YOM KIPPUR IS ALMOST HERE, THE 10TH DAY OF TISHREI.
As is the tradition, before we can be forgiven of those things we did wrong during the past year, we need to ask for forgiveness from our fellow human beings.
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It’s a last chance to commit to doing better in life.
On Yom Kippur, we as a Jewish nation, as a collective, as a family, make the commitment for each of us and for all of us.
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And that includes those who do not sit in the Synagogue, those who think they are atheists, those who cling to customs that may be questionable halachically. - all of us.
SO TO ALL THOSE WHO I MAY HAVE UNINTENTIONALLY HURT, INSULTED, OR OFFENDED, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
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And to those I intentional insulted, hurt, or offended, you probably deserved it.
AND TO ALL THOSE WHO CLAIMED TO KNOW WHAT HASHEM WANTS OF US AND WHO INSIST THEY CAN SPEAK FOR G-D AND LECTURE OTHERS…or to condemn others for not doing this or that your way….
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YOU ARE STUCK, BECAUSE YOU VIOLATED THE 3RD OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS, You shall not carry name of the L‑rd your G‑d in vain; for the L‑rd will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain.
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And there is no forgiveness due to such arrogance SO AS TO USE THE AUTHORITY OF G-D TO SATISFY YOUR OWN FEARS, YOUR OWN EGO, YOUR OWN HABITS.
BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, IT IS A FRESH START.
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And just remember, every time you are angry and do not murder, it’s a mitzvah, and every time you see something you would like and don’t steal it, it’s a mitzvah, so with little effort you can be ahead on points.
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But be careful on the false witness one. (Lashon Hara), it’s just too easy to lose points.
Why would members of Congress search their own names in the Epstein's files if they weren't concerned about what would be found? If they did not know him and never met him, there would be no need.
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When members of the U.S. Congress go into a SCIF (often pronounced “skiff”) and search a computer, they are interacting with one of the most tightly controlled information systems in the U.S. government.
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Here’s what that really means — and what gets collected.
A SCIF is a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. It’s a sealed room designed so that no signals can enter or leave without authorization. Inside are networks used by agencies like:
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “From the river to the……… Palestine?
Here’s an idea.
There is a perfect spot that all the Palestinians, all of them wherever they may be, can be sent to have a homeland of their own.
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And it is a place in which they will get their wish to replace the Jews.
It is bordered by the great Amur River, has tons of resources, great farming and grazing land, and lots and lots of space.
Birobidzhan Биробиджа́н, بيروبيجان
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The former Jewish area in the old USSR can be a new homeland for the Palestinians. They can call it ‘Palestine,’ and that would be just as historically correct as calling the slice of land in the Middle East by that name.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “I have been asked lately why I sometimes end a post, a comment, with this:
המהפכה היהודית ממשיכה
The Jewish Revolution Continues.
Simple answer, really.
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The giving of the Torah to the Jewish nation, to Am Yisrael, is the only real revolution in human history.
It is the only revolution that changed the relationship of mankind and its Creator, established the principle that all people are equal under the law,
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created the concept of the presumption of innocence, a protection from the influence of the powerful (still unique worldwide, it seems), and defined civilization and
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “Everyone (or at least the mainstream media people) seems interested in the Epstein case as if this will change the world, more than wars, more than hunger, more than the injustice of some governments worldwide.
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But I have a question.
If Epstein is such a great bad guy, and if Ghislaine Maxwell is deserving of a 20-year prison sentence, it seems to me that the parents of the underage girls should have some responsibility as well.
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After all, in a number of cases, girls 14–17 disappeared for days at a time, without parents seemingly seeing anything wrong. If one’s daughter is gone for several nights, missing school for days, and comes home with lots of money,
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "It is time to bring back the 'Boarding House'.
Those that watch old movies, perhaps will remember what a boarding house is. But to explain what it is for everyone else…..
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A Boarding House was generally a large older home or building where the owners, usually older and in need of extra income, would rent out rooms, provide utilities, communal meals at least three times a day, for minimal rent. Often residents would share chores.
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Most often a Boarding House would be sort of something between a retail deal and a family, but providing many of the comforts (friendship, caring, responsibility) one associates with family.
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