Miscellaneous Publications of Rabbi Maccabi
29 Elul 5773 September 4th, 2013 Good Yom Tov. I encourage you to read the meditations in this Yizkor Booklet, now and during the year, so that you reflect more often on the memories of your loved ones no longer with us. We have long personal memories and, as a Jewish people, we are …
Continue reading ‘Baron De Hirsch Yizkor book (July 2013)’ »
A typical polite chat with “Yetzer HaRa” (Based on a true story): First “Yetzer” cunningly goes to the Ultra Orthodox Jew and says: “Look at those Reform Jews, a worthless group of clowns, manipulating the Torah and its scholars; ruining the Jewish nation as a whole!” Yetser has a point. Sounds convincing. Next step, reassured …
When I worked in Israel as Vice-President of a jewelry company, I had to deliver an executive report every six months to the CEO and to the other V.P’s. This demonstrated our progress on the one hand, and on the other hand we also benefited from learning from each other, and find different ways to …
Continue reading ‘A positive report – Beth Israel Bulletin, Rosh HaShana 5774 (Sept 4th)’ »
Bring your Mother to Shul By Rabbi Amram Maccabi Everybody knows that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. But so is …
Continue reading ‘Bring your Mother to Shul (Published July 21st, Beth Israel Bulletin)’ »
I have an argument with my elder sister , For the record, Tehilla (my sister) is an Orthodox professor, that lectures mainly to young Jewish women who come to Israel for a one or two years programs. By now she has thousands of followers. On a personal note – Tehilla is responsible in many ways for …
Continue reading ‘Our claim to Israel – Published March 11 around the Israel apartheid week’ »
Dear all… It is generally believed that a community draws its character and style from the geographical background in which it is positioned. Coming from a hot-tempered middle- east environment, namely: Israel, I expected the Halifax Jewish community to be, somewhat more mild; less bubbly and less warm (for better as for worst) as fitting …
Continue reading ‘Letter to the Halifax Jewish Community – Published 21/8 5772’ »
Impression after four months We are a special family! The Shabbat before Rosh-Chodesh (the first of the month One Friday morning, while sitting in my office, preparing the services for the coming Shabbat I realized we will announce Rosh Chodesh/ the beginning of a new Hebrew month. I love chanting the melody recently composed …
Continue reading ‘Beth Israel Synagogue’s Bulletin – Published 9\12\12’ »
I called this article ‘The Victory of the dreidel’ because of an interesting fact about Chanukah. The Chanukah story, in a nutshell, contains two parts. First – The miraculous military victory of a few priests who never held a sword in their lives, against the mightiest undefeated army of ancient Greece. For this we add …
Wherever and whenever, Jews were always known to be at the head spear with the Mitzvah of Hospitality. Not only as a one-time act, but also with continuous functioning systems to welcome any guest in town, and attend to his needs. Even more so if the newcomers expressed their interest in linking on to …
Continue reading ‘Laws of hospitality – Halifax Shalom Magazine, May 5773’ »
May 14th 1948 – declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel .. “by virtue of our natural and historic right and on the strength of the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly” …. David Ben Gurion – the first to be prime minister of Israel ..declares “the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to …