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		<title>Gossip makes a person ritually impure</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Parashat Chukkat is best known for containing the mitzvah of the Parah Adumah, the Red Heifer, whose ashes were used for ritual purification. Parashat Chukkat also contains various other laws dealing with Tumah v&#8217;Tahara, ritual uncleanliness and ritual purity. One of the greatest sources of ritual impurity is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distinguishing between night and day, good and evil</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; In this week&#8217;s parasha we find one of the most infamous disputes of all Jewish history: that of Korach and his followers. Korach led an uprising against Moses and Aaron. He wanted to remove them from leadership and make himself ruler instead. Moses challenged him to a &#8220;duel.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BDS campaign defames Israel, ignores others</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 14:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; The BDS&#8217;ers (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) are at it again. Alice Walker, author of the The Color Purple is urging singer Alicia Keys to cancel a concert she has scheduled in Israel in July. Walker wrote, &#8220;It would grieve me to know you are putting yourself in danger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing spiritual gifts enhances them</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Is it possible to give something away and not lose, but gain in the process? Absolutely! Moses shows us how. As we all know, the Israelites were not a happy lot. After awhile, their kvetching finally got to Moses. He complained to God, &#8220;I cannot carry all this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbinic intern learns Israel advocacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8211;This month&#8217;s Midrash Shabbat teacher at Tifereth Israel Synagogue will be Sarah Shulman. A student at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles and a triathlete, Sarah is also my AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) Intern. Many people who read the publicity for this weekend were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This land ain&#8217;t your land&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; There is a story that I have told many times based on a verse in parashat B&#8217;har: &#8220;But the land must not be sold beyond reclaim, for the land is Mine; you are but strangers resident with me.&#8221; This verse teaches us that humans do not own the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tifereth Israel to host Ron Wolfson for weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; The Torah says in parashat Emor: &#8220;You shall have one standard for the stranger and citizen alike: for I the Lord am your God.&#8221; As I hope you know, I think hachnasat orchim, welcoming visitors, is one of the most important mitzvot that members of a congregation can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God watches as scofflaws run stop signs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; There are many times when I feel that I am living in Israel when I drive from the synagogue to my home. It is not because of the scenery or landscape, but rather because of the all-way stop signs at the intersection of Tommy and Wing Span Drives. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the positive in others</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Call me old-fashioned or sexist, but I think that the entire dust up of President Obama calling California attorney general Kamala Harris the &#8220;best-looking attorney general in the country&#8221; is a tempest in a teapot. I understand the importance of de-emphasizing appearance in a world in which physical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Kosher&#8217; a cool word in the vernacular</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Believe it or not, I watch a lot of cooking shows. (No, I don&#8217;t cook much, but I do enjoy eating!) One of the most common ingredients chefs use is &#8220;kosher salt.&#8221; I never fail to be amused when they use it to season pork! Salt is kosher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better a rebellious child than an indifferent one</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; After receiving last week&#8217;s D&#8217;var Torah about hamantaschen, my son, Rabbi Adam Rosenthal, emailed me noting that I was already avoiding dealing with the text of Leviticus, which is primarily concerned with the laws of animal sacrifices, in my weekly column. Since I am on a streak, why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The origin of baking &#8216;Haman&#8217;s ears&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; As Pesach approaches, we need to clean the chametz out of our lives. There is some leftover Hamantaschen business in my life that I need to dispose of. Right before Purim I wrote an article about Hamantaschen. I explained the origins of the triangular cookie, but said I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excitement of attending an AIPAC conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8211; Can you imagine over 12,000 Jews and non-Jews gathered together in the same place for the same purpose? I would not have thought it possible, except I just returned from the AIPAC 2013 Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. and saw it myself. The last time I attended a Policy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All about hamantaschen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Nothing in Jewish life is easy. What could be complicated about a triangular shaped pastry with filling inside? Hamantaschen, the preferred perennial Purim treat, seem simple enough at face value. But a little research proves that this holiday delicacy has a vast and perplexing history. First of all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The privilege of sustaining a holy community</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal  SAN DIEGO &#8212; The Chafetz Chaim was one of the greatest Jewish ethicists and moralists of all time. He took his name from the verse from the book of Psalms, chapter 34: &#8220;Who is the man who is eager for life; who desires years of good fortune? Guard your tongue from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chasid who refused to lie</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; In preparing this week&#8217;s D&#8217;var Torah I came upon a Chassidic story whose conclusion puzzled me: Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Peshischa used to ask: &#8220;What is the difference between a &#8216;lover of truth&#8217; and a &#8216;hater of lies?