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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>Resilience and Tenacity: Finding the Strength to Split our Sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The phrase is practically a cliché at this point, but it is inescapably true that we find ourselves in very difficult times. &#160;These are times that challenge those who have lost a loved one in the most unimaginable ways and circumstances that challenge us all to adjust to a new “normal,” one that leaves us<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/read-posts/resilience-and-tenacity-finding-the-strength-to-split-our-sea/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The phrase is practically a cliché at this point, but it is inescapably true that we find ourselves in very difficult times. &#160;These are times that challenge those who have lost a loved one in the most unimaginable ways and circumstances that challenge us all to adjust to a new “normal,” one that leaves us<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/read-posts/resilience-and-tenacity-finding-the-strength-to-split-our-sea/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>The Best Things in Life are Not Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 03:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[A Sukkos Message for Finding Happiness When Thomas Jefferson was tapped to draft the Declaration of Independence, he famously included something as an “inalienable right” that wasn’t a right or priority before in a world that people were simply striving to survive. Every citizen of the United States of America, Jefferson concluded, will have the<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/the-best-things-in-life-are-not-things/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Sukkos Message for Finding Happiness When Thomas Jefferson was tapped to draft the Declaration of Independence, he famously included something as an “inalienable right” that wasn’t a right or priority before in a world that people were simply striving to survive. Every citizen of the United States of America, Jefferson concluded, will have the<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/the-best-things-in-life-are-not-things/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>חיי עולם &#8211; Shavuos Derasha Digest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 14:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/read-posts/%d7%97%d7%99%d7%99-%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%9d-shavuos-derasha-digest/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Be a Thermostat, Not a Thermometer: You Can&#8217;t Breathe Free When Stress is Your Master</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[*This article appeared in Mishpacha Magazine on April 10, 2019 The Jewish People are suffering through the servitude of Egypt. After being oppressed and persecuted for an extended period of time, they finally receive a message of redemption: Moshe relays the promise that Hashem will take them out, rescue them, and take them to the Promised<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/read-posts/be-a-thermostat-not-a-thermometer-you-cant-breathe-free-when-stress-is-your-master/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[*This article appeared in Mishpacha Magazine on April 10, 2019 The Jewish People are suffering through the servitude of Egypt. After being oppressed and persecuted for an extended period of time, they finally receive a message of redemption: Moshe relays the promise that Hashem will take them out, rescue them, and take them to the Promised<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/read-posts/be-a-thermostat-not-a-thermometer-you-cant-breathe-free-when-stress-is-your-master/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Your Only Habit Should Be Not Doing Anything By Habit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[According to management gurus, routine not only helps efficiency and productivity but also creativity. Many successful creative people swear by the routines they formed: author Stephen King famously sits down to write at the same time every morning. Routine is also a hallmark of many big thinkers: Geniuses like Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein liked to wear the same thing every<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/your-only-habit-should-be-not-doing-anything-by-habit/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to management gurus, routine not only helps efficiency and productivity but also creativity. Many successful creative people swear by the routines they formed: author Stephen King famously sits down to write at the same time every morning. Routine is also a hallmark of many big thinkers: Geniuses like Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein liked to wear the same thing every<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/your-only-habit-should-be-not-doing-anything-by-habit/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Don&#8217;t Suffer From Spiritual Dehydration &#8211; Water Your Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 22:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[The Mishna in Sukkah (29b) teaches that a stolen lulav and a dried out lulav are disqualified from fulfilling the mitzvah.  The problem with a stolen lulav is evident: how could one possibly fulfill a mitzvah through an inherently corrupt and unethical action?  The invalidity of a dry lulav, however, requires closer analysis. After all,<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/dont-suffer-from-spiritual-dehydration-water-your-soul/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Mishna in Sukkah (29b) teaches that a stolen lulav and a dried out lulav are disqualified from fulfilling the mitzvah.  The problem with a stolen lulav is evident: how could one possibly fulfill a mitzvah through an inherently corrupt and unethical action?  The invalidity of a dry lulav, however, requires closer analysis. After all,<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/dont-suffer-from-spiritual-dehydration-water-your-soul/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Freedom is Speech:  On Pesach We Care About What Comes Out of Our Mouth, Not Just What Goes In It</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Pesach is all about talking. The Talmud tells us that matzah is called lechem oni, the bread of answering, since it is the bread upon which we declare many things. There is a specific mitzvah to tell the story of Exodus.   We are encouraged not to be succinct, but rather, “It is praiseworthy to dwell<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/freedom-is-speech-on-pesach-we-care-about-what-comes-out-of-our-mouth-not-just-what-goes-in-it/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pesach is all about talking. The Talmud tells us that matzah is called lechem oni, the bread of answering, since it is the bread upon which we declare many things. There is a specific mitzvah to tell the story of Exodus.   