Yisrael P. posted an article on Jewish Recovery - Oct 25, 2009, 12:00 pm
During the festive month of Tishrei we make many blessings, including when blowing the Shofar, making Kiddush, lighting candles, and over the Lulav and Etrog. One blessing is repeated many times, ...
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Yisrael P. posted an article on Jewish Recovery - Sep 27, 2009, 12:00 pm
“In the Sukkot (booths) you shall dwell for seven days." - Leviticus, 23:42 The Sukkah remind us of the Clouds of Glory that surrounded and protected our people after leaving Egypt. During the...
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Yisrael P. posted an article on Jewish Recovery - Sep 21, 2009, 12:00 pm
On Yom Kippur we ask forgiveness for what we have done; not who we are. Our sins and our Self-Imposed Nonsense are the actions that get in the way between us and G-d. There are certain things abou...
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Yisrael P. posted an article on Jewish Recovery - Sep 15, 2009, 12:00 pm
On Rosh Hashanah we celebrate the birthday of Adam -- the first human being -- created on the sixth day of Creation. The Talmud tells us that the reason Adam was created as a single human, as opposed ...
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Yisrael P. posted an article on Jewish Recovery - Sep 7, 2009, 12:00 pm
Dear Fred, Let me just share with you a few thoughts that I had driving to and from your son's funeral yesterday. When I was in rabbinical school I decided that I never wanted to teach ch...
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Yisrael P. posted an article on Jewish Recovery - Aug 30, 2009, 12:00 pm
Once again, a Jewish addict with over ten years of recovery and service work succumbed to the insidious disease of addiction. Adam Michael Goldstein, whose stage name was DJ AM, passed away last F...
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