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On Klei Kodesh & Blind Spots: Lessons from Korach
In the ALEPH Ordination program, we require each student to have a mashpi'a, a spiritual guide. This is a practice we learned from the Chabad Chasidim, conveyed to us by Reb Zalman z"l. We believe that every kli kodesh, every person who wants to be a sacred vessel or a vessel for the sacred, needs to have two things. The first is the ability to question oneself, to be open to personal flaws and able to acknowledge one's shortcomings. The second is that every kli kodesh needs a trusted friend to help in this process.
Why is it necessary to have such a friend? The answer is that each of us also has at least one blind spot, one place within where it is nearly impossible to go alone or even to see without help. In his teaching, "Yom Kippur Kattan and the Cycles of Teshuvah," Reb Zalman put it this way:
There is an element that is called the blind spot… [Y]ou keep doing the same thing, but you do it in a different color, you do it in a different situation, and you see that in the gestalt of what it is that's wrong, that gestalt hasn't changed much. And then you puzzle and say what is the twist in my perception of reality that causes me to make that same mistake over and over and over again. Finding a blind spot is very hard.
Most of the time people can't do it by themselves. One of the things about doing t'shuvah for erev Rosh Chodesh is that it's necessary to work with another person. And if the other person can keep themselves, withhold themselves, from editing you, but only do one thing, record you as it were, you tell as you go inside looking for your blind spot what's going on, what's going on, and you report on that. And then you come to a place where you want to stop, you want to go pee, you want to go drink. Why? You're getting very anxious around that place. And if your partner who works with you keeps you there, and says, "Alright, you're now getting anxious, you're getting closer, continue," then there's sometimes the moment when you have the great insight. That's what it is! And a second later you've lost it already. You knew it, you saw it, and you don't have it anymore. In other words, the censor clamps down. So if your friend can help you out and lead you back on the track, this is where you were, this is what you said, and you were getting closer and then once more it opens up a little bit and it clamps down. It's a process, you can't do it only at once. For the door to keep open long enough so that you can take the picture into your consciousness, and work with it, takes work. The best kind of work you can do is b'chevrusa, if you work with people who don't want to edit you.
(Available from the ALEPH ReSources Catalogue, alephcanada.ca)
Tomorrow's Torah reading is Parshat Korach, the story of the rebellion against the leadership of Moshe and Aharon. It serves as an invitation to compare contemporary conflicts to it, even though the Torah is vague about what the issues really were. In Pirkei Avot we are told that this was a conflict that could not endure, perhaps because it was a zero sum game in which there could be only a winner and loser, as opposed to the disputes between Hillel and Shammai which do endure because both sides know that the other is also trying to reveal Divine intention.
There are references in the narrative that indicate that these rebels were unhappy with Moshe's leadership, his elevation of Aharon to the high priesthood, and a desire for greater participation by those passed over. Yet, Korach himself was from the same family as Moshe and Aharon and, as a descendent of Kehat, had been given responsibility for the care and transportation of the tabernacle's most sacred objects. So why was he not satisfied with that vital and holy responsibility? Why did he believe that he deserved even more?
Perhaps this story also shows what happens when a person fails to see his or her own blind spot. When Moshe first hears their complaints, he does not react defensively but remains silent. In fact, he actually bows to the ground and, with his silence and humility, signals his willingness to re-examine his own motives. Spiritual leadership is often outside the organizational hierarchy and a good spiritual leader is always willing to look deeply into his/her self and be sure that it is God s/he serves and not a need for power or recognition. It is only after Moshe comes to clarity (represented here by a directive from the Holy One) that he attempts to reason with Korach and his followers. Korach cannot accept the words of his teacher and chooses instead to defend himself, to maintain his righteousness even when he has few followers when measured against the total Israelite population. He would rather defend his innocence than acknowledge an error, do teshuvah, and rejoin the family. He would rather defend the narrative that Moshe had taken them from a land of milk and honey to die in a desert, attack his teacher for questioning him, than do the true spiritual work of deep, often difficult and even painful, self examination.
There is a fine line for klei kodesh between standing on principle, which necessary even if the consequences are difficult to absorb and defending one's blind spot even when the facts contradict the position being taken. (Witness the US Republican Party insisting on passing a health care bill that is opposed by a majority in every state!)
In the week of this difficult parsha, I pray that each of us, in whatever positions we serve others, can resist the temptation to defend and justify our blind spots. I pray that each of us learn to allow our guides and spiritual friends to shine lights on our blind spots and that, however, difficult and painful it might be, that we thank them and use their light to illumine the darkest places within us.
Dear Friends,
Finally, after years of thought and preparation, I am both happy and humbled to say that the first unit of this work is now complete enough to offer it.
From the preface:
The frequency of marriages between Jews and non-Jews has become a major challenge to those who take responsibility for thinking about the essentials of Jewish life and the core of what it means to be Jewish. Until recently, this conversation has oscillated between two options: either the non-Jewish spouse chooses to become a Jew (technically this is an intermarriage) or s/he doesn't (a mixed marriage). When the choice is made to become a Jew, the discussion again oscillates between two options: either the transition must include a commitment to practice the mitzvot by the standards of the officiating rabbi (strict) or the transition can be completed with a commitment to accepting the principle of "the yoke of the mitzvot," which takes into account a recognition of the minimum levels of observance that most of the Jewish partners practice (conversion "light").
