Shalom: May I pose a question/comment concerning the Talmud and Beresheit? While reveling and basking in the words of parasha Beresheit while studying with a Talmid, soon to be starting our Torah cycle once again, in a few months at Simcha Torah, I was reminded of why the Aleph did not start our Torah and the Beit did. I wonder
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:TALMUDIC VIEW OF JEWISH HUMOR:JESTERS BRING REDEMPTION Shalom: Humor is a part of Talmudic Judaism (and certainly the Tanach is full of it), and those that help spread humor hold a special place in Judaism. The below are some examples and this short essay is not meant to be an exhaustive study of the subject. 'Rabbi Baruqa of Huza often we
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: PARASHA EIKEV: DEUTERONOMY 7:12-11:26:HAGEE:HOLOCAUST IS GOD'S WILL PARASHA EIKEVDEUTERONOMY 7:12-11:26RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC"Shas Happens"SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:Moses tells the Israelites that they will receive rewards for followingGod's laws. Moses tells them that all the good that comes to them-- food,land, even their clothing-- is fro
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:TEPHILA:BERACOTH:BAKASHAH:PRAYER Shalom Talmudim v Chaverim: In our last class we discussed the all important step of selichah and teshuvah. That was the last step in the process of clearing away our past lives and beginning anew. The next phase of Jewish Spiritual Renewal begins now with learning how to pray. In doing so, we beg
Shalom: Many times in the Talmud the Tractate that the main topic is supposed to be about, finds the rabbis teaching less about ritual minutia, and more about spiritual principles. We see this in Tractate Sukkoth. ''How did people use the lulav? If the first day of the holiday fell on Shabbat, they took their lulavs to the Temple Mount and the s
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:TU B'AV: TESHUVAH TURNS SINS TO MERITS JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:TU B'AV:SHABBAT 8/16/08;HEBREW COLLEGE,MA,USA Shalom Talmudim v' Chaverim: That was a wonderful email we received from S. Cohen-Kay on the power of Teshuvah. I have seen it in my life and in the lives of many others. My prayers for all of you to
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:TU B'AV:15TH OF AV:TALMUD YERUSHALMI:BREAKING OF THE AXES Shalom: This Saturday, Shabbat, August 16, 2008, is the holiday of Tu B'Av, the 15th of the month of Av. The Gemorah's in the Talmud's Yerushalmi and Bavli have a different ''take'' on the holiday and its spiritual significance as well as its historical roots. Talmud Yerushalmi Tractate Taa
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:SATAN:TALMUD YERUSHALMI:BAVLI:YETZER HARA:ROSH HA SHANA Shalom: Both of our Talmuds, Talmud Yerushalmi and Talmud Bavli discuss Satan. Talmud Yerushalmi speaks of Satan as a prosecutor. If we didn't do the 'crime', the 'sin', to begin with, we would not be contending with Satan, in the Sages of Judea's view. Bavli sees Satan in a more active, as our actual
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: HARRY POTTER, MAGIC, ASTROLOGY, MYSTICISM, AND TALMUDIC JUDAISM Shalom: First of all I need to admit that I am no die hard fan of Harry Potter books nor have seen a movie of Harry Potter. Perhaps it is because there are mitzvoth for us to not to consult yid'onim (wizards) (Lev. 19:31), or not to practice nachesh (doing things based
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:She-kachah lo-ba'olamo:U'gevurato malei olam:College Fjord Shalom: A while back, I received an email from a rabbinic colleague who described their trip to Alaska and the wonders of God that they saw. And in seeing those wonders, they said: the shehecheyanu (the prayer we say on seeing things for the first time) and she-kachah lo-ba'olamo &nbs
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:Rab Gershom's Takanot:GO SIN IN ANOTHER CITY:MOED KATTAN 17A Shalom: The Tanach, the Chumash especially, and the Talmud, records humans as we are, with our foibles. It shows sibling rivalry, sometimes leading to death right in the first few pages, and sometimes leading to enslavement. It shows jealousy among wives and parents showing favorit
Shalom: As we come to the second parashat of Deuteronomy this coming Shabbat, a look at the Midrash on Deuteronomy, called Sifre, is of interest. The Midrash is on the words from Deuteronomy 32:2: "My doctrine shall drop like rain." ''Rabbi Simai used to say: both the soul and the body of those creatures created from the earth are from earth, except
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:TRACTATE KETUBOTH:NO ALLIYAH AS GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE Shalom: With weddings starting up again after the 3 weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av, when we do not have weddings in remembrance of the fall of Jerusalem and the two Temples, a bit of interesting information from Tractate Ketoboth and Jerusalem and the land of Israel may be in order.
