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		<title>January 2012 echo</title>
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		<title>February 2012 echo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Rabbi Lavinsky&#8217;s weekly message - February 18, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, 
 
During the Kabbalat Shabbat service as we welcome the Holy Sabbath, we recite the 97th Psalm which includes the following words &#8220;Tzedek Umishpat Mechon Kis&#8217;o&#8221; - Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
 
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		<title>Rabbi Lavinsky&#8217;s weekly message - February 11, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
 
This Shabbat we read Parashat Yitro (Jethro) which, among other things, contains Aseret Hadibrot, the Ten Commandments, which are considered by many the cornerstone of Western Civilization.  It is fascinating, however, that this portion, which contains this Decalogue, is named after Moses&#8217; non-Jewish father-in-law, Jethro, who happened to be a Midianite priest.
 
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		<title>Rabbi Lavinsky&#8217;s weekly message - February 4, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
 
This Shabbat has a special name - Shabbat Shirah - the Sabbath of Song. That is because there are three songs mentioned in the biblical readings for this Sabbath.   Following the dramatic parting of the Red Sea, the Children of Israel broke into a song called Shirat Hayam - the Song of the Sea. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbi Lavinsky&#8217;s weekly message - January 28, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
 
This week&#8217;s Torah portion, Bo, begins with the following verse: &#8220;God said to Moses: Come to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants in order to place these signs of mine in his midst.&#8221;
 
The bible refers repeatedly to God&#8217;s hardening the heart of Pharoah.  It is therefore understandable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbi Lavinsky&#8217;s weekly message - January 21, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,

This Shabbat in Parashat Vaera, we continue reading the epic story of the exodus from Egypt.  It is during this portion that Moses and his brother Aaron advocate for the People of Israel and demand their freedom from Pharaoh.  Pharaoh refuses their petition and therefore the plagues commence.

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		<title>Rabbi Lavinsky&#8217;s weekly message - January 14, 2012</title>
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Dear Friends,
 
&#8220;There went a man of the house of Levi, and took for his wife a daughter of Levi.  The woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a handsome child, she hid him three months.&#8221; (Exodus 2:1-2)
 
The biblical text here speaks of Moses who would ultimately lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbi Lavinsky&#8217;s weekly message - January 7, 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
 
This week we read the final Parasha in the Book of Genesis, Vayehi (which means “And he lived,” referring to Jacob who was about to die).  Jacob, also known as Israel, summoned his favorite son Joseph to see him before he passed.  The Torah states that when Joseph arrived and was announced to his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbi Lavinsky&#8217;s weekly message - December 31, 2011</title>
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Dear Friends,

This week we read from Parashat Vayigash, which is the climax of the story of Joseph.  Joseph, unrecognized by his brothers, stood before them in judgment.  You will recall that they had sold him into slavery years earlier, hoping that they would never see him again.  But now he was a viceroy in Egypt [...]]]></description>
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