What follows, then, begins with the concerns raised by our Rebbe about our own practices in Jewish Renewal surrounding conversion to Judaism. Next, we take the responsa of three rabbis as representative samples of the two approaches to choosing Judaism when there are only two options, namely whether acceptance of the mitzvot is in the particular or the general. We then review the category of ger toshav as expressed in the Talmud and the Rambam and conclude the first unit of this work with a discussion of a renewed use of the category of ger toshav for our time.
Renewing Get Toshav is now a part of the ALEPH ReSources Catalog. I'm asking that you give at least a small donation to ALEPH Canada and the Integral Halachah Institute, with the option of increasing it if you are so inclined. In addition, having it as part of the store allows us to know who has purchased it so that we can send updates as they are ready (and at no extra charge).
Here is the link:
Spirituality & Politics
Dear Friends
The election of Donald Trump has had an effect on the OHALAH list similar to that of Israel in past years. The assumption by some contributors that all members share more or less the same responses leads to pushback from others who feel themselves in the minority. Occasional sharp responses reinforce this sense of not truly belonging and lead to a fear of sharing, further distorting the discussion.
In my contribution to this discussion, I wrote, in part:
The Alter Rebbe wrote in the Tanya that every Jew is prepared to die al kiddush hashem at the moment of saying the sh'ma; but that willingness fades as soon as s/he leaves shul. So his whole book is aimed at people like us and is directed toward helping us maintain that consciousness of complete surrender to and identification with what the Holy One is asking from us at any given moment. Yes, Reb Zalman didn't want us fighting with one another. But it is also Reb Zalman who began advocating for eco-kashrut, for a respect of the living consciousness of the planet, for a spirituality and practice which engages the world.…So these are the "political" issues I believe are appropriate and needed on our list. How are we practicing what we preach? What can we learn from each other about issue based advocacy from a spiritual perspective? How do we highlight and reinforce values and courage through the study of kabbalah, creative liturgy, and modelling?
It seemed that no one noticed what I wrote (except for one off line response) and, a few days later, someone again asked what would Reb Zalman say about this issue, though I have no doubt that he would have responded in the way I suggested. At the same time, I also know that I was not being deliberately ignored. It is often the case that the discussion on this list, and I assume on others as well, moves so quickly and topics change so frequently, that a kind of forgetfulness is inevitable.
I receive the list as a daily digest and am always frustrated by how many previous posts I need to scroll through to get to the next message. I finally realized that this is likely because most people receive each post as a separate message, immediately hit reply, adding another message to a growing list. And, at the same time, awareness of the thread becomes limited to the previous message alone, to which the contributor is responding.
I believe that this is what happened to me as my message moved farther down the list. It simply was no longer visible as others added their own thoughts during the time it took me to decide to write, to actually write, and then to post.
So, I have two suggestions:
1. Switch to a daily digest, read the thread at least as it existed for the day in question, and then post your own thoughts. This will lead to a deeper thoughtfulness and would also be the equivalent to listening to several points of view before sharing your own. And a by-product would be that the list contains fewer repostings of the same messages.
2. Give serious consideration to what I believe Reb Zalman would be saying to us, namely that our responses to the current political situation in the U.S. arise from our deepest consciousness of the unity of all in the One, the awareness of Gaia as a living being, and a desire to build connections between people and between people and the planet.
Two examples:
1. Paul Krugman recently wrote that Trump voters are going to experience another round of betrayal and abandonment when what he now calls "Ryancare" passes. Assuming he is right, how can we reach out to these people, not to lecture them from a moral high ground or "I told you so," which only stiffens their resistance to evidence, but from a place of compassion and empathy. This is a spiritual question with serious practical implications.
2. In another N.Y. Times column, the author wrote that cultivating people who voted for third and fourth parties is the key, since they constitute more than enough votes to have changed the balance in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio. I see that as a solid argument based on analysis of voting data and, at the same time, an expression of politics as only about winning, no matter how the losers then feel. I think that weakness manifested during the Obama years. So, assuming that the chances of a progressive win could be greatly increased by this strategy, and likely it can, then how do spiritual people help to structure that win so that it doesn't feel like warfare against those who hold another point of view, particularly since that demographic is older and a diminishing percentage of the electorate? Every Yom Kippur we pray that we not be thrust aside when we become old, so how do we show respect for those whose influence is waning?
Despite the fact that I live in Canada, almost every discussion I have here turns to the U.S. and Donald Trump. We are as worried and fearful as Americans are. Climate change knows no borders, fossil fuel extraction and shipping affects us all, and Canadians are acutely sensitive to developments south of border because of their immediate impact on our lives. So I offer my thoughts from the same places of fear and apprehension.
Two signs of a successful spiritual practice are the ability to remain focused in spite of distractions and keeping the long term vision present as we respond to the immediate.
My prayer is that we help each other to sustain our personal spiritual practices and to respond compassionately and effectively to the needs of the moment in ways that advance the coming of mashi'ach, may that be soon.
Renewing Ger Toshav: OHALAH 2017
Dear Friends,
During the recent OHALAH conference in Colorado (15-18 January), I had the opportunity of giving an introduction to the nearly completed first stage of a project to identify a way to renew ger toshav / permanent resident as well as an update on the various projects I have been working on. I am happy to now share that report with you.
This comes at a moment of deep worry about issues of inclusion and relationships with "others." Last weekend, President Trump signed the order which legitimized suspicion of others, particularly Muslims, and applied blanket restrictions on their travel and eligibility for asylum in the United States. And, almost literally as I write this, we in Canada have also experienced a terrible attack on Muslims in prayer at their mosque in Quebec City, leaving six dead and five in serious to critical condition in hospital.