&#8217;&#8221; A &#8220;hater of lies&#8221; hates everyone, because there no one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ground Hog Day and the Ten Commandments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; By a strange confluence of fortuitous happenstance this Shabbat, on which we read parashat Yitro, is also Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day celebrates a commonly held folk belief. If a groundhog emerges from its burrow on February 2 and sees its shadow, winter will linger for another six weeks. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do we need God&#8217;s miracles in order to believe?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal  SAN DIEGO &#8212; Is lack of faith our fault or God&#8217;s fault? This week I discovered two commentaries on parashat B&#8217;shallach with radically different points of view. When the Sea of Reeds blocked the escape of the Children of Israel from Egypt, they thought they were doomed. As Pharaoh&#8217;s chariots closed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we give to street corner beggars?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Although helping those in need is one of my fundamental guiding principles, I rarely give to individuals who solicit funds on street corners. When someone with a sign reading &#8220;Anything Helps. God Bless&#8221; walks by my car I usually look away. I am never sure whether such people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationship evolves between Israel and Diaspora</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211; In my Community Jewish High senior class we are studying about Israel. We just read and analyzed Israel&#8217;s Declaration of Independence which was proclaimed and signed in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948.    The founding fathers and mothers of Israel were greatly concerned with &#8220;normalizing&#8221; the Jewish People. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping miracles to occur</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8211; Although midrash at times attempts to solve textual problems, at other times midrash seems an illogical flight of fantasy that creates more problems than it solves. Such is the rabbinic comment about Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter pulling Moses from the Nile River. The Torah says: &#8220;The daughter of Pharaoh came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass shootings indicate USA becoming more dysfunctional</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/12/21/33174/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=33174</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Starting with Abraham&#8217;s expulsion of Ishmael, the Torah&#8217;s patriarchal stories reflect a multi-generational family in distress. Each generation transmits its dysfunction to the next, where it continues to do damage before propagating forward. Abraham expelled his son, Ishmael, in favor of Isaac, only to end up traumatizing him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adultery is an offense against God</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; I visited one of our younger Torah School classrooms on Wednesday. They were learning about the Luchot Ha-Brit, the Tablets of the Covenant, i.e., the Ten Commandments. One of the students asked me, &#8220;What is adultery?&#8221; Before I could answer the teacher explained, &#8220;I tell them that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living among gentiles &#8212; and enjoying it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; My grandmother had a deep-seated distrust of non-Jews. Given her childhood, this was understandable. My grandmother grew up in Russia during a time of turmoil, ferment, and rabid anti-Semitism. She told me of the pogroms she and her family survived, and of the Cossacks beating her younger brother. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Measuring out our compassion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; In the midst of the battle between Israel and Hamas, I read a provocative article by Rabbi Daniel Gordis on &#8220;The Times of Israel&#8221; website (if you would like to read the original article, click here). Rabbi Gordis, who lives in Israel and is Senior Vice President and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the arrivals of baby girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; As I read the opening words of this week&#8217;s parasha, I found them to especially appropriate: &#8220;eleh toldot &#8211; these are the generations.&#8221; While the Torah is speaking about the generations, or story, of Isaac and his decendents, I was applying the words to my own family. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abraham&#8217;s experience provides funeral-arrangement lesson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; A few years ago our youngest daughter, Margalit, called us on my day off. &#8220;Where are you?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;At the cemetery,&#8221; we replied. &#8220;What are you doing there?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;Picking out graves!&#8221; we answered. We freaked her out. While Judy and I were not expecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abraham demonstrated true humility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal  SAN DIEGO &#8212; When Abraham bargained with God to save the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, he prefaced his challenge by telling God, &#8220;Here I venture to speak to my Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.&#8221; (Gen. 18:27) With these words Abraham acknowledged the inadequacy of his position and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking beside, before, and behind HaShem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Last week I wrote about the well-known midrash that compares Noah&#8217;s moral immaturity to Abraham&#8217;s moral maturity. Noah, the &#8220;hero&#8221; of the flood story, was saved because: &#8220;&#8230;Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with God.