Miscellaneous Publications of Rabbi Maccabi
The significance of numbers can never be over-rated. Did you ever stop to think how reality, in general, and your own life, in particular, would have looked like-without the use of… numbers? Any grand idea, whether in quality or quantity, would have been ever so limited if it weren’t for the safe confinement of those simple …
Chanukah has become an almost world-wide known holiday of lights. Just before the Christmas tree is set- the Jews whisk out their menorah and hallelujah! Candles, gifts and Chanukah “carols” are embraced and celebrated all over English speaking countries (and o’, of course- Israel too…). What is the reason of celebration? Many answers have been given. I would …
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Money makes the world go round, and round, and round. Viewing it in perspective leads to the inevitable conclusion that anything that accelerates needs an inhibiter to balance it, because just like the world itself, people too, very often find themselves going round. Once you’re on top, often you might find yourself glancing upward from …
Kristallnacht is no longer just a dark memory in the world’s history, that night when evil emerged as a force that was not thwarted before it was too late.Destruction of synagogues and Jewish-owned stores, deaths of over a hundred and the expulsion of thousands, were encountered by the world’s silence. (Nov 9th 1938, ‘the night of broken …
Introduction– current situation in N.S. Currently peotential organ donors in Nova Scotia are identified by opt-in option when they register for their health card. In addition, potential donors are identified by discussion with next of kin and physicians in critical care facilities around the province. as reported in Globe and Mail, April 24, 2014 …
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In Canada, suicide is the second-highest cause of death for youth aged 10 to 34. It is preceded only by car accidents casualties! (Statistics Canada, kidsmentalhealth.ca). In 1972 Canadian legislators debated on the large scale phenomena of suicides and, thank you very much, decided that suicidal acts should not be treated as legal crimes. Probably …
For a ‘printable friendly’ version of the short Haggadah – Click here — Short Haggadah for Pesach – adjusted 5774 — Instructions & Notices: 1) First night: Candle lighting time range: 6:34-7:40pm (marked **), Begin “Kadesh” at nightfall, not before 8:43 pm (marked *). 2) Second night: Candle lighting and on, only after nightfall, not …
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“And Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him.” (Genesis 3,8) And that was the end of a promising beginning. On the onset of Genesis, at the beginning of the first book of Moses, there …
Continue reading ‘Let’s talk about brothers (Shalom Magazine Dec 13)’ »
Shalom Chaverim, Please print out the following resources before the study. Limud Pore 🙂 1) B’reshit 1:29- Initially what we’re supposed to eat. “And God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed bearing herb, which is upon the surface of the entire earth, and every tree that has seed bearing fruit; it will be …
Continue reading ‘Study about ‘Vegetarianism in Judaism’ (Resource sheet)’ »
The source of the name Kristallnacht, is the failure of the world to prevent the worst crime in history that man ever committed against his fellow man. Let me explain: During the night between the 9th and the 10th of November 1938, a so called ‘spontaneous’ pogrom started in the streets of Germany. During this …
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