13 Mar REMEMBERING REBBETZIN MIRIAM LIBBY WEISS A’H – PART 7

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Last week, I reminisced with you about my courtship with my Rebbetzin. Let me share with you how one of the Gedolei Yisroel played a pivotal role in our eventual...

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13 Mar JUST WHAT THE KOSHER ORDERED: PESACH GRANOLA

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INGREDIENTS: 1/2 lb. matza farfel 1/2 c oil 1/2 c brown sugar 1/2 stick butter/margarine 1/2 c water 1/2 c chopped almonds 1 tsp cinnamon Craisins to taste Chocolate chips to taste Cut up dried fruit to taste Melt butter/margarine with oil,...

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06 Mar GUN OWNERSHIP IN HALACHAH

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Laws about gun control serve as perpetual fuel for political debates. However, everyone agrees that some people should carry guns in some circumstances. Whether police officers or soldiers, on duty...

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06 Mar REMEMBERING REBBETZIN MIRIAM LIBBY WEISS A’H – PART 5 & 6

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Let me share with you how it all started between Miriam Libby and me. My Hebrew birthday is the 12th of Av. On my 21st birthday I went to my...

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06 Mar SHMIRA ON SHABBOS

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The Tur in Orach Chaim, siman resh samech zayin tells us that when we daven Maariv on Shabbos we don’t finish the bracha of Hashkiveinu with the words of Shomer...

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06 Mar JUST WHAT THE KOSHER ORDERED: PESACH APPLE KUGEL

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INGREDIENTS: Five apples sliced - any variety- I like to mix Granny Smith and Macintosh 1 cup orange juice Five eggs Quarter cup oil Three-quarter cup sugar Cinnamon Quarter teaspoon vanilla 1 cup matza meal Apple kugel is a...

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28 Feb ESTHER, ONE OF THE GREATEST WOMEN OF ALL TIME PART TWO

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Last week, we pondered the question of why the sages chose to call the megillah Megillas Esther instead of Megillas Mordechai v’Esther or Megillas Purim. An interesting reason for the choice of this name...

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28 Feb BREAKFAST ON PURIM

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Premature Breakfast   On Purim morning, are we allowed to eat breakfast? The answer is not so much a matter of food but of priorities. On Purim, we observe a...

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28 Feb MACHATZIS HASHEKEL: PART OF A WHOLE

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The posuk in Shemos, Perek Lamed, posuk yud gimmel says that every Jew who was to be counted needed to give half a shekel. The Alshich says in the name of Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz that there...

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28 Feb GETTING TO KNOW: BRANDON NIMMO: NY METS OUTFIELDER

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Born: March 27, 1993 (age 24) in Cheyenne, Wyoming Ht/Wt: 6’ 3”, 206 lbs. Drafted: by the Mets in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. Baseball America ranked Nimmo among the top...

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