Love the red.
Love the spikes on the door.
Would like a little tougher handle on this.
But overall that's a door! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
The Red Door
"No Dumping"
3 Types of Dumping
I have no one!
Well I did have a cat but she was 19 years old and I had to put her down.
Having Each Other
"Sh*t Happens So Get Over It."There are no perfect lives out there.
Get Over It
Check Out Those Rims
Capital One Cafe Catastrophe
Searching For Gold
If you just open your eyes and have faith, you will know that you will be going to Israel–the question isn’t if, but when! What G-d has decreed, no man can annul. There are three types of ways things will unfold for American Jews: Some will go to Israel on their own,”nicely.” Others will be going only when they absolutely have to–“not so nicely.” The third group will not be going–unfortunately, as difficult as it is to say, they won’t make it. While this is all about the fulfillment of messianic times, and we don’t know when precisely it will all transpire, I pray that people (including myself) will choose to plan intelligently for the future to make aliyah in good times, and that their shouldn’t be pain and suffering for the Jewish people in getting there, but rather that it is an amazing experience filled with endless blessings.
The Coming Great American Aliyah
Filled With Love
When we see wrong and evil in this world, we have a duty to stand up and speak out with truth and integrity, to be a good influence and guide things for the better, and even to repair the world ("Tikkun Olam")...Words are perhaps a good start, but also, "words are cheap." The way to really judge someone is less by their words, and far more so by their actual deeds. Moreover, sometimes words aren't enough and we need to not just say something, but do something! As Edmund Burke stated, "The only thing necessary for triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." It's great to speak out when we see wrong, but more than that we have to be willing, when necessary, to act out--to do something.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Rainbow Card Display
Adding A Very Special Facebook Friend
Interplanetary Travel - Coming Soon
Where Are We Going
It Spills Over
He said, just think about it: “You have the chance to say I’m sorry, I regret what I did, and I won’t do it again, and be forgiven — what a tremendous opportunity that is!” I had never really thought of repentance in this particular way…as an opportunity. Usually, it’s more of something that is uncomfortable, difficult, and that we really don’t want to have to do.
Teshuva Through An IDF Soldier’s Eyes
Take a look around you at the new security measures and people risking their lives for yours and your family. Take a moment to thank them. But also, recognize that the security isn't there just for show, it's there because the hatred and threats have tangibly increased along with the ever present means to carry them out. It is critical that we continue our vigilance and the strengthening of our security measures, because those that hate us for who we are and for our faith are not going away, and unfortunately, they may even continue to grow in numbers and resolve. However, none of us should live in fear and be forced to stay away from our religious institutions, our Torah study, and prayer, but rather to the contrary, we need to stand up strongly--in defiance and in faith!
Celebrating With Security
Gedaliah didn't fast for me, so I am not going to fast for him.
Who's Fasting For Whom
Key Person | Year | Published Work | Main Idea |
Avraham Mapu | 1853 | The Love of Zion | Longing of Jewish people for their ancestral homeland |
Moses Hess | 1862 | Rome and Jerusalem | Europe's welcome to Jews is tenuous, and Jews should seek return to homeland |
Leon Pinsker | 1882 | Auto-Emancipation | Jews are not accepted in European host countries, and are urged to seek national rebirth |
Nathan Birnbaum | 1890 | Self-Emancipation | Coined the term Zionism referring to a movement to re-create a national Jewish home in Israel |
Chaim Nachman Bialik | 1892 |
El Hatzipor (To The Bird)
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Poem on longing for return to Zion |
Chaim Nachman Bialik | 1898 | Mikra'ei Zion (Assemblies of Zion) | Poem of hope and expectation of return to Zion |
Theodor Herzl | 1896 | The Jewish State | Jewish State will usher an end to rabid anti-Semitism everywhere |
Theodor Herzl | 1897 | Launched Zionism as political movement and convened first Zionist Congress | |
Theodor Herzl | 1902 | Altneuland | Envisions idyllic future Jewish state |
Ze'ev Jabotinsky | 1923 | Samson Nazorei | Ideal of active, courageous, Jewish warrior |
The Founding Of Zionism
Positively Jewish New Years
"Everything truly pleasurable in life starts with considerable pain." More colloquially in working out, we usually say: “No pain, no gain!” And there really is a lot of truth to this. If you think about it, this concept really applies to everything meaningful and ultimately valuable in life.
The Good Things In Life Are Challenging
My method is not to look for supporting evidence. I look for refuting evidence...you see one white swan, then a second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth. You still can't conclude that all swans are white...nature builds us to be inductive, to make generalizations from past experience...this standard way of scientific thinking can be limiting and destructive."Instead we must be continuously curious, think outside the box, be creative, and innovate.
That Decisive Qualitative Edge
Beautiful Measurements
It is ingenious how the letters of the Aleph and Bet and Tishrei (the dates when Rosh Hashanah occurs) is exactly equivalent to the letters in the Hebrew word for Genesis (Bereshit), which is the event of creation that we celebrate on the Jewish New Year.
The Magical Letters Of Tishrei
Magnificent Room Divider
Time To Mellow
"You started this; I'll end it!"
Rambo Is Back
When I Observe...
I feel...
Because I need...
Would you be willing to...It's a way to make your feelings and needs known and ask nicely what you'd like from others.
OFNR Communications Model
SAR -- Safe Haven For Sexual Abusers, Not For Kids
Prepare to Survive!
Yes, we're getting older--what's the alternative?
You're not supposed to leave this world alive!
Aging Gracefully
SAR -- A THIRD Round of Child Sexual Abuse Scandals
Sometimes You Just Want To Say...
Ghosting - How Rude!