We are encouraged not to be succinct, but rather, “It is praiseworthy to dwell<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/freedom-is-speech-on-pesach-we-care-about-what-comes-out-of-our-mouth-not-just-what-goes-in-it/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>See More, Better and Farther with the Chanukah Candles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Don’t Forget Where You Came From “Don’t forget where you came from.”  It is often said at graduations, it’s the title of a country music song, and many successful people include it on their list of the most important things to remember. And yet, when Yosef HaTzadik ascends to great heights and power in Egypt,<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/see-better-farther-chanukah-candles/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Don’t Forget Where You Came From “Don’t forget where you came from.”  It is often said at graduations, it’s the title of a country music song, and many successful people include it on their list of the most important things to remember. And yet, when Yosef HaTzadik ascends to great heights and power in Egypt,<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/see-better-farther-chanukah-candles/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Tisha B’Av: Turning Mourning into Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[This article first appeared on aish.com On April 11, 1944, a young Anne Frank wrote in her diary: Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly until now? It is God Who has made us as we are, but it will be God, too, who<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/tisha-bav-turning-mourning-action/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This article first appeared on aish.com On April 11, 1944, a young Anne Frank wrote in her diary: Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly until now? It is God Who has made us as we are, but it will be God, too, who<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/tisha-bav-turning-mourning-action/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Tuning In to the Sinai Frequency &#8211; Was God’s Revelation a Thing of the Past or is it a Voice Speaking to Us Today?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2017 18:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mosquito tone&#8221; is a 17 KHz sine wave that teenagers use on their cell phone to alert them when they&#8217;ve got a text message so the teachers can&#8217;t hear it. Studies say that most adults can&#8217;t hear much above the 13-14KHz range, but teenagers can.  Our ability to hear high frequencies falls as we age.<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/tuning-sinai-frequency-gods-revelation-thing-past-voice-speaking-us-today/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8220;Mosquito tone&#8221; is a 17 KHz sine wave that teenagers use on their cell phone to alert them when they&#8217;ve got a text message so the teachers can&#8217;t hear it. Studies say that most adults can&#8217;t hear much above the 13-14KHz range, but teenagers can.  Our ability to hear high frequencies falls as we age.<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/tuning-sinai-frequency-gods-revelation-thing-past-voice-speaking-us-today/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Suggestions for a More Meaningful Seder This Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[If your Seder looks anything like the typical one, you likely have young kids fighting over giving every single Dvar Torah they prepared in school, adults offering technical and complicated vortelach (Torah thoughts), someone napping on the couch due to drinking the four cups too zealously, and more than one person complaining that they spent<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/suggestions-meaningful-seder-year/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If your Seder looks anything like the typical one, you likely have young kids fighting over giving every single Dvar Torah they prepared in school, adults offering technical and complicated vortelach (Torah thoughts), someone napping on the couch due to drinking the four cups too zealously, and more than one person complaining that they spent<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/suggestions-meaningful-seder-year/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>If it Takes You More Than a Day to Clean for Pesach, You are Doing Spring Cleaning, Not Pesach Preparations</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/takes-day-clean-pesach-spring-cleaning-not-pesach-preparations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 20:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1680</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Now that Purim is behind us, the countdown to Pesach has officially begun, complete with its angst, anxiety, stress, and exhaustion. Sadly, many people associate Pesach with backbreaking work, exorbitant expenses, endless preparation, and bread deprivation. It is not unusual to hear moans, groans, and krechts coming from both men and women when mentioning the<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/takes-day-clean-pesach-spring-cleaning-not-pesach-preparations/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Now that Purim is behind us, the countdown to Pesach has officially begun, complete with its angst, anxiety, stress, and exhaustion. Sadly, many people associate Pesach with backbreaking work, exorbitant expenses, endless preparation, and bread deprivation. It is not unusual to hear moans, groans, and krechts coming from both men and women when mentioning the<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/takes-day-clean-pesach-spring-cleaning-not-pesach-preparations/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Scientists Have Proven That Doing This Improves Health and Brings Greater Happiness, But Our Rabbis Knew it Long Ago&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 15:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1668</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Milton Friedman, the great Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor at the University of Chicago, had a very simple suggestion for how to identify a person or institution’s priorities.  Many people eloquently describe their beliefs, values, and principles and talk about what is most important to them.  Friedman advised to ignore what they say.  