&#8221; (Gen 6:9) However, later on when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noah not so righteous as Abraham</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Noah, the &#8220;hero&#8221; of the flood story, was saved because: &#8220;&#8230;Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with God.&#8221; (Gen 6:9) However, later on when God spoke to Avraham, he instructed him: &#8220;&#8230;walk before Me and be blameless&#8230;&#8221; (Gen. 17:1) That is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifting off and lifting up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Space exploration has always fascinated me so I followed the launch of SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9 rocket last Sunday with great interest. On Wednesday, SpaceX&#8217;s Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station with close to 1,000 lbs of supplies. It was the first private commercial non-NASA supply mission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demystifying the Torah</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal &#160; SAN DIEGO &#8212; One of my guilty pleasures is reading spy and espionage books. Last week I stopped short after reading a sentence in The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Mendez. Mendez was describing one-time pads which are used for secure encrypted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the covenant made at Sinai</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; After Torah School on Wednesday, Judaica teacher Cheryl Katz, told me about her experience teaching her students about parashat Nitzavim: &#8220;You stand this day, all of you, before the Lord your God&#8230;to enter into the Covenant of the Lord your God&#8230;.&#8221; (Deut. 29:9-11) She was trying to explain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coded message, or history, in Deuteronomy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; This week&#8217;s parasha, Ki Tavo, contains a declaration that the Israelites were to make after they had settled the land and brought their first fruits to the Kohen as an offering. The declaration begins: &#8220;I acknowledge this day before the Lord your God that I have entered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The measures of honesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; During one early visit to Israel, Judy and I entered a coffee store to buy a pound of ground coffee. We watched in amazement as the proprietor held a paper bag under a chute, opened the door, closed it, and placed our coffee on his scale: it weighed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice, justice we should pursue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;This week&#8217;s parasha contains the famous verse, &#8220;Justice, justice, shall you pursue.&#8221; The Hebrew root for &#8220;justice&#8221; is tzedek. It is the foundation of many other Hebrew words such as tzedakah, charity. The linguistic connection between tzedek and tzedakah reminds us that in Judaism, helping others is not just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving offense&#8230;and seeking forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/08/17/giving-offense-and-seeking-forgiveness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=giving-offense-and-seeking-forgiveness</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8211;Tonight (Friday, Aug. 17) we celebrate Rosh Chodesh Elul, the beginning of the Hebrew month of Elul, which is the month immediately preceding Tishrei, whose first day is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The Rabbis wrote that the Hebrew letters that spell out Elul are an anagram for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attack on ANY religious group is an outrage</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/08/10/attack-on-any-religious-group-is-an-outrage/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=attack-on-any-religious-group-is-an-outrage</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8211;I was appalled by one of the comments that I heard repeatedly in the wake of the murderous rampage at a Milwaukee Sikh temple last Sunday: the white supremacist shooter who attacked it probably mistook it for an Islamic house of worship. As if that is any kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Torah&#8217;s 2 versons of 10 Commandments differ subtly</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/08/03/torahs-2-versons-of-10-commandments-differ-subtly/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=torahs-2-versons-of-10-commandments-differ-subtly</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=30239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Is ignorance of the law an excuse? Should people be held responsible for things they do not know? The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Torah, first in parashat Yitro and again in parashat va-Etchanan. While the commandments themselves are substantially the same, there are variations in wording. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can God have regrets?</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/07/27/can-god-have-regrets/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=can-god-have-regrets</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; If everything God does is perfect, can God regret what God does? Tisha B&#8217;Av, literally the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples. This year the ninth of Av falls on Shabbat. Therefore, the commemoration and fast are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The meaning of tachrichim</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/06/29/the-meaning-of-tachrichim/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-meaning-of-tachrichim</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Jews are not buried in the clothes they wore during their lives. Rather, we are dressed in tachrichim, simple white burial garments. This reminds us that no matter how many material blessings one accumulates during a lifetime, we are all equal in death. Additionally, tachrichim remind us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even