By Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO –This Shabbat, we read Parashat Pekudei. It is the last Torah portion, in what has been quite a few in a row, that deals primarily with the construction of the the Mishkan. We are given a very detailed review of how the Mishkan was built, and the allocations of […]
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida –The Bible says nothing about life after death. It does not mention heaven or garden of Eden as a future abode of reward and Hell as a place of punishment after death. Maimonides states in his work Chelek that heaven is not an area where the good
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — In our Torah portion this past week, VaYakel, Betzalel is singled out amongst all of the artisans of Israel to build the Mishkan, the tabernacle that the Israelites carried with them through the desert. The Torah then tells us that Betzalel was filled with “Ruach Elohim” a divine
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — If people would take the time to look at the bulletin of an Orthodox Synagogue, they would find something very curious. The women are instructed to light candles several minutes before the men are scheduled to leave the home to attend the Mincha
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By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Unfortunately, most people of all religions only know what they were taught about their religion and the Bible that they learnt in grade school. Most of it is childish and wrong. It is a shame that people do not improve their knowledge about religion as they
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – Her patience sorely tested, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson warned President Trump’s former campaign aide Roger Stone that he will get no more chances if he violates a court order to remain mum about his upcoming trial in which he is accused of lying to Congress regarding
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — In our Torah portion this week, Ki Tisa, Moses comes down from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments. When he saw that the Israelites had built a golden calf in his absence, out of anger, he throws the tablets down to the ground smashing them into many pieces. But
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A parade of rabbinical colleagues and family members mourning Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal, praised him, which they acknowledged he would have hated, and told jokes about him, which they said he would have loved. The rabbi’s funeral service was attended by hundreds of congregants and friends Friday afternoon in
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SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven, Melanie Rubin, spotted this reference on a California license plate, leading to speculation that the car’s owner is a music lover. This particular psalm continues with some well known sayings including, “out of the mouth of babes,” and “You have made
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — In our Torah portion this week, Parashat Terumah, the Israelites are commanded by God to build a mikdash, a sanctuary. The mikdash was supposed to be a home for God that the Israelites could carry with them wherever they went, so that God’s presence would always dwell among
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Jewish ReligionFirst the Jews: Combating the World’s Longest-Running Hate Campaign by Rabbi Evan Moffic, Abingdon Press, Nashville © 2019, ISBN 978-1-5018-7083-5, p. 228 plus notes, $22. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan assured us we “Don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.” In the same vein, we don’t need
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish History, Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — With the Exodus from Egypt behind us, in Parashat Mishpatim, the text of the Torah takes a turn from narrative, to law. This Shabbat we will read about 53 of the Torah’s 613 Mitzvoth. Many of them like the laws about the treatment of servants and foreigners, damages and
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By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Have you ever had the frustrating experience of being in an environment where no one speaks your language? You know the feeling that there are too many people invading your personal space, but you’ve no way to communicate that to them? What about the times when you sincerely want
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U.S., Poland to host ‘ministerial’ on the Middle East The U.S. State Department on Friday issued the following statement: The “Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East,” held jointly by the United States and Poland, will take place in Warsaw, Poland on February 13-14. We have received very positive
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