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	<itunes:summary>Siddur Snippets takes us on a journey through the siddur to better understand what we are praying.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Questions That Have No Answers: A Tradition of Silence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[We have just completed the “season of questions.”&#160; We have only one day ago bid farewell to a holiday that encourages us to challenge, to inquire, and to ask.&#160; Pesach not only encourages us to ask the questions, to demand the “why,” but it tries to provide some of the answers as well.&#160; Pesach teaches<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/questions-that-have-no-answers-a-tradition-of-silence/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We have just completed the “season of questions.”&#160; We have only one day ago bid farewell to a holiday that encourages us to challenge, to inquire, and to ask.&#160; Pesach not only encourages us to ask the questions, to demand the “why,” but it tries to provide some of the answers as well.&#160; Pesach teaches<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/questions-that-have-no-answers-a-tradition-of-silence/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>No Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 05:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Last week, our BRS staff luncheon began with an icebreaker to welcome some new members to our team.&#160; Each person was asked the following question: If you could meet and spend time with one person you have never met, someone you look up to, someone not related to you and who is among the living,<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/read-posts/no-words/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last week, our BRS staff luncheon began with an icebreaker to welcome some new members to our team.&#160; Each person was asked the following question: If you could meet and spend time with one person you have never met, someone you look up to, someone not related to you and who is among the living,<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/read-posts/no-words/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Hashem Loves You &#8211; Do You Love Him?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[We often picture God this time of year as a judge, sitting at His bench, waiting to catch us, judge us and hold us accountable.  Not only is this not a healthy and constructive image, it is not the image our rabbis and our tradition want us to have. We are deep into the month<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/hashem-loves-you-do-you-love-him/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We often picture God this time of year as a judge, sitting at His bench, waiting to catch us, judge us and hold us accountable.  Not only is this not a healthy and constructive image, it is not the image our rabbis and our tradition want us to have. We are deep into the month<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/hashem-loves-you-do-you-love-him/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Hurricane Dorian: We&#8217;re All Living in the Cone of Uncertainty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[*This article appeared on www.Aish.com on September 2, 2019 What if you knew when you were going to die? A group of researches in Germany collected blood samples from 44,168 people with ages ranging from 18 to 109 years old. Over the next 17 years, 5,512 people from that group died. After looking at 226<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/contemporary-issues/hurricane-dorian-were-all-living-in-the-cone-of-uncertainty/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[*This article appeared on www.Aish.com on September 2, 2019 What if you knew when you were going to die? A group of researches in Germany collected blood samples from 44,168 people with ages ranging from 18 to 109 years old. Over the next 17 years, 5,512 people from that group died. After looking at 226<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/contemporary-issues/hurricane-dorian-were-all-living-in-the-cone-of-uncertainty/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>To Find Your Balance, Grab On To The Daf: A Tribute to Rabbi Dr. Brian Galbut z&#8221;l</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Despite a grueling schedule as a prominent physician, serving as Vice President of Boca Raton Synagogue, President of Torah Academy of Boca Raton, and spending time with his beautiful family, Brian Galbut z”l always set aside time for learning each and every day.  His library of personal seforim, filled with notes, comments and underlines, testifies<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/to-find-your-balance-grab-on-to-the-daf-a-tribute-to-rabbi-dr-brian-galbut-zl/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Despite a grueling schedule as a prominent physician, serving as Vice President of Boca Raton Synagogue, President of Torah Academy of Boca Raton, and spending time with his beautiful family, Brian Galbut z”l always set aside time for learning each and every day.  His library of personal seforim, filled with notes, comments and underlines, testifies<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/to-find-your-balance-grab-on-to-the-daf-a-tribute-to-rabbi-dr-brian-galbut-zl/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Take a Vacation With God, Not From Him</title>
		<link>http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/family/take-a-vacation-with-god-not-from-him/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Each year, like so many of you, I eagerly look forward to my summer vacation.  Used properly, a vacation is not only an opportunity to take a break from the rigors of work, but it provides tremendous growth opportunities.  In fact, how we use our vacation and what we do in our down time not<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/family/take-a-vacation-with-god-not-from-him/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each year, like so many of you, I eagerly look forward to my summer vacation.  Used properly, a vacation is not only an opportunity to take a break from the rigors of work, but it provides tremendous growth opportunities.  In fact, how we use our vacation and what we do in our down time not<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/family/take-a-vacation-with-god-not-from-him/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>101% Guaranteed To Change Your Life</title>
