27 Feb DATING AND RELATIONSHIP ADVICE

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Dear Rabbi and Shira, Hi! I’m a big fan of your column in the Jewish Vues and enjoy reading it on a weekly basis. I’m having a problem dating. My next-door...

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27 Feb SALMON WELLINGTON

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INGREDIENTS: Two sheets of puff pastry One side of skinless salmon Lemon pepper seasoning One container tofutti cream cheese Half a cup freshly chopped dill Quarter cup capers DIRECTIONS: This is such an easy, elegant recipe. I served it as an appetizer...

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27 Feb PURIM COSTUMES

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Purim is a very exciting time, and some people spend a lot of time planning their costumes. What is the source of this custom? What are some of the reasons for this practice? Is it permitted to daven...

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27 Feb HEARING MEGILLAH AT WAR

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I. Five Days of Megillah Earlier this month, I was notified that the IDF Rabbinate faces a shortage of Megillah scrolls. There are a number of ways to handle this, including paying scribes to quickly write more megillos. I...

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27 Feb PARASHAT KI TISSA: DON’T PLAY THE BLAME GAME

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Once, during a class I gave to a group of young men, I asked them to tell about something annoying that happened to them recently. One of them related that the previous week, he missed the class...

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27 Feb PARSHAS KI SISA: LEAVE THE WORRYING TO G-D

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Leave The Worrying To — Avinu BaShamayim [Our Father In Heaven] The pasuk [verse] at the end of the parsha says, “Three times in the year all males should appear before the Master, Hashem, G-d of Israel” [Shemos...

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27 Feb GREATLY IMPROVING OUR LIVES THROUGH BETTER TEFILAH

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Most of us, upon blunt and honest reflection, will sheepishly and ashamedly admit to ourselves that our tefilos are very sub-par. We realize to our dismay that even though we’ve been praying for decades, we don’t even know...

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27 Feb KI SISA: TORAH AND HAPPINESS

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Pirkei Avos (6) states that one of the 48 traits needed to acquire Torah is Simchah, joy. The Maharal (Derech Chaim Avos 6) explains, “Simchah is a great level. When one is happy, he has perfection (sheleimus). And when he has...

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21 Feb IDF’S RESCUE OPERATION IN RAFAH REMINISCENT OF ENTEBBE OPERATION

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I WAS REMINDED of Israel’s military tour de force in Entebbe when I read of the recent rescue of hostages Fernando Marman, 60, and Luis Har, 70, from a Rafah apartment....

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20 Feb FUN QUESTIONS WITH BENNY FRIEDMAN

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When did you start performing at the Camp HASC concert? 14 years ago was my first time. Fill in the blank: When Moshiach comes__________ We will need a lot of new songs. Fill in the blank: Back...

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