Comedian Jerry Seinfeld does a standup routine about the Olympic Games, and speaks about the silver medal, and how he’d almost rather come in last than win silver; “It’s like, congratulations, you almost won.” He points out in that in some of the contests, such as...
In this week’s Torah reading, Nitzavim, Moses speaks to the assembled Israelies, nitzavim hayom kul’chem lifnay Ado-nai elo-haychem… l’ov-r’kha biv’rit Ado-nai elo-hecha “standing here today, together, in front of the Lord your God, to enter into the covenant with the...
In this week’s Torah reading, Ki Tavo, we have what’s called the Tochecha, the curses or the rebukes; essentially, the terrible things that will happen if the Israelites, once settled in the Promised Land, don’t follow God’s commandments. Since they’re supposed to be...
CHOOSE LIFE! by Jill Minkoff We/I again read Nitzavim. The words are the same each time we/I read it. That’s a fact! And yet, there are so many variables that go into the actual experience and impact this reading has on me, and perhaps you as well. Sometimes, it’s a...
AHARE MOT AND YOM KIPPUR- THE BOOK OF LIFE AND THE BOOK OF DEATH By Rabbi Rifat Sonsino, Ph.D There is a popular belief that it is socially inappropriate to say bad things after a person dies in as much as the dead cannot justify themselves. This is expressed in Latin...
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