		<link>http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/personal-growth/101-guaranteed-to-change-your-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 18:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Growth]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[Who doesn’t want to be happier at work?  New research concludes that greater happiness and satisfaction at work doesn’t come from more vacation days, additional downtime, or even more perks.  This study found that the best way to ensure that you’re happy at your job is to spend more time learning. Among the 2,049 workers<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/personal-growth/101-guaranteed-to-change-your-life/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Who doesn’t want to be happier at work?  New research concludes that greater happiness and satisfaction at work doesn’t come from more vacation days, additional downtime, or even more perks.  This study found that the best way to ensure that you’re happy at your job is to spend more time learning. Among the 2,049 workers<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/personal-growth/101-guaranteed-to-change-your-life/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>I Started Doing This for 3 Minutes a Day and It Has Changed My Life</title>
		<link>http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/personal-growth/i-started-doing-this-for-3-minutes-a-day-and-it-has-changed-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 21:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Growth]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[When is the last time you sat and did nothing?  I don’t mean the type of nothing as in you just played on your phone, read a book or sat listening to music and didn’t really “do” anything. I mean absolutely nothing.  When is the last time you sat still with no technology, without talking,<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/personal-growth/i-started-doing-this-for-3-minutes-a-day-and-it-has-changed-my-life/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When is the last time you sat and did nothing?  I don’t mean the type of nothing as in you just played on your phone, read a book or sat listening to music and didn’t really “do” anything. I mean absolutely nothing.  When is the last time you sat still with no technology, without talking,<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/personal-growth/i-started-doing-this-for-3-minutes-a-day-and-it-has-changed-my-life/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Vigilance, Not Vigils: Responding to the Tragedy in Poway</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 18:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[The following is adapted from my remarks delivered on April 30 at the Boca Raton community gathering of prayer and unity in solidarity with the Chabad community of Poway, California I want to thank Rabbi Bukiet and Chabad of West Boca for hosting tonight’s event.  Tonight, we are all members of Chabad.  I can’t tell<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-community/vigilance-not-vigils-responding-to-the-tragedy-in-poway/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The following is adapted from my remarks delivered on April 30 at the Boca Raton community gathering of prayer and unity in solidarity with the Chabad community of Poway, California I want to thank Rabbi Bukiet and Chabad of West Boca for hosting tonight’s event.  Tonight, we are all members of Chabad.  I can’t tell<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-community/vigilance-not-vigils-responding-to-the-tragedy-in-poway/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Anger is Contagious Like the Flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Flu season is currently making itself known around the community, first among kids and now hitting adults.  But diseases and illnesses are not the only things that are contagious.  Without you even realizing it, how you are feeling today is likely influencing and impacting the feelings of people around you. According to Dr. Nicholas Christakis<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/read-posts/anger-is-contagious-like-the-flu/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Flu season is currently making itself known around the community, first among kids and now hitting adults.  But diseases and illnesses are not the only things that are contagious.  Without you even realizing it, how you are feeling today is likely influencing and impacting the feelings of people around you. According to Dr. Nicholas Christakis<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/read-posts/anger-is-contagious-like-the-flu/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>From Montana to New Square: What I Learned On My Summer Vacation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 02:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spirituality & Faith]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[Countless stars filled the heavens, the Milky Way was visible to the naked eye and Jupiter was as noticeable as the moon.  A star shot through the sky.  As we stood there, 6,000 feet above sea level in Glacier National Park in Montana, it occurred to me that the magnificent view we couldn’t tear ourselves<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/from-montana-to-new-square-how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-and-why/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Countless stars filled the heavens, the Milky Way was visible to the naked eye and Jupiter was as noticeable as the moon.  A star shot through the sky.  As we stood there, 6,000 feet above sea level in Glacier National Park in Montana, it occurred to me that the magnificent view we couldn’t tear ourselves<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/from-montana-to-new-square-how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation-and-why/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Check it at the Door, Don&#8217;t Ever Bring it Into Your Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 03:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[In 2001, Indra Nooyi was named president of PepsiCo.  Five years later, she was promoted to CEO, and in 2007 she would become chairman of the company as well.  She recently described the day she was appointed president and put in charge of running the $166 billion company.  Her parents happened to be visiting that night,<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/check-it-at-the-door-dont-ever-bring-it-into-your-home/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 2001, Indra Nooyi was named president of PepsiCo.  