If you<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/scientists-proven-improves-health-brings-greater-happiness-rabbis-knew-long-ago/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Milton Friedman, the great Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor at the University of Chicago, had a very simple suggestion for how to identify a person or institution’s priorities.  Many people eloquently describe their beliefs, values, and principles and talk about what is most important to them.  Friedman advised to ignore what they say.  If you<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/scientists-proven-improves-health-brings-greater-happiness-rabbis-knew-long-ago/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Managing Expectations is the Key to a Beautiful Holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1467</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[According to the 2013 Pew study, while only 23% of American Jews said they attend religious services at least monthly, 70% reported that they participate in a Seder on Passover. More than any other holiday, Pesach brings family together. These reunions are often filled with promise and hope of quality time that will yield only<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/managing-expectations-key-beautiful-holiday/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to the 2013 Pew study, while only 23% of American Jews said they attend religious services at least monthly, 70% reported that they participate in a Seder on Passover. More than any other holiday, Pesach brings family together. These reunions are often filled with promise and hope of quality time that will yield only<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/managing-expectations-key-beautiful-holiday/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>This Chanuka See What is Right Under Your Nose</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/1349-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 03:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1349</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[A husband and wife are getting ready to go to sleep. The wife is ready to close her eyes and her husband stands staring at himself in the full-length mirror. “What’s the matter with you?” she says. Come to sleep already.” He turns to her and says, “Look at this, I am so depressed. All<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/1349-2/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A husband and wife are getting ready to go to sleep. The wife is ready to close her eyes and her husband stands staring at himself in the full-length mirror. “What’s the matter with you?” she says. Come to sleep already.” He turns to her and says, “Look at this, I am so depressed. All<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/1349-2/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Esrog: The Symbol of Jewish Beauty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2015 04:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1311</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[A woman in her seventies had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she had a near death experience. She had the opportunity to ask Hashem, “Is my time up?” Hashem answered directly, “No, you have another 23 years, 2 months and 8 days to live.” Given that,<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/esrog-the-symbol-of-jewish-beauty/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A woman in her seventies had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she had a near death experience. She had the opportunity to ask Hashem, “Is my time up?” Hashem answered directly, “No, you have another 23 years, 2 months and 8 days to live.” Given that,<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/esrog-the-symbol-of-jewish-beauty/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>You Have Been Subpoenaed to God&#8217;s Courtroom</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/you-have-been-subpoenaed-to-gods-courtroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1296</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[“Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” “I do.” Though there wasn’t formal training for this in Rabbinical school, over my career I have appeared in court on behalf of others at least a few dozen times.  Often<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/you-have-been-subpoenaed-to-gods-courtroom/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” “I do.” Though there wasn’t formal training for this in Rabbinical school, over my career I have appeared in court on behalf of others at least a few dozen times.  Often<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/you-have-been-subpoenaed-to-gods-courtroom/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Have you Told Your Children Your Family Narrative?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1228</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress of the newly formed United States of America convened a committee to design what would become our Great seal, our emblem and the symbol of our sovereignty. The committee was comprised of three of the five men who had drafted the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/have-you-told-your-children-your-family-narrative/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress of the newly formed United States of America convened a committee to design what would become our Great seal, our emblem and the symbol of our sovereignty. The committee was comprised of three of the five men who had drafted the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/have-you-told-your-children-your-family-narrative/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Bitter Herbs, Not Bitter People: Preparing for Pesach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1215</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Now that Purim is behind us, the countdown to Pesach has officially begun, complete with its angst, anxiety, stress, and exhaustion. Sadly, many people associate Pesach with backbreaking work, exorbitant expenses, endless preparation, and bread deprivation. It is not unusual to hear moans, groans, and krechts coming from both men and women when mentioning the<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/bitter-herbs-not-bitter-people-preparing-for-pesach/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Now that Purim is behind us, the countdown to Pesach has officially begun, complete with its angst, anxiety, stress, and exhaustion. Sadly, many people associate Pesach with backbreaking work, exorbitant expenses, endless preparation, and bread deprivation. It is not unusual to hear moans, groans, and krechts coming from both men and women when mentioning the<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/bitter-herbs-not-bitter-people-preparing-for-pesach/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Seeing with 20/20 Vision &#8211; the Essence of