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:RABBIS ABAYE + RAVA:A PUMPKIN CAN BE TOLD FROM ITS STALK:BER 48A For those of us with children, we may or not agree with the Talmud's rabbi claim they can you tell what a child will be like judging from her or his behavior as a child. The Talmud relates the following story about two of our greatest sages when they were but boys:A child younger than 13
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:CHUMASH CANDESCENCE: PARASHA VA'ET-CHANAN:DEUTERONOMY 3:23- 7:11 CHUMASH CANDESCENCE PARASHA VA'ET-CHANANDEUTERONOMY 3:23- 7:11RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HEBREW COLLEGE, NEWTON CENTRE, MA, USA VIA SHAMASH ORG ON-LINE CLASS SERVICE Hilton Head Island, SC Bluffton, SC"A Listening People"In the traditional Shacharit (morning) service one exclaims (also readon page
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:ATONEMENT:TESHUVAH;RETURN:AMENDS Shalom Talmudim v' Chaverim: In our last class we discussed the proper way of doing Tashlich so that we can cast our defects of character upon the waters, and ask God to remove them from us, and have it work. All too often we have done this ceremony on the afternoon of Rosh Ha Shana only to ha
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:ATTACK IN KNOXVILLE:TISHA B'AV:SINAT CHINAM:BASELESS HATRED
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RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:ATTACK IN KNOXVILLE:TISHA B'AV:SINAT CHINAM:BASELESS HATRED Home » Opinion » Letters to the Editor Attack in Knoxville sends message to us all Published Tuesday, August 5, 2008Comment on this | Email it | Print it | Feeds | | | | | | | As a rabbi, I must write in sorrow and shock to add my concern and condolences for the dead, the wounded and their f
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:ATTACK IN KNOXVILLE:TISHA B'AV:SINAT CHINAM:BASELESS HATRED Home » Opinion » Letters to the Editor Attack in Knoxville sends message to us all Published Tuesday, August 5, 2008Comment on this | Email it | Print it | Feeds | | | | | | | As a rabbi, I must write in sorrow and shock to add my concern and condolences for the dead, the wounded and t
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL; VIDUI:JEWISH CONFESSION:TASHLICH--casting away, removing, our defects and our sins Shalom: Here is an email from a Talmid, Marco, who did his Chesbon ha Nefesh,(accounting of his soul, his moral inventory) did his Vidui, (Jewish Confession), and is now ready to do the next step of Jewish Spiritual Renewal, Tashlich, throwing his s
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:RABBIS RESPONSIBLE FOR MEMBER'S SINS IF THEY DON'T CHASTISE RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: CHUMASH CANDESCENCE: PARASHA DEVARIM :DEUTERONOMY 1:01-3:22 CHUMASH CANDESCENCEPARASHA DEVARIMDEUTERONOMY 1:01-3:22RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC "Jive Talkin' "SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:Who wrote the Book of Deuteronomy? What can we learn from itsinconsistencies
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:TASHLICH:GETTING RID OF DEFECTS Shalom Talmudim v ' Chaverim: Last week we discussed doing Vidui, Jewish confession, of our defects found in our Chesbon Ha Nefesh Gadol. Today we will learn how to rid ourselves of these defects, which some call sins. Tashlich: Casting away your Defects - Finding These Defects Abhorrent T
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:CONDOLENCES TO UNITARIANS,HILTON HEAD+BLUFFTON,SC:KNOXVILLE:UKRAINIANS ATTACKS JEWS Shalom: The Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry of Hilton Head Island, SC and Bluffton, SC invited me to say a few words at their memorial service on August 3, 2008, in memory of the two members who were killed in Knoxville ,TN, one week before,
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: TOP REVIEW FROM NEW YORK CITY: PARASHAT MASEI Dear Chaverim: From a chapter in my second book, a kind review in NY City...well Staten Island, but at least it isn't just Bayonne, NJ. Lol. See bottom para. And its picked up by the AP. We have been getting 5 out of 5 star reviews nationally and internationally, including Israel, and from many rabbis,
