http://www.myjewishlearning.com Visit MyJewishLearning.com to learn more about Jewish Life. en-us Copyright 2012, MyJewishLearning.com daniel@MyJewishLearning.com (Daniel Septimus) daniel@MyJewishLearning.com (Daniel Septimus) Sun, 1 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:58:41 EST Jewish Life Atypica CMS (http://cms.atypica.com) http://www.myjewishlearning.com/includes/images/myjewishlearning.gif http://www.myjewishlearning.com http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/food/?p=715 For me, February is prime comfort food month, so this Shabbat I’m thinking about yummy comfort foods I can serve to my guests. 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qualities of New Yorkers was that they ate everywhere: walking around on the sidewalk, on the su... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VB9UL2PqdvoirH2_1shtpnObSp8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VB9UL2PqdvoirH2_1shtpnObSp8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VB9UL2PqdvoirH2_1shtpnObSp8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VB9UL2PqdvoirH2_1shtpnObSp8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?a=z9vn8HzkSKY:EeZlO_H7Esk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?a=z9vn8HzkSKY:EeZlO_H7Esk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?a=z9vn8HzkSKY:EeZlO_H7Esk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img 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http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ethics/Talk_and_Gossip/Types_of_Speech/Truth_and_Lies/Truth_and_Fiction.shtml http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/members-of-the-scribe/?p=390 When I was a kid, I got sent to a sports camp outside of Philadelphia. 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Today we celebrate the birthday of the trees by eating fruit, nuts, grains, and other things that grow from the ground. 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There are many ways to celebrate—you can plant a tree if you live in a temperate climate, you can hold... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/doON-7ThZA3IEcEneKZt9thTczQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/doON-7ThZA3IEcEneKZt9thTczQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/doON-7ThZA3IEcEneKZt9thTczQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/doON-7ThZA3IEcEneKZt9thTczQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?a=0kB_gF498nM:ys8fIENVE8c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?a=0kB_gF498nM:ys8fIENVE8c:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?a=0kB_gF498nM:ys8fIENVE8c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/thisweekonmjl?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div> MyJewishLearning Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:26:56 EST Tamar Fox http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/?p=8234 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/members-of-the-scribe/?p=386 I’ve written a book about my “spiritual journey,” fully aware what an oft abused, dangerously clich餠term it is. 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