those who witnessed miracles at Sinai still had free will</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/06/22/even-those-who-witnessed-miracles-at-sinai-still-had-free-will/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=even-those-who-witnessed-miracles-at-sinai-still-had-free-will</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=29169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO, California &#8212; A couple of weeks ago I appeared on a panel at El Cajon Valley High School to speak about the similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The other panelists were an evangelical minister and an Imam. The students asked lots of intelligent and probing questions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The origin, styles and purpose of tzitzit</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/06/15/the-origin-styles-and-purpose-of-tzitzit/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-origin-styles-and-purpose-of-tzitzit</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=29012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8211;The final paragraph of parashat Sh&#8217;lach L&#8217;cha contains the mitzvah of tzitzit: &#8220;The Lord said to Moses as follows: Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes (tzitzit) on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judaism is a democratic religion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=28780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211; Judaism is a very democratic religion. Although Kohanim once had a special role in the Temple sacrificial rites, they never were the sole conduit to God. Then, as now, God was directly available to every Israelite. We learn this from the Biblical story of Eldad and Meidad. We learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Approaching fixed prayer with spirituality</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;One of the critiques against fixed prayer (i.e., reading the same prayer book selections over and over) is that it can become boring and monotonous. How can one possibly pour out one&#8217;s heart before God by repeating the same words three times a day, seven days a week? Where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Jews join our people in spirit of Ruth</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/05/25/new-jews-join-our-people-in-spirit-of-ruth/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-jews-join-our-people-in-spirit-of-ruth</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; On Shabbat we begin reading the book of B&#8217;midbar, Numbers in English. At the conclusion of Shabbat we celebrate Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. According to rabbinic tradition, the Children of Israel received the Ten Commandments and the rest of the Torah from God on Shavuot, exactly fifty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The perils of lashon hara</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/04/27/the-perils-of-lashon-hara/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-perils-of-lashon-hara</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; While I am not a political junkie, from time to time I do watch the candidates debate. They are often unintentionally entertaining.   One of my favorite exchanges took place during the Republican primary debate on January 26, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was an exchange between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s be the &#8216;village&#8217; that supports Israel locally</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/04/20/lets-be-the-village-that-supports-israel-locally/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lets-be-the-village-that-supports-israel-locally</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; On Tuesday night I shared a fascinating lesson plan from Yad Vashem (Israel&#8217;s Holocaust Martyrs&#8217; and Heroes&#8217; Remembrance Authority) with my Community Jewish High students. The lesson juxtaposed two reports from a transport that carried Jews from Dusseldorf, Germany to Riga, Latvia that left on December 11, 1941. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some questions for the adults at your seder table</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/04/06/some-questions-for-the-adults-at-your-seder-table/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=some-questions-for-the-adults-at-your-seder-table</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=26474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;Some of our seder customs were originally introduced to help children pay attention during the service (for example the youngest child asking the Four Questions and the hide and seek game played with the afikoman). Over the years most of us have found it is just as challenging to keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why we are commanded to rid our homes of chametz</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/03/30/why-we-are-commanded-to-rid-our-homes-of-chametz/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-we-are-commanded-to-rid-our-homes-of-chametz</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=26273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Although we are free from the physical bondage our ancestors suffered in Egypt, this does not mean that we are no longer enslaved. I realized this during a recent trip I took out of the country. Judy and I were vacationing in a city where our cell phones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mitzvot must be fulfilled through honest, ethical action</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/03/16/mitzvot-must-be-fulfilled-through-honest-ethical-action/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mitzvot-must-be-fulfilled-through-honest-ethical-action</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=25817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Does the end ever justify the means? Not according to the Torah. One may not fulfill a religious obligation (a mitzvah) through unethical or immoral action. Our sages called this a mitzvah ha-ba&#8217;ah ba-aveirah, a mitzvah that is performed through a sinful act. One of the places our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shabbat comes on U.S. Navy time, plus and