Shalom: A gunman murdered two and injured seven at a Unitarian children's event in Knoxville on their Sabbath, Sunday July 27, 2008. The news report is below. My letter to the editor is printed directly below. Dear Editor: As a Rabbi, I must write in sorrow and shock to add my concern and condolences for the dead and the wounded and their families a
Por mucho que hayan consultado a Mel Brooks, uno de los inspirados creadores de la serie de televisión que popularizó el torpón Don Adams en la segunda mitad de los años 60, poco ha mantenido Peter Segal de aquel humor un tanto surreal y físicamente minimalista que recorría esa divertida serie americana.
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RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:PASSOVER:Dry Bones, Hear the Word of the Lord:CHUMETZ IS EGO PASSOVERSPECIAL PARASHA "SEGMENTS" =EXODUS 33:12-34:26 andNUMBERS 28:19-25SHABBAT CHOL HA MOED PESACH RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC"Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dried Bones""God ...set me down in the valley, which was full of bones...they werevery abundant... they were ve
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:ROSH HASHANAH:Gates of Repentance (Renewal) are Always Open ROSH HASHANAHSPECIAL READINGS:GENESIS 21:1-341 SAMUEL 1:1-2:10NUMBERS 29:1-6GENESIS 22:1-24JEREMIAH 31:1-19RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! LA SHANA TOVA !!!!!"We Can't Return, We Can Only Look, Behind from Where We Came"SYNOPTIC
ROSH HASHANAHSPECIAL READINGS:GENESIS 21:1-341 SAMUEL 1:1-2:10NUMBERS 29:1-6GENESIS 22:1-24JEREMIAH 31:1-19RABBI ARTHUR SEGALHAPPY NEW YEAR !!! LA SHANA TOVA !!!!!"We Can't Return, We Can Only Look, Behind from Where We Came"SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:On many Jewish holidays there are special sections of parashat read thathelp us to remember themes of the holidays. The theme of God's me
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:SHAVUOT:BOOK OF RUTH:Ma'ateh Merkabah:Chariot of Fire SPECIAL SHAVUOT TORAH READINGSEXODUS 19:01-20:23NUMBERS 28:26-31DEUTERONOMY 14:22-16:17EZEKIEL 1:1-28,3:12HABBAKKUK 2:20-3:19BOOK OF RUTHRABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC "Kosher X-Files with Jewish Men in Black""Ezekiel saw da wheel" is how the African American spiritual begi
SUKKOTHSELECTED READINGS:LEVITICUS 22:26-23:44NUMBERS 29:12-16ZECHARIAH 14:1-21I KINGS 8:2-21RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC "Little Houses Made of Ticky-Tacky"SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:This Shabbat we begin the celebration of Sukkoth, the feast of booths.The special readings from Numbers and Leviticus give the laws of theholiday. The chapter in Kings
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWS CAN OPPOSE WAR:OP/ED FROM FEB 03, A MONTH PRE-INVASION of IRAQ Shalom: The below was printed in our local newspaper one month before the present administration invaded Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction. It was sent to me today by a friend who apologized for sending me an email a day after it was published, all upset then
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:DEUT 1:01-3:22:PARASHA DEVARIM:Jive Talkin:Tisha B'Av:C.Alkan PARASHA DEVARIMDEUTERONOMY 1:01-3:22RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC "Jive Talkin' "SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:Who wrote the Book of Deuteronomy? What can we learn from itsinconsistencies with the first Four of the Five books of Moses? Was KingOg really a giant who survived the great Flood? Did t
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: DEUT. 3:23- 7:11:PARASHA VA'ET-CHANAN:"A Listening People" PARASHA VA'ET-CHANANDEUTERONOMY 3:23- 7:11RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC"A Listening People"In the traditional Shacharit (morning) service one exclaims:"How happy are we! How blessed our lot! How sweet our destiny! Howmagnificent our heritage! How happy are we that as we rise a
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:DEUT. 7:12-11:26:PARASHA EIKEV:"Shas Happens" PARASHA EIKEVDEUTERONOMY 7:12-11:26RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC"Shas Happens"SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:Moses tells the Israelites that they will receive rewards for followingGod's laws. Moses tells them that all the good that comes to them-- food,land, even their clothing-- is from God. The