As I say in my talk, it may seem anachronistic to talk about the renewal of ger toshav when there is so much to respond to and distract us from this kind of work. At the same time, I believe it to be an act of faith in a better future, something which has motivated Jews for centuries despite and during the more terrible times in our own history. A renewed ger toshav opens doors and makes boundaries more porous, allowing for deep relationships between Jews and those with whom we have love affairs, whether as parts of shared families or community life or both. We therefore affirm our belief in a better world, one which we help bring into being, and chart at least one more step in that direction, even as we stand in opposition to current fears. It is my hope that you will see this project for what I hope it is, namely that small step in the messianic direction so needed as we struggle to bring light to our lives and those of the countries in which we live.
At the end of the talk, I shared a prayer for peace from an album by Maureen Nehedar called "Asleep in the Bosom of Childhood." The links to both the talk and the prayer are below.
With prayers for light and peace as we begin to move into Spring.
Triennial Cycle of Haftarot Completed
Dear Friends,
Over three years ago, I shared a table containing a triennial cycle of haftarot to accompany the triennial cycle of Torah readings most of us use. I was concerned, for those of us who have a haftarah as part of our services, that we were reading prophetic sections on an annual cycle, which seemed to elevate these portions of Nach to a higher level than that of the Torah itself. Further, haftarot now shared a connection to the Torah portion only once every three years. Lastly, I also thought that if haftarot were shorter, then more of us might be inclined to include them, even if only occasionally.
Several of you let me know that it would be much easier to add a haftarah if the haftarot themselves were easier to access. I'm happy to say that I've now completed a file which contains all the proposed haftarot in full.
The current format is Hebrew first and English below. I've taken the English directly from the JPS translation which I purchased online. The Hebrew comes from Davka's Judaic Classics deluxe. And, since I used these online sources, I've made the book available for free with the option to make donations to support the work of the Integral Halachah Institute.
The only change I made to the JPS translation is to substitute Yhvh for LORD. More than that would have delayed this offering for much too long.
You can find this triennial cycle of haftarot in the ReSources Catalog ("Shop") on the ALEPH Canada website.
I hope that this effort will encourage both the reading of the Torah and these haftarot. Please, as always, feel free to share this with others you think may be interested. I would also particularly enjoy an exchange of comments and questions on this website.
Mr. T2: Two Elections, One Continuum
There is much talk about continuing the fight following the election of Donald Trump, fighting for what's right, fighting for minority rights, fighting for health care, fighting climate change. I would like to respectfully suggest that this vocabulary of war feeds the increasingly hostile political discourse in the United States and encroaches on the values and priorities of political systems outside the US.
A year ago, Canadians had the choice of continuing with a Conservative government which, in many ways, mirrored that of the Bush administration or voting for a change. In Canada, the parallel to the electoral college is that a party can find itself with a majority in the House of Commons even though it has received only a minority of the popular vote. This was the case with our previous (and our current) government, which won less than 40% of the popular vote while achieving majority status in parliament. Canadians chose change and did so by strategic voting for the candidate in their riding most likely to defeat the Conservative. Thus, our current Liberal government knows that its majority really stems from the 60% of Canadian voters who voted to change the government with 20% of the vote for change going to other parties.
Our Liberals ran on a platform of inclusion, pledging to enact real climate change legislation, rebuild our own infrastructure, relate to First Nations with respect, and accept scientific research and findings when designing policy. And the rest of us agreed to give them a chance and to hold them accountable to their promises. So far, the track record on both sides is pretty good.
What I respond to in the Liberal approach is that it is not framed in the language of warfare. I have resigned my membership in the provincial NDP (New Democratic Party, the party of my family for three generations) precisely because I can no longer tolerate the war metaphors which reflect an old paradigm understanding of politics. I no longer care about party loyalty to the degree I used to and have focused my financial giving on issue based organizations instead.
I would like to suggest that one response we can all make to the current political situation in the US is to encourage the removal of the language of war from the political discourse. Let's not talk about battleground states and instead let's talk about states whose residents are troubled and uncertain about future direction. Let's not talk about red versus blue and instead let's talk about how the transition to cleaner energy can be managed so that those whose jobs and often self-esteem depend on fossil fuels can be supported and assisted in making the transition. Let's be clear that climate change is not a political issue but a human one which transcends competing economic theories.
Most fundamentally, let's remember what was at the core of Reb Zalman's world view and of that of Jewish Renewal's founding generation, that Gaia is alive and conscious, that everything is within the same God, that the only way we will get it together is together. There is no enemy, no right versus wrong (for the most part), there is only us trying to figure out how to live together on this magnificent planet we all call home.
Shabbat Shalom.
When the Rebbe Asks: Renewing Ger Toshav
Reb Zalman was a strong advocate for the halachic process. Most of us know that he developed a new halachic principle which he called "The Psycho-Halachic Process" and which we now call Integral Halachah. But we are less familiar and also less comfortable with his corollary that contemporary halachah also needs to be backwards compatible.
As part of the coursework in the ALEPH Rabbinic Program, we assign a series of lectures given by R. Ethan Tucker at Mechon Hadar, originally titled something like "Core Issues in Halachah." In the first of these lectures (to which I strongly encourage you to listen if you haven't already), he makes the point that, if we are going to consult with our predecessors before making recommendations to the people who inquire of us, then we need to keep an open mind and a willingness to be influenced by them.