minus</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/03/09/shabbat-comes-on-u-s-navy-time-plus-and-minus/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=shabbat-comes-on-u-s-navy-time-plus-and-minus</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=25564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Parashat Ki Tissa contains the verses we love to sing every Friday night, V&#8217;shamru: &#8220;The Israelite people shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. It shall be a sign between Me and the people of Israel. For in six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parsha and Purim warn Jews to stay unified</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/03/02/parsha-and-purim-warn-jews-to-stay-unified/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=parsha-and-purim-warn-jews-to-stay-unified</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=25265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; On Wednesday evening, March 7, we begin the celebration of the holiday of Purim which commemorates the victory of the Jews over their enemies in ancient Persia. Once the hero of the story, Mordechai, finds out that Haman has received the king&#8217;s permission to kill the Jews, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deep discounts for seniors: Tzedakah or Gemilut Chasadim?</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/02/24/deep-discounts-for-seniors-tzedakah-or-gemilut-chasadim/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=deep-discounts-for-seniors-tzedakah-or-gemilut-chasadim</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=25004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal &#160; SAN DIEGO &#8212; Last weekend Judy and I visited our son, daughter-in-law, and grandsons in Cincinnati. We had a great time.  Before we returned home, I was faced with an interesting ethical dilemma. On Monday afternoon we ate lunch at Cincinnati&#8217;s beautiful Mayerson JCC. The JCC operates a kosher café. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can we ever truly know God&#8217;s desires?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Whenever I teach theology I love to ask students: who played the voice of Moses in the Dreamworks movie, The Prince of Egypt? If no one knows I tell them: Moses was voiced by Val Kilmer. Then I ask them who played the voice of God? If no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Jews should speak and write against discrimination in Israel against women</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/02/03/american-jews-should-speak-and-write-against-discrimination-in-israel-against-women/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=american-jews-should-speak-and-write-against-discrimination-in-israel-against-women</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; This week I wanted to write about Miriam, Moses&#8217; and Aaron&#8217;s sister. The Torah records that after the Children of Israel crossed the Sea of Reeds in their escape from Pharaoh, &#8220;Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron&#8217;s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why there are four tefillin compartments for the head but only one for the arm</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2012/01/27/why-there-are-four-tefillin-compartments-for-the-head-but-only-one-for-the-arm/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-there-are-four-tefillin-compartments-for-the-head-but-only-one-for-the-arm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;When a child becomes Bar or Bat Mitzvah, one of the first mitzvot for which they assume responsibility is tefillin.   One of the verses which the rabbis say refers to the mitzvah of tefillin is in parashat Bo: &#8220;And this shall serve as a sign on your hand and as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Side conversations in the sanctuary not necessarily disrespectful</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; When the Torah speaks about Moses and Aaron, it sometimes puts Moses first and at other times, Aaron. For example, in Ex. 6:26 Aaron comes first: &#8220;It is the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said&#8230;.&#8221; and in the very next verse it is Moses: &#8220;&#8230;.these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bible&#8217;s &#8220;truths&#8221; are spiritual not necessarily historical</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; In reading a book (&#8220;Galileo&#8217;s Daughter&#8221; by Dava Sobel) about the sixteenth and seventeenth century scientist, astronomer, and philosopher Galileo Galilei, I learned that despite his run-ins with the Catholic Church, Galileo was a deeply religious man. His religious beliefs, however, were out of synch with the orthodoxies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative Jews lead demonstrations for egalitarianism in Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Our celebration of Chanukah this week made the news reports coming out of Israel even more disturbing and ironic. Chanukah is the festival which celebrates Jews fighting for their rights against the Greeks. In Israel, Jews are fighting for their rights against other Jews.    An eight-year-old Israeli girl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The significance of that menorah in the window</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal   SAN DIEGO &#8212; Our sages taught that the entire point of lighting a Chanukah Menorah is pirsumei nisa, &#8220;to publicize the miracle of Chanukah.&#8221; To accomplish this they instructed that the Menorah be lit at dusk, the time people returned from work in ancient times, and placed outside the front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The symbolism of the baker and cupbearer, Joseph&#8217;s cellmates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; After Joseph is thrown into jail in Egypt he meets Pharaoh&#8217;s former cupbearer and baker. Each had offended his master. Their sleep was interrupted by disturbing dreams as they agonized over their fate Joseph noticed their torment and asked them: &#8220;Why do you appear downcast today?&#8221; They answered: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treatment of Dinah in the Bible&#8211;and since&#8211;absolutely shameful</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; The Torah tells us: &#8220;Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. Shechem, son of Hamor, the Hivite, chief of the country, saw her, and took her and lay with her by force.