Chanuka</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/seeing-2020-vision-essence-chanuka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 05:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1172</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[A husband and wife are getting ready to go to sleep. The wife is ready to close her eyes and her husband stands staring at himself in the full-length mirror. “What’s the matter with you?” she says. Come to sleep already.” He turns to her and says, “Look at this, I am so depressed. All<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/seeing-2020-vision-essence-chanuka/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A husband and wife are getting ready to go to sleep. The wife is ready to close her eyes and her husband stands staring at himself in the full-length mirror. “What’s the matter with you?” she says. Come to sleep already.” He turns to her and says, “Look at this, I am so depressed. All<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/seeing-2020-vision-essence-chanuka/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Asking Mechila on Group Email, Mass Texts or Facebook is Inauthentic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1135</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Please forgive me if I don’t send a mass email or group text message or Facebook post asking everyone for mechila. Also forgive me if I see you in the next few days and don’t shoot a “I am mocheil you, I hope you are mocheil me” your way.   I will not be doing so,<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/asking-mechila-group-email-mass-texts-facebook-inauthentic/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Please forgive me if I don’t send a mass email or group text message or Facebook post asking everyone for mechila. Also forgive me if I see you in the next few days and don’t shoot a “I am mocheil you, I hope you are mocheil me” your way.   I will not be doing so,<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/asking-mechila-group-email-mass-texts-facebook-inauthentic/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Using Subtlety in our Rosh Hashana Greetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 02:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=1132</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Among the truly sweet things about the New Year are the heartwarming greetings and salutations being exchanged everywhere. It is heartening to have our mailboxes filled with Rosh Hashana cards, our inboxes filled with Rosh Hashana emails, and our Facebook timelines filled with Rosh Hashana wishes and blessings, even if they are not as personal<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/using-subtlety-rosh-hashana-greetings/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Among the truly sweet things about the New Year are the heartwarming greetings and salutations being exchanged everywhere. It is heartening to have our mailboxes filled with Rosh Hashana cards, our inboxes filled with Rosh Hashana emails, and our Facebook timelines filled with Rosh Hashana wishes and blessings, even if they are not as personal<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/using-subtlety-rosh-hashana-greetings/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Interrupting Our Seder to Remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=999</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[The word Pesach alone invokes conflicting emotions.  On the one hand, we dread the hard work, labor-intensive cleaning, shopping, cooking, preparing, and of course the exorbitant expense involved.  On the other hand, we hear the word Pesach and we immediately picture our grandparents and parents, our family’s Seder songs and tunes, we nostalgically remember the<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/interrupting-seder-remember/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The word Pesach alone invokes conflicting emotions.  On the one hand, we dread the hard work, labor-intensive cleaning, shopping, cooking, preparing, and of course the exorbitant expense involved.  On the other hand, we hear the word Pesach and we immediately picture our grandparents and parents, our family’s Seder songs and tunes, we nostalgically remember the<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/interrupting-seder-remember/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Why Should You Attend a Shabbos Ha&#8217;Gadol Derasha?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/?p=996</guid>

				<description><![CDATA[Every year, on the first two nights of Pesach, I look out in Shul and have the same thought: This is not what the Rabbis meant when they instructed us to re-live the Exodus.   Halacha dictates that Kiddush at the Seder cannot begin until after nightfall, leaving a significant gap in between the conclusion of<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/attend-shabbos-hagadol-derasha/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every year, on the first two nights of Pesach, I look out in Shul and have the same thought: This is not what the Rabbis meant when they instructed us to re-live the Exodus.   Halacha dictates that Kiddush at the Seder cannot begin until after nightfall, leaving a significant gap in between the conclusion of<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/attend-shabbos-hagadol-derasha/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Home Depot or House Depot?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[House &#38; Home – what is the difference between the two? We say home sick and not house sick, but we say house sitting not home sitting. We say hometown and not house town, but we say house rich and not home rich. We say home field not house field, yet we say house coat<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/home-depot-house-depot/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[House &#38; Home – what is the difference between the two? We say home sick and not house sick, but we say house sitting not home sitting. We say hometown and not house town, but we say house rich and not home rich. We say home field not house field, yet we say house coat<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/home-depot-house-depot/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Spiritual Insomnia</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/spiritual-insomnia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 17:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosh Hashana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosh Hashanah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teshuva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleeping on Rosh Hashana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vilna Gaon]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[The