It's possible that R. Tucker meant that, by keeping open the willingness to be influenced, we are allowing for the possibility that we will choose to accept the decisions of these predecessors and opt for a more traditional lifestyle. And, if so, it is also possible that this is what constrains many of us from consulting these sources, since advocates of this approach are really expecting us to see the wisdom of the past and adopt it for ourselves. In other words, the more I consult with the past, the more conservative my practice will become and this is an outcome which we know intuitively is not the one we most need. It is equally possible, of course, that R. Tucker didn't have this as an ulterior motive and is open to being influenced by the past in other ways as well.
Some years ago, Reb Zalman challenged what he saw as too much leniency in our conversion process, to the point where he said that if we did not put a tallit kattan on a Jew by choice as he (in this case) emerged from the mikveh, then we had done nothing. (And, when I challenged him in return, he said that he truly meant what he said literally and not figuratively.) Now, after several years of study and work, I'm attaching a draft of the preface to what has become a multi-sectioned book written in response to his challenge. Over these years, I have had the opportunity to consult with many sources, both primary and secondary. As will be pointed out in the pages of the book, Reb Zalman favoured the renewal of the Ger Toshav as an alternative to a full conversion where it was clear that the person did not really want to become a fully practicing Jew. He wanted to see an alternative which honoured the person's desire to be part of a local Jewish community at arm's length. He was also quite clear that becoming a ger toshav was not permission to marry a Jew.
The more I searched the sources, the more I realized that the argument over standards for conversion was not simply about whether the rabbi made it easy or hard. Even more surprising was that there exists an ongoing discussion of the ger toshav and its applicability to changed circumstances which is mistakenly portrayed as having been settled by the Rambam. Thus, the more I learned, the more open I became to a different way of looking both at the process of giyur itself and at the possibility of a renewed ger toshav. As someone who had not officiated at marriages between a Jew and a non-Jew, my own position has become much more open and flexible as a result of this consultation with both predecessors and contemporaries.
This book will be the subject of this year's halachah plenary and a follow-up workshop at OHALAH and, over the next few weeks, I hope to attach drafts of the subsequent units for you to review.
Blessings to all as we move through the remainder of Av and approach the season of our individual and communal introspection.
Preface and Introduction to Ger Toshav book
Core Issues in Halachah: Part One
Why is Judaism so…(2)
Last time, I wrote about how we Jews contain our suffering by focusing on remembering it for limited times during the annual cycle of the calendar. Truth is, I don't see this as a profound teaching so much as a simple observation. Do you remember how we used to say that the people of the north had so many different words to describe snow? This was because being able to recognize the varied qualities of the snow reflected the need to appreciate these differences in order to enhance survival or perhaps because living in the midst of so much snow made people aware of subtle differences in its qualities.
I've been told that this is not really true, though I still find it intriguing. Applied to the way Hebrew reflects our values, it is striking to notice how many words we have for praise and appreciation. In those two paragraphs that conclude P'sukay d'Zimra on Shabbat morning, there are 20 different words for our primary obligation to praise and show gratitude as well as the obligation to go beyond the praises we have received. Is there any wonder, then, that our liturgy is so vast?
Here is what I think is truly amazing: No matter how much our suffering and pain tries to pull us down into despair, we continue to focus on what is positive and beautiful about our existence on this planet, where everything sings God's praises. We therefore have so many poems and prayers of praise that we cannot include them all in our liturgy. Some are said every day, others only on Shabbat and holidays, still others are limited to specific days and times, and many others only exist in special collections, if at all.
And, this phenomenon is not limited to liturgy. Think of the incredibly vast literature of Kabbalah, whose surface we barely touch with our focus on the four worlds and the ten sefirot. Most of us have no more than a passing acquaintance with the Zohar, a brief nod to the volumes of Hassidic writings, and perhaps an acknowledgment that there is a whole literature devoted to moral and ethical development. We are also virtually unaware of the whole area of Kabbalah called Ta'amei ha'Mitzvot which I'm told (since I also have had almost no contact with this corpus) is even larger than the sephirotic literature.
Which brings me to the often disparaged area of Halachah. Here also is a corpus of work aimed at both establishing the general rules and principles of a God-centred life and responding to the specific needs and questions of lives lived in response to the Divine call emanating daily from Sinai. Here, again, the body of halachic writings divides into two major units: the codes and their commentaries which focus on the general principles and the even larger unit of responsa, responses to specific questions about the application of general principles to life's unique challenges in each generation.
It is true that there have been times when halachists have circled the wagons. It is also true that for the vast majority of the centuries of our existence, this process has been open, respectful of people's needs and practices, sensitive to the changing conditions of life. Because we tend to hold onto beliefs, and because the halachic process as we have inherited it is of the circle the wagons variety, we continue to think that Halachah is the enemy and that what we do on our email lists and together at conferences and retreats is something different. In truth, however, it's really a continuation of the halachic process with additional guiding principles (i.e. Integral Halachah). It is primarily our resistance to reviewing past responses to similar questions that seems to separate our process from that of the past. And I urge us all to give more thought to the need to balance our individual needs with that of Clal Yisrael, past, present, and future.
Reb Zalman believed very strongly that the halachic process, with the additional principles he developed, is something in which we need to participate. I know that his commitment to this over-arching principle transcended any particular conclusions or positions he advocated. This will become clear as I begin to post the sections of a work on Ger Tzedek/Get Toshav which began as a response to his concerns and took a turn that ran counter to his specific proposals. When I told him that this was happening, he said that he understood and could accept that his talmidim would use his categories to arrive at their/our own conclusions.
Stay tuned.
Why is Judaism so…?