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: DEUT. 11:26-16:17: PARASHA RE'EH: See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me PARASHA RE'EH DEUTERONOMY 11:26-16:17RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC "See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me"("Tommy", The Who)SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:Our portion this week has Moses promising Israel both blessings andcurses. The sanctity of the Land is reiterated. Rules
PARASHA SHOFTIMDEUTERONOMY 16:18-21:09RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC"Here Come da Judge"SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:This week's portion reviews the rules about the Israelites' court system,as well as the penalties for idol worship, rebelling against theauthority of the Torah, and witnesses who lie under oath. The parashaalso sets down rules for our futur
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:DEUT. 21:10-25:19:PARASHA KI TEITZEI:Such a Naughty Bad Boy PARASHA KI TEITZEIDEUTERONOMY 21:10-25:19RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC"Bad Boy, Bad Boy, You're Such a Naughty Bad Boy. Beep Beep!"SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:This week's parasha is replete with all type of laws to help governsociety. We are given the rights of women ta
PARASHA KI SAVODEUTERONOMY 26:01-29:08RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC "He's Making His List, He's Checking it Twice, He's Gonna Find Out if You're Naughty or Nice..." (I was asked to define Chumash and Parasha : To start, the word Chumash for the Five Books of Moses is simply fromthe Hebrew word for the number five. A parasha i
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:DEUT 29:09-31:30:PARASHAT NITZAVIM-VAYEILECH:SELICHOT PARASHAT NITZAVIM-VAYEILECHDEUTERONOMY 29:09-31:30RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC"You Know it Ain't Easy, Its Often Unkind; But You Better Have to Make up your Mind"SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:This week we have two short, but important, Torah portions to read. Thefirst is Nitzavim from t
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:DEUT. 32:01-32:52:PARASHA HA'AZINU:Comin' Around AgainRABBI ARTHUR SEGAL PARASHA HA'AZINUDEUTERONOMY 32:01-32:52RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC "Comin' Around, Comin' Around Again"SYNOPTIC ABSTRACT:In the Torah portion two weeks ago, Moses is commanded by God to write apoetic song to the Israelites. I hated, when as a kid, my class wasassigned a
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:DEUT 33:01-34:12:PARASHA VEZOT HA'BERACHAH:SIMCHAT TORAH HOSHANNAH RABBAH SHEMINI ATZERET SIMCHAT TORAH PARASHA VEZOT HA'BERACHAH DEUTERONOMY 33:01-34:12 RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC"Death Don't Have No Mercy In This Land" Please join together in prayers to God as we end Sukkoth, for Him toshelter all of mankind in His tent o
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:NUMBERS 01:01-04:20:PARASHA BA-MIDBAR:''One is the Loneliest Number'' PARASHA BA-MIDBAR NUMBERS 01:01 TO 04:20RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC "One Is the Loneliest Number"This week's Torah portion brings us to the fourth book of the "Five Booksof Moses," known as the Chumash. This book takes its English name (Numbers) from the Greek and
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: NUMBERS 4:21-7:89:PARASHA NASO:"Live Long and Prosper" PARASHA NASONUMBERS 4:21-7:89RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC BLUFFTON, SC "Live Long and Prosper" Our parasha this week is the longest in all of the Five Books ofMoses, our Chumash. This is due to what looks like at first glance redundant repetition (which is repetitious redund
Shalom: In today's New York Times,(July 18, 2008) an editorial by Israeli Benny Morris, speak's of Israel's '' attack [on] Iran's nuclear sites in the next four to seven months.'' He also predicts: "if the attack fails, the Middle East will almost certainly face a nuclear war." It goes without saying that if this occurs, Jerusalem will be destroyed worse than the Babylo