&#8221; (Gen. 23:1-2) The story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The seven days and seven blessings for a bride and groom</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2011/12/02/the-seven-days-and-seven-blessings-for-a-bride-and-groom/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-seven-days-and-seven-blessings-for-a-bride-and-groom</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8211;Although Laban promised his daughter, Rachel, to Jacob in marriage, he tricked Jacob into marrying her older sister, Leah, instead. When Jacob complains to Laban about his deceit, Laban replies, &#8220;It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the older. Wait until the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, God hears you all right!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal  SAN DIEGO &#8211;Last Wednesday was &#8220;Stump the Rabbi Day&#8221; at our Torah School at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. I meet with most classes once a month and this month, instead of a prepared lesson, I let them ask whatever questions were on their minds.  They took the opportunity seriously and asked questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misgivings abound over prisoner swap with Hamas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; For the last several years we have included in every daily minyan, Shabbat, and holiday service a prayer for the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, and the captured American soldier, Bowe Bergdahl. At the conclusion of this morning&#8217;s service I announced that, God willing, soon we will no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping ourselves from spiritual harm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Every day since we entered the Hebrew month of Elul we have sounded the Shofar during morning minyan. The Shofar reminds us of the upcoming Holy Days, and that we should begin to spend more time directing our hearts and minds toward heaven. One of the central themes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership not as important as leader&#8217;s direction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; There is an old story told about a small yeshiva&#8217;s rowing team that never won a match. They finally decided to send an observer over to another school to see how they could improve their performance. The volunteer returned and was excited to share his observations. &#8220;I know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding and caring for lost property</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=21323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; When I was a counselor at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California, the director was Dr. Walter Ackerman, a well-known and formidable educator. He was not the easiest man to approach and the staff was in awe of him. He seemed second only to God in stature and authority. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judaism wrestles with capital punishment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; While the Torah requires capital punishment (i.e., the death penalty) for murder, it was not easily meted out. First, direct testimony by two witnesses was required: &#8220;A person shall be put to death only on the testimony of two or more witnesses; he must not be put to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s blessings must be earned</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2011/08/26/gods-blessings-must-be-earned/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=gods-blessings-must-be-earned</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Rabbi Leonard Rosethal SAN DIEGO &#8211;The last few verses of the traditional Birkat Ha-mazon (Grace after Meals), consisting of verses from the book of Psalms and Jeremiah, are usually sung with a cheerful and uplifting melody. One verse, however, is not sung out loud by some participants. Among the other verses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Jewish values into daily tasks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; How many times have you heard a rabbi say, &#8220;You should live a Jewish life?&#8221; Ad nauseam, I&#8217;m sure. Well, doing so is easier than you think! A young man was studying with the chassidim of the Rebbe of Kotzk while his father-in-law supported him. He eventually had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acknowledging when our hour has passed</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2011/08/12/acknowledging-when-our-hour-has-passed/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=acknowledging-when-our-hour-has-passed</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; A wise man once wrote: &#8220;You&#8217;ve got to know when to hold &#8216;em Know when to fold &#8216;em Know when to walk away Know when to run.&#8221; His sage advice and lyrical advice came to mind this summer. I attended a lecture by a very well respected professor.  He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Moses was tired of bickering, so too are the American people</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2011/08/08/as-moses-was-tired-of-bickering-so-too-are-the-american-people/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=as-moses-was-tired-of-bickering-so-too-are-the-american-people</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Toward the beginning of the book of D&#8217;varim, Deuteronomy, Moses says to the people: &#8220;I cannot bear the burden of you by myself&#8230;.How can I bear unaided the trouble of you, and the burden, and the bickering!