http://rabbimichaelgreen.com Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:21:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Sunday, we enter the Jewish month of Cheshvan. Our Sages however, refer to this month using the name: Mar Cheshvan. If you are thinking that the word Mar sounds a bit familiar, you are right! You probably recognize that it is ever so similar to the word Marror, the ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/10/15/the-jewish-stairway-to-heaven/ As illustrated in my Twitter Update here, I love Sukkos! Truth be told, the best place to celebrate this holiday is in the holy city of Yerushalayim. The weather is great this time of year, a spirit of excitment and Kedusha permeates the air, kids are off school, people are ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/10/08/the-windmill-sukkah/ When I was a teenager, I once worked with a special needs boy for about four weeks over the summer. I’ll admit: it was hard work, and it did not feel all that rewarding. However, at the end of the camp, the boy gave me a big hug at my knees. ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/09/07/a-little-magic-dont-see-the-wheelchair-see-the-person/ In my neighborhood of Ramat Eshkol and all across Jerusalem for that matter, strollers are like cars. For instance, if you want to go to the grocery store and bring some bags back what is the preferred method of transportation? Well it seems that the most cost effective and efficient ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/08/27/ramat-eshkol-strollers/ So here we are.  It is once again the month of Elul in which we begin to blow the Shofar on a daily basis and prepare for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. To many people across the country, a new year that offers new change and hope is a good ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/08/27/elul-exodus-and-the-economy/ For a slew of reasons, I never thought that I would join Twitter. Even before it became mainstream and in use by CNN to The New York Times, I’ve been invited to join Twitter by people who are even decades older than me—and I’ve always politely declined. That said, I’ve come to ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/05/06/why-i-have-a-twitter-account/ While there are different minhagim regarding listening to music during the Sefirat HaOmer period that we find ourselves in, I found it both interesting and courageous nevertheless of Srully Williger to market his orchestra by saying that we could satisfy your needs...even in the recession. See his site or ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/04/22/random-links-of-interest/ The following nmemonic is excerpted from "The Short Vort Email"  of Rabbi Ron Yitzchak Eisenman: I give a brocha that all of us this year (and of course myself as well), that we should truly be able to rid ourselves prior to Pesach of all of our Chometz. The physical ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/04/07/did-you-know-that-chometz-is-a-mnemonic/ The Sefat Emet (see Naso 5651 and Vaeira 56) reveals that one of the underlying reasons for the Egyptian exile was to rectify the sin of eating from the forbidden fruit, and by extension, return the world to its original state. Consequently,we find the midwives described the Hebrew women to Pharaoh ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/04/06/pesach-and-the-octomom/ While we have been cleaning for Pesach for about several weeks now, these past couple of days, there's been one artist that has arguably gotten a lot of "air time" in our house as of late: Eitan Katz. Not only am I priviliged to call him both a friend and ... http://rabbimichaelgreen.com/blog/2009/04/06/pesach-and-music/