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:DO HIS WILL, AS IF IT WAS YOUR WILL Rabbi Arthur Segal: Jewish Spiritual Renewal: Shabbat 7/19/08 Hebrew College, MA, USA Shalom Talmudim and Chaverim: Last week we discussed the pitfalls that occur in a life in which there is a lack of spirituality and a lack of living with an personal experience with God, where we
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: USA ADDS ABUSE TO 'KOSHER' AGRIPROCESSORS' POSTVILLE,IOWA ABUSE read more at: RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:AGRIPROCESSORS:WHEN KOSHER IS TRAIF:HEKSHER TZEDEK'S NEED RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:AGRIPROCESSORS:WHEN KOSHER IS TRAIF:HEKSHER TZEDEK:PART TWO RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:CALL FOR HEKSHER TZEDKEK FOR KOSHER MEAT PACKING PLANTS RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:ALL
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:HEBREW TEMPLES:NOT ONLY IN JERUSALEM:ELEPHANTINE,LEONTOPOLIS SHALOM: OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, I HAVE BEEN AT MANY SEMINARS OR CLASSES, AND EVEN INVITED TO A CONVENTION, WHERE JEWS, SOMETIMES ALONG WITH APOCALYPETICAL CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS, HAVE WANTED TO BUILD THE THIRD TEMPLE ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM, NOW, AND TEAR DOWN THE MUSLIM DOME O
Megan Fox stops at Fred Segal for a short time in West Hollywood on Tuesday afternoon.Although there were reports the Transformers star broke up her engagement, she may not be single after all. Megan was spotted with Brian Austin Green in Vegas together to catch Cirque du Soleil’s “O” show at the Bellagio.
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:Would He who forms the eye not see? Rabbi Arthur Segal: Jewish Spiritual Renewal: Shabbat 7/12/08 Hebrew College,Newton Centre, MA,USA Shalom Talmidim and Chaverim: In past classes we have spoken about the need of doing a daily chesbon ha nefesh, an accounting of our soul, of our actions, so that we can learn where we are
JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: FROM TALMID LEON RESNICK:PEACE FOLLOWS JUSTICE RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:PEACE FOLLOWS JUSTICE:BY TALMID LEON RESNICK:OSEH SHALOM Following in ancient Talmudic tradition, Talmid Leon Resnick quotes from his Rabbi and Moreh. Yasher Koach, Leon. Shalom, Rabbi Arthur Segal Home » Opinion » Letters to the Editor Peace follows justice, but
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:PEACE FOLLOWS JUSTICE:BY TALMID LEON RESNICK:OSEH SHALOM Following in ancient Talmudic tradition, Talmid Leon Resnick quotes from his Rabbi and Moreh. Yasher Koach, Leon. Shalom, Rabbi Arthur Segal Home » Opinion » Letters to the Editor Peace follows justice, but justice includes all Published Saturday, July 5, 2008, Island Packet Comment
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:TAMMUZ 17:TALMUD YERUSHALMI:CAUSING OUR OWN SUFFERING(BER 5A) Shalom: On July 20, 2008 is the Holy Day known as the Fast of Tammuz 17. Tammuz is our 4th month, with Nissan being our first. In reading this essay, please keep the following Talmud quote before you: "If a person sees that afflictions are befalling him, he should investigate his deeds to deter
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:SHABBAT 7/5/08:HEBREW COLLEGE,MA,USA A Red, White and Blue Shalom and a Happy 4th of July Independence Day Shabbat: Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall standBetween their loved home and the war's desolation!Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued landPraise the Power that hath made and preserv
NOTE: MANY TIMES THESE TWO BELOW PARASHAT ARE READ TOGETHER ONE ONE SHABBAT IN ORDER FOR THE HEBREW CALENDER IN THE DIASPERA TO CATCH UP TO THE ISRAELI CALENDER READINGS. THIS YEAR (2008) IS NOT THE CASE, BUT THE BELOW D'VAR HAS THIS WEEK'S AND NEXT WEEK'S (7/12/08) PARASHAT DISCUSSED. RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL CHUMASH CANDESCENCE PARASHAT CHUKAT+BALAK NUMBERS 19:01-25:07 RABBI
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PING PONG:ISAIAH 2:2-4:JUSTICE+PEACE One of my friends and study partners wrote a letter to the editor of our local newspaper, in response to the back and forth letters, of pro- Zionists and anti- Zionists, few telling the whole truth, and each using rhetoric and propaganda. He quoted me from my essay and speech on Talmudic and Judaic P