&#8221; (Deut. 1:9-12) For the last couple of weeks all of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Importance of the future&#8230; and the past</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;Parashat Mas&#8217;ei begins with a review of the journeys of the Israelites after the Exodus: &#8220;These were the marches of the Israelites who started out from Egypt . . . Their marches, by starting points, were as follows:&#8221; (Num. 33:1-4) In the first half of Numbers 33:2 the Torah [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quietly rockin&#8217; out in Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Rabbi Leonard Rosethal JERUSALEM&#8211; During this final week of studies at the Shalom Hartman Institute students had two unique opportunities: tiyulim (tours) of areas of Israel and the West Bank which reflected the material we studied, and a VIP visit to the recently redesigned and refurbished Israel Museum. I chose to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbi shares impressions of his latest Jerusalem visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=19459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Rabbi Leonard Rosethal JERUSALEM &#8212; Having visited Jerusalem so many times, I did not think I would have anything new to share with you this week. But Israel is full of surprises. In the Holy City I saw something I have never seen before: Israeli pedestrians obeying the walk-don&#8217;t walk signals.Until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some surprises en route to and in Tel Aviv</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal TEL AVIV  &#8212; Something seemed awry when I logged onto El Al&#8217;s website three months ago to select seats for our Israel bound plane: the 747 was completely booked. Our seats were already assigned and not one extra one was available. Little did we know when we booked our tickets last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, Cain, we are our brothers&#8217; keepers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; A common reason shared by non-Jews considering conversion to Judaism is that their former religious traditions discourage questioning. Judaism, on the other hand, encourages questions and even allows us to question God. Jews are the Children of Israel and Israel means &#8220;One who struggles with God.&#8221; Abraham, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take a cue from Joshua and Caleb when visiting Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Parashat Sh&#8217;lach L&#8217;cha has a special meaning for Judy and me as we are shortly leaving for Israel. I will be attending the Shalom Hartman Rabbinic Training Institute, a two-week study program for rabbis living outside of Israel. The Rabbinic Training Institute is one of the rare programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Priestly Blessing: A reminder of the True Source</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN  DIEGO &#8212; Parashat Naso contains one of the most beautiful passages in the Torah: Birkat Kohanim, the Priestly Blessing. Every Friday evening parents use these words to bless their children at the Shabbat table. It is also used by rabbis to bless their congregants on special occasions. &#8220;The Lord bless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do powerful men stray from their wives?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;For years CNN.com has been my homepage. I like to check out national and international news at the beginning of my work day. (The second web page I always check is haaretz.com.)   One article in particular caught my eye this morning: &#8220;17 Recent Political Sex Scandals.&#8221; (http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/17/political.sex.scandals/index.html?hpt=Sbin) The article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working hard six days will make rest on seventh more meaningful</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 15:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿﻿By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; This week we begin our exploration of the Torah with a trivia question. For 613 Mitzvah points, which Jewish singer-songwriter helped pen the following opus to the virtues of hard work? Money for Nothin&#8217; Now look at them yo-yo&#8217;s, that&#8217;s the way you do it You play the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bin Laden&#8217;s death cause for some satisfaction but not for revelry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 15:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;Shortly after the death of Osama Bin Laden by American Special Forces, Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles posted the following comment on his Facebook page: &#8220;Yesterday, Yom Hashoah, Bin Laden was killed. The proper reaction is sobriety, not revelry. This is a time to remember those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for new Yom Kippur readings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; In the middle of Vayikra, the Book of Leviticus, with its long, detailed, and arcane descriptions of Israel&#8217;s ancient sacrificial rite, we are caught short by the appearance of parashat Kedoshim. Parashat Kedoshim speaks not of Priests, altars, and sacrifices, but of Godliness and holiness: &#8221;You shall be holy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The symbolism of ridding our homes of chametz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;During Pesach Jews are obsessed with ridding their homes of chametz. (fermented wheat, rye, barley, oats, and spelt.) They remove bread, cookies, and beer (sigh), clean and scrub their counters and sinks, vacuum their carpets, and blowtorch their ovens (or use the self clean mode!). The process of getting rid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teens help feed the hungry through Hand Up organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;Toward the beginning of the Passover Seder we hold up our plate of matzah and recite: &#8220;This is the bread of affliction which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat!