns out to be the same hebrew day of The Rebbe’s yartzeit Gimmel Tammuz! Yes, today is my birthday, and I am going to the Daf in are you ready, a short sleeve polo shirt, and sneakers. Then, are you holding on to your black hat?, I am going to the gym! I will check on the correct spelling of potpourri later! PS: I am in the process of planning our trip to Israel July 150-August 25. The trip will include, G-d willing, a significant amount of time in the holy city of Tzfat! Aharon Moshe Sanders Gimmel Tammuz 5769, 7:10AM EST 1929 Stock Market Crash (Part 4) Courtesy of: Visit his site and find the National debt clock. |
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