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:LORD'S PRAYER AT JEWISH INTERFAITH WEDDINGS + ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS;Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons, and Significant Others Shalom: As one who Rabbinically counsels Jews who are in 12 step programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Alanon, Emotions Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and where there are not enoug
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:TALMUD YERUSHALMI:WEATHER, TZADAKAH AND GOD:TAANIT 3:3 Shalom: There is no doubt to those reading this in the present (June 2008) that the world is experiencing some very devastating climate changes bringing about major flooding, earthquakes, and God only knows what more. Certainly modern man does not relate his actions of sinning to changes in th
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:DISPUTE FOR THE SAKE OF HEAVEN RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:SHABBAT 6/28/08: HEBREW COLLEGE,MA,USA Shalom Chaverim v' Talmudim: I hope you had good week and reflected on last week's teachings and spiritual lessons. I pray that you all continue to grow in your relationship with God and with your fellow
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPRITUAL RENEWAL: PFEFFERKORN + MAXIMILIAN BOOK BURNING Shalom Talmudim and Chaverim: Stephanie wanted to remind us, with a bit of history, that while most of us in this class, if not all, live in nations where Jewish texts are readily available, for much of our history, it was forbidden to study them. Indeed the Haftarah was developed
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:TO KNOW GOD:LA DAAT:GRATITUDE RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:SHABBAT 6/21/08 HEBREW COLLEGE,MA, USA Shalom Chaverim and Talmudim: I hope your Shabbat was wondrous and your week was fulfilling. There is a seemingly cute but exceedingly wise statement in the Talmud Bavli Tractate Er
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RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:Jewish Spiritual Renewal: A Student's Comment of Her Progress, Hebrew College, MA, USA Shalom: The below is an email received today from one of your fellow classmates on how she has put the lessons learned in Jewish Spiritual Renewal into action and her results. (Her name and email have been redacted.) As we've discussed the technique is not new,
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: JEWISH WITCHES AND PROPHETESSES JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL CLASS SHABBAT 6/14/08 HEBREW COLLEGE, NEWTON CENTRE, MA, USA Shalom: Since some of you may be on over drive with so much intense late night study due to holiday of Shavuot, I will try to keep my class this week short. This will act in concert in that this Shabbat'
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:RIGHTEOUS OF ALL NATIONS HAVE A SHARE IN THE WORLD TO COME Rabbinic Talmudic Judaism at its finest hours has been pluralistic within its own community and with its neighbors of different religions. At its worst, Judaism has been xenophobic , each community within thinking its minhag (tradition) was the only way to God, and belittling not only other Jews, bu
the Lowcountry and the Coastal Empire. Home Shavuot All people, animals deserve ethical treatment Published Saturday, June 7, 2008 Jews celebrate on June 8's eve, Shavuot, commemorating Moses receiving the Torah atop Mount Sinai. Sinai was chosen because it belonged to no nation. The Torah's teachings belong to all humankind. The whole of Torah has been distilled to: "What is dis
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: THEOPHANY: MA'ATEH MERKABAH: LEVIATHAN: ZIZ + BAR YOHANI BIRDS JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: SHAVUOT 'EXTRA': 6/8/08 EVENING UNTIL EVENING OF 6/10/08: HEBREW COLLEGE, NEWTON CENTRE, MA, USAShalom: As promised, here a special Shavuot holiday edition. I was planning on sending this Sunday, but I am doing this pre- Erev Shabbat as the response to the Shavuot st
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: SHAVUOT: AKDAMUT: EZEKIEL: RUTH: ISRU HAG JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: SHAVUOT 'EXTRA': 6/8/08 EVENING UNTIL EVENING OF 6/10/08: HEBREW COLLEGE, NEWTON CENTRE, MA, USA Shalom: As promised, here a special Shavuot holiday edition. I was planning on sending this Sunday, but I am doing this pre- Erev Shab
