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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi &#8211; Summer, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ll notice that Rosh Hashanah begins just two days after Labor day. You will recall that Pesah began very early. You’re probably wondering … what about Hanukkah? The article is adapted from an article by Jonathan Mizrahi, which can be &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-summer-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=393&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi &#8211; May, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The third of the three Biblical Pilgrimage festivals, coming approximately at the beginning of the summer, is Shavuot (“Weeks”), named after the practice of counting the days and weeks from Pesah to Shavuot. Although it is a harvest festival in &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-may-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=391&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi &#8211; April, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 7 is Yom Hashoah V’hagevurah, the day designated by the Israeli Kenesset as the day to remember the Holocaust and the Heroism of those who resisted. I have been thinking a lot lately about how we commemorate Yom Hashoah. &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-april-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=387&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi &#8211; March, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. . . . Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind. – Philo &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-march-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=383&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi &#8211; February, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year or so we have heard two Sanctuary Shabbat presentations addressing the problem of homelessness in Grand Rapids. Both speakers, one from Family Promise of Grand Rapids, the other from the Salvation Army Booth Family Services program &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-february-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=377&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi &#8211; January, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[18 years at Ahavas Israel seems like a long time until you compare it with Cantor Stuart’s 36 years. I am honored and grateful that the congregation gave such a wonderful tribute to Stuart and me last month. Actually, the &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-january-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=367&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi &#8211; December, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every study of Jewish identity demonstrates that immersive Jewish experiences, such as Jewish camps and Israel programs, are linked to increases in positive Jewish behaviors, such as giving to Jewish causes, lighting Shabbat candles, holding a Passover Seder, and fasting &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-december-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=365&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi  &#8211; November, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been observant of traditional Sabbath practices (shomer Shabbat) for about 26 years, and my Shabbat practice has become so second nature to me that I sometimes forget the extent to which it is out of step with the &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-november-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=361&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi – October, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I mentioned a recently published book by the Rabbinical Assembly of the Conservative movement which is destined to be the next general’s authoritative guide to Conservative Jewish life. The book, entitled “The Observant Life: The Wisdom of Conservative &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-october-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=359&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divre Harav/Words from the Rabbi &#8211; September, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi David Krishef</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Jewish homes have a copy of Isaac Klein’s “A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice” on their bookshelves.  My own copy was given to me by the synagogue in which I grew up. As the bookplate indicates, it was presented &#8230; <a href="http://embodiedtorah.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/divre-haravwords-from-the-rabbi-september-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=embodiedtorah.wordpress.com&#038;blog=10732099&#038;post=356&#038;subd=embodiedtorah&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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