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About rabbisteinman

I am a rabbi living in North America. I was ordained from HUC-JIR. This is my blog.

I love my computer

Posted on November 10, 2011 by rabbisteinman

A few days ago I had to take my computer to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store. There are some people who are very anti-Apple products. I respect their view, however, I have only had positive experiences with m … Continue reading →

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The night of broken glass remembered

Posted on November 9, 2011 by rabbisteinman

Today is the commemoration of Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. It was November 9, 1938 in Nazi Germany and parts of Austria that synagogues, homes and businesses owned by Jews, and people were brutally destroyed. Though Kristallnacht was 73 … Continue reading →

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What is an unveiling

Posted on November 8, 2011 by rabbisteinman

No one has actually asked me, however I am going to take this opportunity to teach you about the custom of unveiling a marker in the Jewish tradition. Reprinted from myjewishlearning.com Since ancient times, it has been the custom to … Continue reading →

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Fancy nails

Posted on November 8, 2011 by rabbisteinman

Today I took a little ‘me’ time and I got a mani/pedi. It is going to be a very emotional week (one year since MY MOM died, more on that later) so I was feeling a little bit silly. I … Continue reading →

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My iPad

Posted on November 6, 2011 by rabbisteinman

Is where I writing this post from. And that’s about all I’ve got for NaBloPoMo today.

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It is raining

Posted on November 4, 2011 by rabbisteinman

In Southern California. Yay! The weather has generally been quite pleasant this fall and the rain is a fantastic thing because it will help saturate the ground in order to prevent any forest fires. Hopefully it won’t rain all weekend … Continue reading →

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I am not a morning person

Posted on November 3, 2011 by rabbisteinman

This morning I had a meeting at school at 7:30am. I did not get up at any earlier than usual. I did bathe (you’re welcome classmates). The challenge for me is not the waking up, it is the being around … Continue reading →

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I heart public radio

Posted on November 2, 2011 by rabbisteinman

When I lived in that country to the north one of the things that I missed most was National Public Radio. I did listen to CBC radio but honestly, it wasn’t the same. Now that I’m back in SoCal I … Continue reading →

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Welcome to NaBloPoMo!

Posted on November 1, 2011 by rabbisteinman

I’ve made a spur of the moment decision to participate in NaBloPoMo, National Blog Posting Month and I will do my best to post something daily. It will probably be good for me because I have a tremendous amount of … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday to the greatest dad I’ve ever had!

Posted on October 29, 2011 by rabbisteinman

Today is the one and only birthday of MY DAD! Happy birthday! MY DAD is one great guy, as you probably already know. If you don’t know, you should just believe me because about this one, I am completely right. … Continue reading →

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