Melanie Klein fue discípula y continuadora de Freud. A través de su trabajo, realizado en sus inicios principalmente con niños, expandió el campo de conocimiento y comprensión abierto por Freud y dio con nuevas formulaciones que, en ciertos aspectos, desarrollaron las ideas freudianas y, en otros, se apartaron de ellas. Me es imposible presentar su obra sin trazar al menos un esbozo de algu
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:YOKE OF TORAH REMOVES WORLDLY YOKES The below is from one our students. She alludes to this quote for Pirkie Avot in trust and having faith in God to relieve he of fears, resentments, defects of character, and rightfully so. Our finite selves can only go so far and at some point in our lives, we come to the wise conclusion, that we must
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:HEBRAIC AND JUDAIC CONCEPTS CONCERNING THE DEATH PENALTY To: Hilton Head Ethics SeminarFrom: Howard RadestRe: Seminar meeting, Wednesday, June 4, 2008Our final Ethics Seminar of this season will meet on Wednesday, June 4 from 3 – 5 pm. at the Hilton Head Public Library. Leading the discussion will be Rabbi Arthur Segal, a member of our Sem
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT:NASO:GRUDGES RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: Jewish Spiritual Renewal: Shabbat: 6/7/08:Hebrew College,Newton Centre,MA,USA Shalom: Today is the 44th day of the Counting of Omer soon bringing us to the end of the 7 weeks between Passover and Shavuot. Shavuot begins Sunday Eve 6/8/08 at circa 8:11 PM Ea
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:CALL FOR HEKSHER TZEDKEK FOR KOSHER MEAT PACKING PLANTS Subj: JEWISH-ANNOUNCE Digest - 26 May 2008 to 30 May 2008 (#2008-42) Date: 5/30/2008 8:00:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time From: LISTSERV@S
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: HILLEL: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF: ARTHUR SZYK: Shalom: The Hebrew, in the below illustration, is ' V'ahavtah L'rayahkah Kahmokah' (Love your Neighbor as Yourself) (Lev. 19:18). Living 100 years before the Common Era, Rabbi Hillel taught, ''That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah: The rest is the
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:CHESBON HA NEFESH:SHAVUOT:NUMBERS Jewish Spiritual Renewal Class, Shabbat 5/31/08 Hebrew College, Newton Centre, MA,USAShalom:I hope this new week finds you all well. Shavuah tov.Today is the 37th day of the Omer so we are in the 6th week between Passover and Shavuot.As always to comment, question, share, etc, email spiritualrene
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: AGRIPROCESSORS: WHEN KOSHER IS TRAIF: HEKSHER TZEDEK'S NEED:PART TWO Recall of Aaron's Best Beef and Chicken Products Release Date: July 17, 2007 NJLINCS Health Alert NetworkPublic Health InfoDistributed by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Subject: Recall of Aaron's Best Beef and Chicken Products
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: AGRIPROCESSORS: WHEN KOSHER IS TRAIF: HEKSHER TZEDEK'S NEED Shalom: For those of you who have read my D'vrai Torah or Talmudic essays, or my classes on Jewish Spiritual Renewal, you are all well aware of my deep concern of not pointing out the defects of others, {for we all have defects of our own to work on with God's aid}, nor am I a fan of loshan ha
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RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL; LAG B'OMER: RABBI AKIVA'S STUDENTS DIDN'T SHOW PROPER RESPECT ONE FOR THE OTHER: BAR KOCHBA: BAR YOCHAI ;TALMUD YERUSHALMI TA'ANIT Shalom Everyone: I try to limit my class to once a week, but I would be remiss if I did not bring to your attention the holiday of Lag B' Omer which started at sun down
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH POLYGAMY: YISRAYL HAWKINS : "THE MORE WIVES, THE MORE WITCHCRAFT" In the news recently is another cult quoting Jewish scripture allowing them to be polygamous. This time it was Pastor Yisrayl Hawkins who has his congregants dress up in Jewish prayer shawls (tallitim) with fringes (tzit-tzit), and kippot, and has Shabbat services on Saturday.