&#8221; On Tuesday students from our Community Jewish High were blessed with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbinic impressions of Las Vegas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8211;On Wednesday evening I returned from attending this year&#8217;s Rabbinical Assembly International Convention. For the first time, this annual gathering of Conservative-Masorti rabbis took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although the convention was held in the suburb of Summerlin in a quiet hotel far from the famed Las Vegas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louis Rose Point dedication here on video</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO &#8212; The dedication of Louis Rose Point on March 24, 2011&#8211;the 204th birthday of the pioneer Jewish settler&#8211; was captured on videotape by Edward Zeiden, who donated his work to the Louis Rose Society for the Preservation of Jewish History. Following is that videotape, beginning with an introduction by Norman Greene, president of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware misconceptions about the young &#8212; and the old</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;The Talmud&#8217;s words: &#8220;I have learned from all of my students&#8221; certainly holds true for me. On Tuesday evening my eighth grade class at our Community Jewish High School was studying an ancient aphorism quoted in the Talmud: &#8220;When we were young, [we were treated] like grown-ups; now that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haman, Hitler, and modern Amalekites</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2011/03/18/haman-hitler-and-modern-amalekites/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=haman-hitler-and-modern-amalekites</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;When most Jews hear the words, &#8220;Remember &#8211; do not forget!&#8221; they think of the Holocaust. Survivors and members of the Jewish community recite these words as an oath to the six million Jews who perished during the Shoah. We pledge not only to remember them and preserve their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How much tzedakah should one give?</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2011/03/11/how-much-tzedakah-should-one-give/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-much-tzedakah-should-one-give</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;Most people agree that everyone has an obligation to give tzedaka. What they don&#8217;t agree on is how much money is an appropriate gift. When we hear, &#8220;give until it hurts,&#8221; we believe that our neighbors have a much lower pain threshold than ourselves.   I am often envious of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What about that prayer for restoring the Temple?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; This week at minyan I pointed out that Conservative siddurim offer two alternative prayers before the morning&#8217;s first kaddish. The second selection contains the traditional text: &#8220;May it be Your will, Adonai our God and God of our ancestors, that the Temple be restored in our day, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The high quality workmanship of Bezalel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Several years ago a stranger came to the synagogue office bearing gifts. She offered an old box filled with ten old Art Deco prints of Israel. I immediately fell in love with the stylized scenes of the Holy Land. When she said she wanted to donate them I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only the purest olive oil was fit for the Ner Tamid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Since this week&#8217;s parasha begins with the commandment for the Israelites to manufacture pure olive oil for lighting ner tamid (more about this later), I turned to Google for more information. However, when I typed in &#8220;ner tamid&#8221;  I did not at first find information about the Torah [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egyptian street versus Egyptian president puts Israel and U.S. in tough spots</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2011/02/04/egyptian-street-versus-egyptian-president-puts-israel-and-u-s-in-tough-spots/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=egyptian-street-versus-egyptian-president-puts-israel-and-u-s-in-tough-spots</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Last Shabbat several congregants told me that they had expected me to speak about the unrest in Egypt during services. I did not because I believed it would be belaboring the obvious. However, since my rabbinic wisdom is being widely solicited, I will instead belabor the obvious here: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we blame the credit card company or the naive youth who ran up debt?</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2011/01/28/should-we-blame-the-credit-card-company-or-the-naive-youth-who-ran-up-debt/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=should-we-blame-the-credit-card-company-or-the-naive-youth-who-ran-up-debt</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;This semester I am teaching the senior class at our new Community Jewish High School. There are only five students in the class but they are all exceptionally bright and Jewishly committed. We have been using a new book from a new series entitled,  Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices, edited by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If we want public officials to be accessible, we should also provide them protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;Americans of all political persuasions are shocked and outraged by the attack on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and those who joined her for a community meeting at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. Six innocent people were killed and thirteen wounded in an attack by a mentally disturbed individual at one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the Exodus and the American Civil Rights struggle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO&#8211;Wednesday night Judy, Margalit, and I watched The Secret Life of Bees. The movie, produced in 2008, is based on the book by the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The story takes place in Southern Carolina in 1964 in the midst of racial turmoil. The Civil Rights Act had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Israelites steal or request objects of silver and gold from Egyptians?</title>
		<link>http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2011/01/07/did-israelites-steal-or-request-objects-of-silver-and-gold-from-egyptians/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=did-israelites-steal-or-request-objects-of-silver-and-gold-from-egyptians</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO &#8212; Many people find at least one aspect of the Israelites&#8217; exodus from Egypt unsettling: &#8220;The Israelites had done Moses&#8217; bidding and borrowed from the Egyptians objects of silver and gold, and clothing. And the Lord had disposed the Egyptians favorably toward the people, and they let them have [...]]]></description>
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