Five years later, she was promoted to CEO, and in 2007 she would become chairman of the company as well.  She recently described the day she was appointed president and put in charge of running the $166 billion company.  Her parents happened to be visiting that night,<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/check-it-at-the-door-dont-ever-bring-it-into-your-home/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Two Ways to Live Life &#8211; Which Best Describes You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=2030</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[In 1966 Time magazine ran a now-famous cover story asking: Is God Dead? Nearly 50 years later, a Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God” records: The fine-tuning necessary for life to exist on a planet is nothing compared with the fine-tuning required for the universe to exist at all.<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/two-ways-to-live-life-which-best-describes-you/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 1966 Time magazine ran a now-famous cover story asking: Is God Dead? Nearly 50 years later, a Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God” records: The fine-tuning necessary for life to exist on a planet is nothing compared with the fine-tuning required for the universe to exist at all.<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/two-ways-to-live-life-which-best-describes-you/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Remembering Hashem When the Crisis Passes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1758</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[&#160; The sitting and waiting was becoming unbearable.  A week of preparations, warnings, and constantly tracking a shifting cone can leave you exhausted even before the hurricane begins.  It is easy to stay calm and confident until the many wonderful, well-intentioned people and organizations around the world let you know they are holding Tehillim rallies<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/remembering-hashem-crisis-passes/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#160; The sitting and waiting was becoming unbearable.  A week of preparations, warnings, and constantly tracking a shifting cone can leave you exhausted even before the hurricane begins.  It is easy to stay calm and confident until the many wonderful, well-intentioned people and organizations around the world let you know they are holding Tehillim rallies<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/remembering-hashem-crisis-passes/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>I Couldn&#8217;t Believe This Guest Was Invited to the White House Celebration of Yom Ha&#8217;atzmaut</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 12:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1705</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Vice President Mike Pence hosted a historic celebration at the White House on Tuesday in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut.  He made headlines for remarking that President Trump is giving serious consideration to moving the Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.  I had the great privilege of attending the event and while I am very<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/couldnt-believe-guest-invited-white-house-celebration-yom-haatzmaut/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Vice President Mike Pence hosted a historic celebration at the White House on Tuesday in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut.  He made headlines for remarking that President Trump is giving serious consideration to moving the Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.  I had the great privilege of attending the event and while I am very<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/couldnt-believe-guest-invited-white-house-celebration-yom-haatzmaut/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Trump Lovers and Haters are Making the Same Critical Mistake</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 02:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1569</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[On the morning after this week’s historic upset in the election, the chazzan at the minyan I attended finished the repetition of the Amidah and something unusual occurred.  One person called out “Hallel,” indicating that for him it was a miraculous day in which we should sing out to the Almighty in appreciation.  Immediately, another<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/show-humility-make-emunah-great/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the morning after this week’s historic upset in the election, the chazzan at the minyan I attended finished the repetition of the Amidah and something unusual occurred.  One person called out “Hallel,” indicating that for him it was a miraculous day in which we should sing out to the Almighty in appreciation.  Immediately, another<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/show-humility-make-emunah-great/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Strategies for Making Real Changes in Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[“Rabbi, what is that on your wrist?” “It’s a Fitbit.” “Why do you wear it?” “It tracks how many steps I take each day, the quantity and quality of my sleep, and other important pieces of information.” “C’mon Rabbi, sounds like shtick to me.  Do you really need that?  What does it do for you? <a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/strategies-making-real-changes-life/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Rabbi, what is that on your wrist?” “It’s a Fitbit.” “Why do you wear it?” “It tracks how many steps I take each day, the quantity and quality of my sleep, and other important pieces of information.” “C’mon Rabbi, sounds like shtick to me.  Do you really need that?  What does it do for you? <a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/strategies-making-real-changes-life/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Does Anything Give You Goosebumps?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2016 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spirituality & Faith]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1536</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[The home of the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven has been preserved and serves as a museum in Bonn, Germany.  