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: "I STOOD BETWEEN GOD AND YOU": DEUT 5:5: EGO EDGES GOD OUT Jewish Spiritual Renewal Class Shabbat 5/24/08 Hebrew College, Newton Centre, MA,USA Shalom everyone and I hope your week was wondrous. As always, you can post your thoughts and/or answers or comments by emailing spiritualrenewal@shamash.org . If you w
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL:JEWISH CONVERSION: THE BIG LEBOWSKI Shalom: I received the below email with a simple question in it. While 99.99% of me felt I was being made the butt of a joke and having my time wasted, for the 0.01% I answered the question politely . Mishna Pirkie Avot 2:19 tells us : Rabbi Elazar said:" Know what to respond to a heretic.". Yo
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: TALMUD YERUSHALMI TRACTATE BERACHOT 4:3 :PRAYER FOR TROUBLED TIMES: KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BAZEH: ALL ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER : TZEDAKAH AND MAR UKVA , TALMUD BAVLI KETOVTH 67B: WALL STREET AND THE CREDIT CRUNCH: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL Shalom: A question was posed to me by a Rabbi, Rav Abrams: "I was in the checkout line behin
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: Jewish Ethical, Spiritual and Personal Considerations with Illness, Dying and Death A friend asks: I have a question. Technology can make the experience of age differentdepending on your income level. Is that new? How would the Rambam have practiced medicine now?Another answered but didn't expound on the Rambam nor on Je
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: IF GOD LIVED ON EARTH, MEN WOULD THROW ROCKS AT HIS WINDOWS Shalom: A wonderful Kabbalistic, Rabbi Weiman asked me the following question the other day: " Are we allowed to be angry with God? Is it ok to scream angrily "Why are you doing this to me?!" " I answered him: Dear Rabbi W: There is an old Yiddish expression:
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: SEVEN SHEPHERDS OF THE OMER: RIBBIT : HETTER ISKA: ELEPHANTINE ISLAND, EGYPT JEWISH TEMPLE Shalom:As always, one can post an answer by emailing spiritualrenewal@shamash.org . If you want your name and email ''off'' or amended, just ask, and I will do so.At sundown tonight , Monday 5/12/08, begins the 23 day of the Omer tak
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RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: YETZER HA RA: CHARACTER DEFECTS The below is a posting from a member of the Jewish Spiritual Renewal Class of Hebrew College, Newton Centre, MA, USA via Shamash.Org. Following it, is a comment by Rabbi Arthur Segal. The member's last name has been eliminated and his email address has been redacted as per his request. RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL: YETZER HA RA: CHARACTER DEFECTS POST FROM MARTY: ________SBC@AOL.COM. with a comment after by Rabbi Arthur Segal: This message was originally submitted by _____SBC@AOL.COM to the SPIRITUALRENEWAL list at SHAMASH.ORG. You can approve it using the&nbs