Many years ago during a Yom Kippur Torah reading, I encouraged people to ask any question they wanted about Judaism. One person asked, "Why is Judaism always so solemn?" I responded by saying that this perception came from the fact that he mostly went to shul on Yom Kippur, which is indeed a solemn day. One such day in the year. But if he would come to shul more regularly, he would see that 52 times in a solar year we spent a whole day focused on appreciation, and several more times a year the focus was on joy and freedom during the major (and minor) holidays.
I write this on the morning of the 18th of Tammuz, the day we are observing the beginning of the three weeks leading up to Tish'a b'Av, the fast of the 9th of Av. Today marks the day the outer walls of the first temple were breached, culminating in its destruction three weeks later. These are the 21 days in which we remember the terrible things that have happened to us and that we brought upon ourselves, not only when we went to war against the Babylonians back in the 6th century B.C.E., but also later when we rebelled against the Romans, when so many were martyred during the crusades, and when we were exiled from Spain. When I was a camper at Camp Ramah during high school and before Yom ha'Sho'ah was established, Tish'a b'Av was also when we remembered the destruction of the European Jewish communities.
But less than a week after the only other 24 hour fast on our calendar comes the 15th of Av, when unmarried men and women met in the fields and vineyards to seek out life partners. Only six days after we finish remembering the horror and the paradigm shift forced on us by the loss of both temples, we are dancing and celebrating love and optimism.
For three weeks we allow ourselves to dwell on the pain we have endured for bearing witness to our understanding of a God-centred world and then we get back to our calling.
שֶׁכֵּן חוֹבַת כָּל־הַיְצוּרִים לְפָנֶיךָ י־ה־ו־ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ,
לְהוֹדוֹת לְהַלֵּל לְשַׁבֵּחַ, לְפָאֵר לְרוֹמֵם לְהַדֵּר, לְבָרֵךְ לְעַלֵּה וּלְקַלֵּס
עַל כָּל־דִּבְרֵי שִׁירוֹת וְתִשְׁבְּחוֹת דָּוִד בֶּן־יִשַׁי עַבְדְּךָ מְשִׁיחֶךָ.
For this is the [true] duty of all creatures before You, Yah our God and the God of our fathers and mothers, to acknowledge, to praise, to exalt, to make beautiful, to lift up and adorn, to bless and give more praise going beyond all the words of song and praise uttered by David, Yishai's son, your servant and anointed one.
Our real duty is not to be sad about how hard it is to be a Jew, not to dwell on the tragedies and mistakes of the past and even the present, but to realistically face them, mourn over them when appropriate, and then pick ourselves up and get back to singing, composing, appreciating this amazing world we have been given to care for, and living in such a way that we connect our aspirations to our actions.
Reflections on a Weekend of Integral Halachah
I've just finished a weekend of teaching about Integral Halachach at Or Shalom and Limmud Vancouver. Naturally, I've been thinking about how much better I would have done if only I had…
So rather than indulge in wishing I could do it over knowing now what I didn't know then, I thought I would share some of those thoughts as a way of continuing the discussion beyond the time limits imposed by the events.
I had assumed that people would share the feeling that many of you have or have had, namely that Halachah as we have learned it is oppressive and overly focused on answers which establish correctness of practice. My approach was to show how the halachic process was always relevant to people's lives, that it goes beyond the codes to a literature which is responsive to individual situations, and that it is founded on transcending ethical principles and recognition of human frailties. All this in order to keep us on the path we began to walk at Sinai and which will reach its destination sometime in the future with a redeemed world and united humanity.
While people were genuinely receptive, curious, and politely challenging (this is Canada, after all), many of them consistently turned to a somewhat different perspective. Given, they said, that people are not engaged in or even familiar with halachic conversation, how were we to reach out to them? And, of course, for many of these people, the ones to whom they wanted outreach were their own children.
My response was mostly that the forms of outreach were no longer something that I knew much about. That had been my focus, our focus, decades ago when we founded the institutions which are now the components of Jewish Renewal. Outreach is something I now leave to another generation to discover and what I could do is invite people to join the process of halachic conversation in an effort to explore the new questions of our time using both the tools we inherited as well as that of Integral Halachah. And I touched, but only touched, on some of those questions.
On reflection, though, I think that this could have been more of a focus. As R. Ethan Tucker pointed out in his lecture series on Halachah, the withdrawal of the Orthodox establishment in Germany from the rest of the community in the late 19th century also meant the retraction of the halachic process from the questions and issues facing all those who were not already committed to this Orthodox approach to Jewish practice. But if we are truly concerned about whether Generation X and millennials will engage the issues of their lives using the tools of our tradition, then our spiritual and religious conversations need to be willing to engage those issues.
I dropped one potential bombshell when I said that getting on an airplane is approaching being immoral. I said this to a room full of people who fly often, many of whom are my personal and old friends. And I still fly myself. But what is our responsibility to the planet, to our children and grandchildren? To what extent is flying an indulgence and a dangerous one at that? I have a friend on Hornby Island who will not fly on principle. Is that a moral stance which we should emulate?
This is one of the dozens of real ethical questions relating to climate change which should be on the schedule of our adult education programs, our Torah discussions, and our personal practice. God is in the details, I like to say, and what would happen if we who are now the elders engaged those details in an effort to have them reveal the presence of God in the world? How would it change the elders and what impact might that have on our children and grandchildren?
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6 Comments
Nov 7, 2012
Thank you, Reb Daniel,
I look forward to following your work.
Blessings in this new, and ongoing venture.
Rav Brachot!
Nov 7, 2012
Dear Reb Daniel,
Thanks for sharing this new venture with us. I look forward to receiving your insights.
