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I recently saw this.  I don’t even know what to say.  I can’t imagine what I would do if someone sitting next to me pulled out one of these.  I am almost positive that if I was sitting next to … Continue reading →

Yesterday I traveled to Baltimore, Maryland to participate in the Rabbi Balfour Brickner rabbinic seminar and fellowship.  I will be here through Thursday learning lots of new things.  I am really excited to have been selected and am hoping that … Continue reading →

The game is today, Team USA vs. Team Canada in men’s hockey.  Okay.  I’m being facetious.  This is not something that I would lose sleep over, though I am sure that many people I know will be cheering quite loudly … Continue reading →

Because people come to the synagogue and hand me things like this because they know I will think it is funny.  They’re right! Shabbat Shalom!

This article from Slate explains so very much. I’m a woman of few words today, forgive me, dear reader.

If case you are living under some kind of rock, the Winter Olympics are presently taking place in Vancouver.  It is virtually impossible living in Canada not to know this.  CTV is broadcasting Olympic coverage and it seems that nothing … Continue reading →

This is what it says in Exodus 26:3 literally.  Most translations are more along the lines of, “Five of the cloths shall be joined one to the other.”  This is the description of the Tabernacle that is being constructed in … Continue reading →

In the Sunday New York Times there was an article about addiction.  The addiction that too many Americans (and Canadians, too) have to sugar beverages. Here is the chart from the article. I’m not entirely certain how anyone between 2-5 … Continue reading →

This morning, over 150 people joined together at the Lipa Green building in Toronto, for what was a historic event.  Rabbi Michal Shekel offered words of welcome and described her reasons for wearing a tallit when she prays.  This introduced … Continue reading →

Check this!  I helped to craft the original letter that appeared in the Canadian Jewish News.