One historical gem in the museum is the piano upon which Beethoven composed most of his renowned works.  The piano is estimated to be worth more than $50 million and is understandably roped off and<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/put-awe-back-awesome/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The home of the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven has been preserved and serves as a museum in Bonn, Germany.  One historical gem in the museum is the piano upon which Beethoven composed most of his renowned works.  The piano is estimated to be worth more than $50 million and is understandably roped off and<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/put-awe-back-awesome/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Like Waze, God Knows Where You Are, Where You Came From and Where You are Going</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 13:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1493</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[There are 7.4 billion people on earth at this moment.  When contemplating that staggering number, it is easy to feel insignificant, inconsequential, even invisible.  It is only natural to wonder, do I—or my actions—even matter?  It is difficult to comprehend that God could have a personal relationship with me or could care about what I<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/like-waze-god-knows-came-going/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[There are 7.4 billion people on earth at this moment.  When contemplating that staggering number, it is easy to feel insignificant, inconsequential, even invisible.  It is only natural to wonder, do I—or my actions—even matter?  It is difficult to comprehend that God could have a personal relationship with me or could care about what I<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/like-waze-god-knows-came-going/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>What a Victim of ALS Can Teach Us About Our Power of Speech: Just Shine a Little Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2016 04:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1453</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Imagine being a prisoner in your own body, fully aware, entirely conscious, thinking and emotionally feeling, and yet unable to move or speak at all. For many suffering from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, that is exactly what their life looks like day in and day out. Through a couple of viral videos, last week<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/victim-als-can-teach-us-power-speech-jusyshine-little-light/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Imagine being a prisoner in your own body, fully aware, entirely conscious, thinking and emotionally feeling, and yet unable to move or speak at all. For many suffering from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, that is exactly what their life looks like day in and day out. Through a couple of viral videos, last week<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/victim-als-can-teach-us-power-speech-jusyshine-little-light/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Believe in That God Either</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 06:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1436</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Last month marked thirty years since the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Seven crew members died after the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after takeoff. As I’m sure is the case with many of you, I vividly remember exactly where I was when this catastrophic event occurred. Along with many American children, my<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/1436-2/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last month marked thirty years since the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Seven crew members died after the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after takeoff. As I’m sure is the case with many of you, I vividly remember exactly where I was when this catastrophic event occurred. Along with many American children, my<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/1436-2/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Celebrating Thanksgiving Each &#038; Every Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1346</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Was it President Lincoln in 1863, President Washington in 1789, or the Pilgrims themselves in 1622? While historians may debate when the holiday of Thanksgiving was first instituted, the practice of giving thanks began much earlier. We read in last week’s parsha, Vayeitzei, that Leah names her fourth son Yehudah from the root hoda’ah out<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/celebrating-thanksgiving-each-every-day/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Was it President Lincoln in 1863, President Washington in 1789, or the Pilgrims themselves in 1622? While historians may debate when the holiday of Thanksgiving was first instituted, the practice of giving thanks began much earlier. We read in last week’s parsha, Vayeitzei, that Leah names her fourth son Yehudah from the root hoda’ah out<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/celebrating-thanksgiving-each-every-day/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When is the Last Time You Had Goosebumps?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1293</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Follow your heart. I Love you with all my heart. Have a heart. Wounded heart. Heartache. Heartbroken. Disheartened. It is clear that of all organs in the body, the heart is the accepted symbol of emotion. But this metaphor is not only employed by our English vernacular. The Torah itself promotes this symbolism. “V’yadata ha’yom<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/when-is-the-last-time-you-had-goosebumps/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Follow your heart. I Love you with all my heart. Have a heart. Wounded heart. Heartache. Heartbroken. Disheartened. It is clear that of all organs in the body, the heart is the accepted symbol of emotion. But this metaphor is not only employed by our English vernacular. The Torah itself promotes this symbolism. “V’yadata ha’yom<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/when-is-the-last-time-you-had-goosebumps/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>What Happens When We Die?