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		<title>Speaking Tour- July, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is my confirmed schedule for next week, be&#8217;ezraat Hashem:
Shabbat Matot-Masei
July 20th
Tifereth Israel, Passaic NJ
Shabbat Morning Drasha &#038; Seudat Shlishit
Sunday, July 11th
Beth Aaron, Teancek NJ
8:30 pm
Monday, July 12th
Ahavat Achim, Highland Park NJ
8:30 pm
Tuesday, July 13th
Home of Rabbi Ely Allen
Bergenfield, NJ
8:30 pm
Shabbat Chazon
July 16th-18th
Young Israel of Tampa
Tampa, FL
Shabbat Nachamu
July 23-25
Carlebach Minyan of Teaneck, NJ
More dates to be announced soon. I still have dates available for evening lectures.
I can be reached in the US at 201-310-9690. Can&#8217;t wait to see you!
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		<title>Speaking Tour &#8211; July 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rabbi Shimshon Nadel will be in the US this July for a speaking tour.
A recent oleh, Rabbi Nadel lives in Jerusalem where he teaches Torah, inspired by the Land and its People.  He hosts the popular radio show “Soul Matters” on Israel National Radio.  Before making aliyah, he served as a synagogue Rabbi in Nebraska and Connecticut.  As a lecturer and musician, he toured North America inspiring audiences of diverse Jewish backgrounds.
In addition to essays on Jewish Law and Philosophy, he publishes a column on the weekly ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mishteh Shimshon 5770</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mishteh Shimshon 5770
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		<title>Infallible or Human: Can we be Critical of the Avot?</title>
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In our study of Torah, how are we we to view the Avot and other Biblical figures? Are they to be put on a pedestal? Are they infallible?  Or, are they human beings like us, and subject to human frailty?
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		<title>Did the Avot Keep all 613 Mitzvot?</title>
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The Sages teach in the  Midrashic and Talmudic literature that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob kept all 613 mitzvot of the Torah.  How are we to understand this?
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		<title>The Case of the Missing Minhag: Why Don&#8217;t We Recite Kiddush in the Synagogue Friday Night in Eretz Yisrael?</title>
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Outside of the Land of Israel, there is a prevelant custom to recite Kiddush in the Synagogue on Friday Night.  Rabbi Nadel explores why the custom is different in Eretz Yisrael.
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		<link>http://torahfromtzion.com/jewishtought/the-case-of-the-missing-minhag-why-dont-we-recite-kiddush-in-the-synagogue-friday-night-in-eretz-yisrael/</link>
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		<title>The Divine Embrace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Torah commands us to dwell in Sukkot for seven days “…for I caused the Children of Israel to dwell in Sukkot when I took them from the land of Egypt…” (Vayikra 23:43) 
It appears that we celebrate Sukkot as a remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt.  But if the reason for sitting in Sukkot is a remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt, why not celebrate it in the month of Nissan, along with Pesach?  Why not have a Seder in the Sukkah, with matzah, four cups of ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Yonah: Concern for Humanity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Minchah on Yom HaKippurim we read the Book of Yonah.  It is a story beloved by young and old.  My little boys even studied it this year in pre-school!  It is story that captures our minds and hearts and is as relevant today as it was when written.
At its very essence, it is a message of teshuvah:  The people of Nineveh are told that if they continue on their path, &#8220;In forty days Nineveh shall be overturned&#8221; (3:4).  Their response?  Fasting and repentance: ...]]></description>
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		<title>Shabbat Shuvah &#8211; &#8220;Take for Yourself Words&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The haunting melodies, the Rabbi&#8217;s words, the shofar, the fasting, the praying.  It&#8217;s hard not to be inspired during the holiday season.  We find ourselves davening a little better, being more charitable, acting with more kindness, and performing mitzvot with more sincerity.  We try to be the best we can be; the people we really are; living up to our soul&#8217;s unique potential.
This Shabbat is called &#8220;Shabbat Shuvah &#8211; The Sabbath of Return,&#8221; because of the Haftorah that is read, which begins: &#8220;Return Israel to Hashem your ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Call of the Shofar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many profound explanations that explore the symbolism of the mitzvah of tekiat shofar.  One of the more famous expositions is that of Rambam.  He writes:
Even though the sounding of the shofar on Rosh HaShanah is a decree, it contains an allusion.  As if to say, &#8216;Wake up you sleepers from your slumber and dreamers from your sleep.  Inspect your deeds, repent and remember your Creator&#8230;
(Hilchot Teshuvah 3:4)
According to Rambam the sounding of the shofar is a spiritual alarm clock.  Something we all could ...]]></description>
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