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MANAMA, February 7, 2017
Industrial investments play a crucial role in supporting Bahrain's economic development and spurring growth and the government is committed to supporting the sector, said His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.
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Fairy Christmas Wishes
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Stunningly gorgeous Linda, the colours are just beautiful as is this sweet image.xx {The Journey Is The Start aNNie my personal blog}ReplyDelete
Love the fab image and details,just gorgeous.xxxReplyDelete
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Adorable card.. This little fairy looks a little minx doesn't she :) Beautiful image.ReplyDelete
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Cute image Linda and a lovely card. Great colour and design.ReplyDelete
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So pretty Linda. Loving the stipple effect around her.ReplyDelete
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This is gorgeous Linda, the image is adorable. Carol xReplyDelete
Lovely unusual Christmas card, love expecially the embossed background, it's gorgous!!ReplyDelete
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Oh, she's just gorgeous Linda! I love the embossed CS too, just perfect with the image!ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous make Linda, love the image and beautiful colours.ReplyDelete
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Hi Linda this is a gorgeous card. Hugs JackieReplyDelete
A gorgeous card Linda. I love this cheerful fairy image. The holly card and die-cut doily are wonderful. Hugs xxxReplyDelete
VERY pretty Linda, love the sweet image and the pretty embossed background!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card Linda, such a sweet image and beautifully coloured. Hugs Jennifer xReplyDelete
Super card my friend, love your attention to detail, super cute image, hugs xxxxReplyDelete
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Thanks for sharing your lovely crafting for CCAYR August challenge - hope to see you again soon, Hazel, CCAYR design team - and thanks for entering this for all of my Craftyhazelnut's challenges - hope to see you there again soon xReplyDelete
I looove it Linda!! <3 Sooo cute and the confetti shadow is lovely!!ReplyDelete
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Our music lessons follow the 9 guidelines of National Standards for Music Education.
Physical Education
The Upper Elementary students meet twice a week for 45 minutes. The curriculum for the Upper El has an emphasis on developing an awareness of team sports, rules, spatial and positional awareness. At this level the students are introduced to a mildly competitive after-school sports program in which they play against other small private schools in the area. The sports include soccer, basketball and softball.
The focus of class is to encourage and develop respect and awareness of others during individual and group cooperative activities. All students are encouraged to develop leadership skills through the cooperative games and team-building activities. Good sportsmanship and the development of a healthy approach to competition are stressed throughout the curriculum.
Students participate in annual physical fitness tests which measure flexibility, strength and endurance. Through these tests they learn how to improve their physique and overall fitness through proper diet and regular exercise.
Technology and Digital-Age Learning
The Information Technology Curriculum integrates seamlessly with classroom academics. Students acquire a progression of skills through teacher instruction, self-directed software programs and cooperative and independent learning. Students use age-appropriate learning programs, become competent in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, FrontPage) and safely and effectively utilize the Internet.
The new standards identify several higher-order thinking skills and digital citizenship as critical for students to learn effectively for a lifetime and live productively in our emerging global society.
Visual Arts
Students make weekly visits to the art studio and experience the works of master and contemporary artists, as well as lesser-known artists from other cultures. Visual Arts students learn about techniques and styles in art through examples or reproductions. They are then encouraged to use the inspiration to create their own unique projects. This develops a true appreciation for the elements of art as well as the artists studied.
Students have countless opportunities in our art studio to explore materials, including the clay wheel, in both traditional and non-traditional ways. Students are encouraged to experiment, encounter the concepts of balance, space, texture, form, color and line.
The Montessori philosophy allows for individual exploration in learning. Our art classes are set up to provide experiences that follow this philosophy. We also are mindful to follow the six National Standards for the Visual Arts.
Cultural Program
Each year, the Cultural Program highlights one of the arts. Guest artists are brought in throughout the school year for both individual classroom activities and general school assemblies. The Cultural Program is interspersed with relevant academics and, conversely, academics that are drawn from the themes of the Cultural Program.
Students stage their own production—an activity many consider to be the highlight of the school year. For the annual performance, students participate in all aspects of production. Roles range from actors/singers/dancers to set/costume/lighting designers to performance directors. To help foster independence, students are encouraged to work out their own solutions as a group.
The Cultural Program cycle includes:
- Dance
- Opera
- Folktales, Myths and Legends
- Art and Performance
- Shakespeare
- Classical Music
- Musical Theater
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Hi Cottonball,
Welcome back.
A word in your ear, re post no 6.
Once youve found the product key i suspect its going to a DreamSpark key, KMS activation hope the college hasn't retired it.
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|03 Jul 2016
Well, downloaded the OS ISO from Heidoc, prepared a bootable CD/DVD with ISOBurner, had the Product Key in hand, and took the plunge to install.
It all went well!
Decided to start with the Activation, input the Product Key, and, got an error.
Called Microsoft. The Product Key is expired/retired. The person at MS gave me a brief explanation of why it was no longer valid, and it boils down to torchwood's explanation.
MS no longer sells Product Keys for Windows 7, only for Windows 10.
So, fall back and re-group. It looks like a Linux Zorin install is coming up. The machine is an old Gateway which had XP on it.
Heading for a Linux Forum...
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|03 Jul 2016
I should have added a rider,
If he's still at college he can apply for a new key,
They would have purchased X amount and might not have used them up.
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|03 Jul 2016
No worries!
The son finished with college. He now has a Federal job.
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|04 Jul 2016
You can buy windows 7 Pro oem from Newegg if you want. They no longer have Home Premium
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - Operating Systems - Newegg.com
Zorin OS 9 is a great option, good luck with drivers and all that.