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 15:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Cremation in the Jewish community is growing at disturbing rates, with advertisements appearing in Jewish newspapers promoting it as a legitimate post-death option, including in some cases, shockingly, endorsements by rabbis. The prohibitive cost of traditional burial is often given as a reason for this trend, but it undoubtedly is the result of ignorance as<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/what-happens-when-we-die/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cremation in the Jewish community is growing at disturbing rates, with advertisements appearing in Jewish newspapers promoting it as a legitimate post-death option, including in some cases, shockingly, endorsements by rabbis. The prohibitive cost of traditional burial is often given as a reason for this trend, but it undoubtedly is the result of ignorance as<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/what-happens-when-we-die/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>It&#8217;s Time for a Spiritual Growth Spurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2014 03:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[While Human Growth Hormone is considered performing enhancing and has been banned by most professional sports, it is becoming increasingly necessary and popular with a different group. Pediatric endocrinologists will tell you that as a result of all of the hormones in our food, milk and even shampoo, many children’s growth is being highly affected.<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/time-spiritual-growth-spurt/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[While Human Growth Hormone is considered performing enhancing and has been banned by most professional sports, it is becoming increasingly necessary and popular with a different group. Pediatric endocrinologists will tell you that as a result of all of the hormones in our food, milk and even shampoo, many children’s growth is being highly affected.<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/time-spiritual-growth-spurt/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Is Your Judaism Behind You or In Front of You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 04:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[It was one of the most inspirational and hopeful interactions I have ever had. A young man from our community who is back from college was telling me about the incredibly positive transformation that has taken place in his life.   Sadly, like too many of his peers from all over the country, when he went<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/judaism-behind-front/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was one of the most inspirational and hopeful interactions I have ever had. A young man from our community who is back from college was telling me about the incredibly positive transformation that has taken place in his life.   Sadly, like too many of his peers from all over the country, when he went<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/judaism-behind-front/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Teaching and Embracing the Sounds of Silence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2014 05:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[It has been almost two weeks since the mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.   As we follow the story the way we may read an incredible suspense novel &#8211; eager to skip to the last chapter to see how the story ends &#8211; it is easy to lose sight of how unbearably painful and<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/teaching-embracing-sound-silence/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It has been almost two weeks since the mysterious disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.   As we follow the story the way we may read an incredible suspense novel &#8211; eager to skip to the last chapter to see how the story ends &#8211; it is easy to lose sight of how unbearably painful and<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/teaching-embracing-sound-silence/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Placing Yesterday&#8217;s Sacrifices Next to Today&#8217;s: Remembering the Man from Vilna</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abe Foxman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leo Goldman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abie Rotenberg]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[(Adapted from a Yizkor Derasha delivered on Shmini Atzeres 5774.) Many years ago, two bachurim, students, came to the yeshivah of the Chasam Sofer, Rav Moshe Schreiber (1763-1839) in Pressburg, Hungary to take a farher, an entrance exam, to determine whether or not the boys qualified for admission as talmidim in his prestigious yeshivah. It<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/placing-yesterdays-sacrifices-next-todays-remembering-man-vilna/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[(Adapted from a Yizkor Derasha delivered on Shmini Atzeres 5774.) Many years ago, two bachurim, students, came to the yeshivah of the Chasam Sofer, Rav Moshe Schreiber (1763-1839) in Pressburg, Hungary to take a farher, an entrance exam, to determine whether or not the boys qualified for admission as talmidim in his prestigious yeshivah. It<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/placing-yesterdays-sacrifices-next-todays-remembering-man-vilna/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>How do You Define Quality of Life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[He was a complete stranger when I sat down, but after a three and a half hour delay, I had made a new friend.  My flight to NY to attend what would be the magnificent Tirschwell wedding was delayed significantly and so I found myself a comfortable seat to settle into for a few hours.<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/how-do-you-define-quality-of-life/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[He was a complete stranger when I sat down, but after a three and a half hour delay, I had made a new friend.  My flight to NY to attend what would be the magnificent Tirschwell wedding was delayed significantly and so I found myself a comfortable seat to settle into for a few hours.<a href="http://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/spirituality-faith/how-do-you-define-quality-of-life/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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