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The God Show Podcast With Pat McMahon - Ep. 282 Israel under attack. How could it happen?
Ask an Army Colonel. Ask a Rabbi. Ask a woman. They are all.
A Tribute to David at Yizkor
This is my first yizkor. I graduated from rabbinical school 34 years ago, and have led yizkor services multiple times every year since...
Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Sep 24, 20157 min read
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The Whole World is a Fragile Sukkah- Hashkivenu
Yes, Erev Rosh HaShanah begins on Sunday, yet, as we turn to the Hashkivenu, I’m thinking about Sukkot. “Ufros alenu sukkat shlomecha-...
Rabbi Bonnie Koppell
Sep 13, 20152 min read
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How To Be Good
HOW TO BE GOOD As we come together this evening to begin the High Holiday season in earnest, we all are, or should be, obsessed with...
Natti Natti
Sep 7, 201514 min read
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The Shofar is Calling- Are You Listening?
The shofar has been described as “the alarm clock of the soul.” Each morning during the month of Elul we blow the shofar and take in its...
Natti Natti
Aug 31, 20151 min read
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Psalm 27- "One Thing Do I Ask"
Only one thing do I ask of You, Holy God Just this alone do I seek: I want to be at home with You, Adonai All the days of my life. I want...
Natti Natti
Aug 31, 20152 min read
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The Twitter Torah- The Entire Torah, Chapter by Chapter, in 140 Character Tweets
Genesis Gn 1-God creates world. Light, sky, land, plants, animals. Humans in God’s image- be fertile and increase. Six days. God says it...
Natti Natti
Jul 4, 201514 min read
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Helena Ruth and the Change of Command
I spent last weekend in Salt Lake City where my Army unit, the 807th Medical Command, has its headquarters. One of the things that I...
Natti Natti
Jul 3, 20153 min read
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Strength, Courage, and Peace in the Face of Loss
Psalm 29, verse 11, has always been special to me. “Adonai oz l’amo yiten, Adonai yivarech et amo b’shalom- Adonai will give strength to...
Natti Natti
Jun 19, 20152 min read
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What Makes Life Meaningful?
I wanted to share with you a few lines from an article in the Arizona Republic Jobs section on May 10th[1] entitled, “Without Meaning,...
Natti Natti
Jun 13, 20154 min read
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Hashkivenu- Awaken Us To Life
When David was so sick, this was the prayer that made me leave the sanctuary in tears. Hashkivenu l’shalom- Holy God-lay us down in...
Natti Natti
Jun 7, 20152 min read
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Memorial Day Reflections of a Chaplain (Colonel) Bonnie Koppell
Memorial Day: Reflections of a Military Chaplain May 22, 2015 by Rabbi Bonnie Koppell “It’s almost like being home.” This was the...
Natti Natti
May 27, 20153 min read
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Veteran's Convocation- Maricopa Colleges- May 2015
Members of the Maricopa Community College Governing Board, Chancellor Rufus Glasper and members of the Executive Council, administrators,...
Natti Natti
May 12, 20157 min read
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Metzora- The Power of Words
Tazria-Metzora, Leviticus 12:1-15:33 Mark Twain wrote, “It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart;...
Natti Natti
Apr 24, 20153 min read
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Sources on Business Ethics
SELECTED TEXTS ON BUSINESS ETHICS “Do what is right and good in the eyes of God.” Deuteronomy 6:18 Baruch Atah Adonai Elohenu melech...
Natti Natti
Apr 24, 201511 min read
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Counting the Omer- Day 7
Tonight is our first Shabbas together counting the omer. Since Passover began on a Friday night, each week as we come together for...
Natti Natti
Apr 24, 20153 min read
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Purim and Intellectual Property
Did you know that Jewish law prohibits selling a basket of strawberries with the gorgeous ones on the top and the shmushy, moldy ones on...
Natti Natti
Apr 24, 20153 min read
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Ki Tissa and Broken-ness
Some rabbis choose to wear robes, and there is, of course, a big advantage to that: you never have to worry about what to wear for...
Natti Natti
Apr 24, 20154 min read
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The Exodus in Tweets
Passover- The Story of the Exodus in Tweets from The Twitter Torah @rabbibjk Ex 1-New king doesn’t remember Joseph. Threatened by...
Natti Natti
Apr 2, 20152 min read
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Mishpatim- Decisions and Consequences by Jessie Rubenstein
This week’s parsha, Mishpatim, is full of various and sundry laws, thus giving the parsha its name. Mishpatim occurs at an...
Natti Natti
Feb 13, 20153 min read
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Laughing at Ourselves, Laughing at Authority
I want to share with you one of my favorite Talmudic stories from tractate Baba Metzia. The rabbis are debating whether an oven that had...
Natti Natti
Jan 25, 20155 min read
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