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|04 Jul 2016
Thanks for the info!
It is an OEM version, though. Thought it had to be the Retail version.
Some of this stuff I do not quite understand...
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|04 Jul 2016
You can use a Retail or OEM version, you would be doing a clean install, so the previous version/license used does not make any difference.
The main difference between a Retail and OEM license is a Retail license can be transferred to a different (new) PC.
An OEM license can only be used on the PC it is originally installed on, it can't be transferred to a new PC.
wrong version - removed link
Also, Newegg does have a Windows 8.1 Home Full version available:
Windows 8.1 Update and Full version-Newegg.com
The Full version does not specify it is an OEM or Retail license.
I'm not sure what that really means, maybe someone else here knows for sure if it is a Retail or OEM license.
Also, if you install a Win 7 or 8.1 OS/license before July 29, that PC is eligible for a free Win 10 upgrade.
Some people love Win 10, and some don't, and some folks have problems with Win 10 on their PC.
I have Win 7, 8.1, and 10, and they all work fine for me, even on old legacy XP era hardware.
Win 8.1 and Win 10 can be made to work a lot like Win 7, using the free program Classic Shell.
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|04 Jul 2016
Have a question...
Do you interpret the following an "OEM License Key for 1 PC" to be the same as a Product Key?
To me, a License Key, an Activation Key, and a Product Key all refer to the 25 alpha-numeric code presented in five sets of five, and the names mentioned all mean the same. They are all used for Activation purposes.
Is this correct?
Thanks for the help!!
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|04 Jul 2016
As far as i know that is correct, they all refer to the key used for activation.
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Clive Grunshaw said he was "delighted" to be able to allocate more than £5,000 to the projects, which will help some of the county's most vulnerable people and support efforts to reduce anti-social behaviour.
The successful projects include Lancashire Neighbourhood Watch Forum, county-wide - £800 and Lancashire Council of Mosques, county-wide - £1,800.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With the actor direction of Erez Tadmor, Makram Khoury leads the cast of this film of Israel, with script in Hebrew (with subtitles), whose presentation to the public was scheduled for 2015. You can watch Wounded Land online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Hebrew at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2015.
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Runtime: 100 minutes
Makram Khoury, Tawfeek Barhom, Yoav Levi, Jamil Khoury, Dvir Benedek, Roy Assaf, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Keren Berger, Ofer Regirer, Moshe Ashkenazi, Sharon Tal, Mickey Leon, Hisham Suliman, Amit Lior, Itai Shcherback and Itzik Golan.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Erez Tadmor.
The original audio of Wounded Land has dialogues in or Hebrew, it was produced in Israel.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2015.
Screenplay written by Shlomo Efrati and Erez Tadmor.
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Moshe Edri, Shemi Shoenfeld, Amitan Manelzon and Leon Edri.
Composed by Haim Frank Ilfman.
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South Korean prosecutors put the chairman of the world's third-largest pension fund under emergency arrest on Wednesday in a widening influence-peddling scandal that has led the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.
The arrest comes as South Korea is still reeling from a corruption scandal after Park was accused of colluding with her long-time friend Choi Soon-sil to pressure big companies to make contributions to non-profit foundations.
The special prosecutor's office is looking into whether Moon Hyung-pyo pressured the National Pension Service (NPS) to support the 8 billion dollars merger of two Samsung Group affiliates. The deal took place while he was head of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which runs the pension fund.
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Theoretical infrared spectrum of partially protonated cationic vacancies in forsterite
Crépisson, Céline; Bureau, Hélène; Blanchard, Marc; Ingrin, Jannick; Balan, Etienne
European Journal of Mineralogy Volume 26 Number 2 (2014), p. 203 - 210
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Hydroxyl defects in pure forsterite are usually ascribed to incorporation of protons fully compensating the electrostatic charge of cationic vacancies. However, partially compensated vacancies have been predicted from theoretical considerations. Here, we theoretically determine the structural, vibrational and infrared spectroscopic properties of partially protonated cationic vacancies in forsterite using a first-principles theoretical modeling approach. The results show that the partial protonation of Si vacancies strongly modifies their spectroscopic properties with respect to those of the fully protonated (4H)x Si defect, leading to a significant downshift of at least one of the OH-stretching absorption bands. Comparison with experimental observations shows that such defects are unlikely to significantly contribute to the speciation of OH groups in pure synthetic forsterite samples. A partial protonation of Mg vacancies has a weak effect on the spectroscopic properties of OH groups, compared with those of the fully protonated defect, making it difficult to assess their occurrence from spectroscopic observations only.
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Trevor Steward: Executive Director
A native of Arizona, Trevor first came to Oklahoma in the fall of 2011 to attend Oklahoma State University. In the spring of 2012, he took the reins as president of the OSU Cycling Club and rebuilt the once struggling club into what was then one of the biggest sports clubs on campus. After graduating in the spring of 2014, Trevor decided to stay in Oklahoma due to its amazing cycling culture and cycling community. Trevor likes to claim that he is never far from his bike and his bike is never far from a good beer. Cheers!
Ross Snider: Assistant Executive Director
Ross rode his first Freewheel in 1981. He's only missed one Freewheel since then, and started volunteering with Freewheel in the mid 80's. He's ridden multi day tours in 9 different states, including riding across Indiana, Oregon, and Oklahoma. He's somewhat of a mileage junkie, and often starts Freewheel by riding from Tulsa to the start.
