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		<title>Happy New Year for Trees!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first of the month of Shvat, שבט, and the concept of Rosh Chodesh, or the "head" of the year, is also in this week's Torah portion, Bo.  The very first mitzvah given to the Jewish people, even before they became Jews!, was to declare new months, have their own time.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=881&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Developing Jewish Habits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recognize that the new Gregorian Calendar year 2012 has zero significance in Judaism, but as a part of the wider Western culture in which I live, I couldn&#8217;t help but notice that January 1 is a time that many people try to make changes in their lives to develop healthier habits and achieve their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=723&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should American Jews Celebrate Thanksgiving?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being thankful is an intrinsic part of what it means to be Jewish.  The English word, "Jew" is a translation of the word "Yehudi", יהודי in Hebrew, which literally means "one who gives thanks." I think Jewish-American success is something to be celebrated and to be thankful for.  I have strong doubts that if my grandparents and great-grandparents did not flee economic devastation and persecution in Europe to seek refuge in my native country, that I would be here today.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=718&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mitzvah of Studying Torah: Should Jews be Paid to Learn?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a post for the Beyond BT blog about programs that pay young Jews targeted as ripe for being brought into the mitzvah-observant fold and the study partners who help them. Is this really the best way to get Jews authentically excited about Torah?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=715&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Gilad Shalit&#8217;s Release Means to Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a great deal already written about the bittersweet end to the captivity of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, his media festival return to Israel, and the 1,027 prisoners, including convicted terrorists, released in exchange. When I was in synagogue this past Shabbat and it came the time during the Torah reading for the gabbai [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=710&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Shul You Go to and the 27 You Don&#8217;t Go to</title>
		<link>http://sitzfleisch.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/the-shul-you-go-to-and-the-27-you-dont-go-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an old joke about a Jew stranded on a desert island who builds two synagogues (shuls) &#8212; one he goes to, and one to not go to.  Nu, Jews like to kvetch, and despite the tremendous quality control in the traditional prayer service, a popular question to ask this time of year is &#8220;where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=702&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Wish For A Sweet New Year?</title>
		<link>http://sitzfleisch.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/a-sweet-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday night, we&#8217;ll be dipping apples in honey as a siman, or symbol, of a desire to have a sweet new year.  But of all the things that the Jewish people could yearn for, why is sweetness the quality we wish for our lives?  What does it mean for the new year to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=695&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teshuvah Disclaimers</title>
		<link>http://sitzfleisch.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/teshuvah_disclaimers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are approaching Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.  The last month of the Jewish calendar, Elul, is supposed to be a time of closeness to God, when we do a chesbon hanefesh, a self-assessment of how we have acted over the past year.  Jewish law and thought gives a lot of weight to teshuva, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=689&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Easy Fast?</title>
		<link>http://sitzfleisch.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/an-easy-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think it&#8217;s a bit silly to wish someone a &#8220;safe fast&#8221;, or a &#8220;tzom kal&#8221;, as is commonly the practice.  If it&#8217;s really easy, then what&#8217;s the point?  I hope that the fast is just the right kind of heartbreaking reminder of what we are mourning and remembering. I think that the intention of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=677&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Av: Bring Some Peace on to Us and to the World</title>
		<link>http://sitzfleisch.wordpress.com/2011/08/07/av-bring-some-peace-on-to-us-and-to-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The popularly held solution is that we need ahavat chinam, abundant love for fellow Jews. But this isn’t so simple when the hatred, or scorn, disapproval, or rejection comes from a place that seems to make sense!  Until I moved to Israel I did not understand how diverse the Jewish people really is.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sitzfleisch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9503030&amp;post=670&amp;subd=sitzfleisch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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