Jim Beach: Chairman
Jim grew up in Tulsa with brief stints in L.A. and Seattle. He works as a land use consultant to real estate developers throughout Northeast Oklahoma; graduated in 1979 with a degree in landscape architecture from O.S.U.
He's been a cyclist since age 5 or 6 when Dad gave him a push and he stayed upright the entire block. He got his first "serious" bicycle in 1977 and has ridden for fun and transportation ever since.
In 1990 he and Marie rented bicycles on their honeymoon in Aspen and Marie discovered the joy of a good bike ride. Then, in 1992 they accidentally started DAM J.A.M. Bicycle Tour. Working together with the Pryor Area Chamber of Commerce, DAM J.A.M. has grown into a Northeast Oklahoma staple, drawing 600-700 riders annually from the region.
Jim has participated in and organized bicycle rides, races, triathlons, and running events, both on and off road. He counts Freewheel 1997 as one of his best vacations ever.
In 2005, a few Tulsa community leaders approached Jim with their vision for a three-day, world-class cycling event. He caught their vision and Saint Francis Tulsa Tough was born. Jim developed two days of mass participation rides and served Tulsa Tough, Inc. as Gran Fondo Director and Operations Director for 10 years until December 2015. He joined the board of OK Freewheel in January 2016 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Joel Everett: Vice Chairman
Joel Everett grew up in the farming & ranching community of Hollis, in the southwest corner of Oklahoma, and worked for the Soil Conservation Service. He graduated from Oklahoma State in 1980 with a bachelor's in Agriculture Economics. After a decade in jobs relating to agriculture politics and finance, Joel took a turn in career paths and went to work for Muskogee Parks & Recreation. Being a cyclist, in 1991 Everett started the Flower Power Bicycle Ride: a great ride that takes place on the last Saturday of each April with 300 to 500 riders on 5 routes ranging from 15 to 100 miles. Everett is an avid trail runner who conducts or co-directs 5 running and cycling events annually (Muskogee Run, Flower Power Bicycle Ride, Port to Fort Adventure Race, DoWackaDo Trail Run in Erick, Ok, Freewheel Fandango, and Muskogee Veterans Memorial Run) in addition to serving on the Freewheel, Inc Board of Directors. In his spare time, Everett also is spearheading the rebuilding of the Jean Pierre Chouteau Trail along the McClellan Kerr Navigation Channel, picks guitar, and paints. He is a former Contributing Editor to Oklahoma Today Magazine, Past President of the Festival and Events Association of Oklahoma, served on the Tulsa Running Club board of directors, and founded the Muskogee Running Club where he still serves on the board.
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Carolyn Fairless: Secretary
Carolyn grew up in a large sailing family in New York and Houston. She taught herself to ride a bicycle when she was in first grade by sneaking her older sister's Schwinn over to the schoolyard, and just hopping on and riding down the sloped parking lot. She has been cycling on and off ever since. Carolyn enjoys multisport events, and bicycle tourism. She has completed every mile of Oklahoma Freewheel five times. She treasures the restorative effects of seeing Oklahoma's quiet, subtle beauty from the saddle. Carolyn, a veterinarian, also keeps an eye out for the state's beloved flora and fauna while riding. She has been known to take a plunge in any swimming hole she finds along Freewheel's routes. She and her husband live in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, just west of Tulsa.
Susan Collier: Member-at-Large
Susan grew up in Hollis Oklahoma and has lived in Eastern Arkansas for the past 30 years. She became serious about cycling five years ago and has ridden week long tours in Arizona, Utah, Florida and Louisiana. She also enjoys riding many Saturday events in Oklahoma and Arkansas as well as Fandango and Cycle Zydeco.
Freewheel Oklahoma has become her favorite ride, having participated in this event the past two years. She believes the beauty of Freewheel is seeing and experiencing rural Oklahoma, meeting the friendly people that live in these communities in Oklahoma and forming friendships with cyclist from all over the U.S. that travel to Oklahoma to ride each June. The excitement and enthusiasm that Freewheel creates is something she wants others to experience.
Susan is the mother of three adult sons and is a retired cardiovascular/ER nurse. Her goal as a board member is to grow Freewheel and help continue the legacy of being one of the best week long cycling tours.
Jason Duncan: Member-at-Large
Jason and his family moved back to Oklahoma in 2008 and since then, has been advocating for cycling (and great coffee) in the OKC Metro with a goal to "make the group ride bigger." 2016 will be his third tour of Oklahoma. Jason leads the EVOKE Pedal Club and finds his pedals pushing gravel and dirt roads all over Oklahoma and beyond. He has a pretty simple motto: sip slowly. pedal often.
Jack Moore: Member-at-Large
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St. Vladimir's Seminary in search of Chief Advancement Officer
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Article posted: 10/31/2006 3:15 PM
CRESTWOOD, NY [OCA Communications] Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological
Seminary here is seeking an experienced fundraising professional for the
position of Chief Advancement Officer.
The Chief Advancement Officer is responsible for all facets of the
seminary's fundraising initiatives. The seminary is currently in the silent
phase of a comprehensive capital campaign. The Chief Advancement Officer
will work with the dean and trustees to secure major gifts from individuals
and foundations, as well as manage the Advancement Department and oversee
annual fundraising activities.
A bachelor's degree and thorough knowledge of major gift development
practices and principles are required, as is ten years of fundraising
experience with a history of achieving goals and objectives. Knowledge of
research tools and database management is essential. Familiarity with
Orthodox Church life in America and excellent interpersonal skills with
demonstrated written and verbal communications skills are also required.
The successful candidate must also possess knowledge of estate and planned
giving and must be available to travel regularly.
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