Jewish holidays are often associated, for many of us with family, particularly grandparents. As each holiday comes around, I can still hear my Bobe and Zada, Grandma and Grampa sharing their aphorisms and adages with me as if they were here. Each year at this time they would remind me, as I am sure<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/spiritual-insomnia/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Jewish holidays are often associated, for many of us with family, particularly grandparents. As each holiday comes around, I can still hear my Bobe and Zada, Grandma and Grampa sharing their aphorisms and adages with me as if they were here. Each year at this time they would remind me, as I am sure<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/spiritual-insomnia/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Pursuit of Other People’s Happiness</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/pursuit-of-other-peoples-happiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pesach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chessed]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[The Declaration of Independence grants us freedom and liberty, incredible blessings that we benefit from every single day while living in this great country.  Interestingly, the emphasis is on a liberty that allows for the pursuit of happiness.   Indeed, the capacity to serve our own interests, pursue our own needs and satisfy our own happiness<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/pursuit-of-other-peoples-happiness/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Declaration of Independence grants us freedom and liberty, incredible blessings that we benefit from every single day while living in this great country.  Interestingly, the emphasis is on a liberty that allows for the pursuit of happiness.   Indeed, the capacity to serve our own interests, pursue our own needs and satisfy our own happiness<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/pursuit-of-other-peoples-happiness/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>A Bold Suggestion For Your Seder This Year</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/a-bold-suggestion-for-your-seder-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emunah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pesach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pesach Preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pesach Seder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seder Ideas]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[If your Seder looks anything like the typical one, you likely have young kids fighting over giving every single Dvar Torah they prepared in school, adults offering technical and complicated vortelach (Torah thoughts), someone napping on the couch due to drinking the four cups too zealously, and more than one woman complaining that they spent<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/a-bold-suggestion-for-your-seder-this-year/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If your Seder looks anything like the typical one, you likely have young kids fighting over giving every single Dvar Torah they prepared in school, adults offering technical and complicated vortelach (Torah thoughts), someone napping on the couch due to drinking the four cups too zealously, and more than one woman complaining that they spent<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/a-bold-suggestion-for-your-seder-this-year/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Preparing for God’s Courtroom</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/preparing-for-gods-courtroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Days of Awe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Day of Judgment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosh Hashanah]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[“Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” “I do.” Though there wasn’t formal training for this in Rabbinical school, over my relatively short career I have appeared in court on behalf of others at least a few dozen<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/preparing-for-gods-courtroom/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” “I do.” Though there wasn’t formal training for this in Rabbinical school, over my relatively short career I have appeared in court on behalf of others at least a few dozen<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/preparing-for-gods-courtroom/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>The Modesty of Privacy</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/the-modesty-of-privacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Modesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discretion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shavuos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[I once went to get my passport renewed and when they offered me a date for my renewal appointment I looked at my calendar and saw it would be Shavuos.  I told the woman I couldn’t come then because it would be the Jewish holiday of Shavuos.  She asked me to wait a minute and<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/the-modesty-of-privacy/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I once went to get my passport renewed and when they offered me a date for my renewal appointment I looked at my calendar and saw it would be Shavuos.  I told the woman I couldn’t come then because it would be the Jewish holiday of Shavuos.  She asked me to wait a minute and<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/the-modesty-of-privacy/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Bitter Herbs, Not Bitter People</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/the-seder-should-have-bitter-herbs-not-bitter-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pesach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pesach Preparation]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[The countdown to Pesach has officially begun complete with its angst, anxiety, stress and exhaustion. Tragically, many people associate Pesach with backbreaking work, exorbitant expenses, endless preparation, and bread deprivation. It is not unusual to hear moans, groans and krechts coming from both men and women when mentioning the upcoming holiday. Most describe themselves as<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/the-seder-should-have-bitter-herbs-not-bitter-people/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The countdown to Pesach has officially begun complete with its angst, anxiety, stress and exhaustion. Tragically, many people associate Pesach with backbreaking work, exorbitant expenses, endless preparation, and bread deprivation. It is not unusual to hear moans, groans and krechts coming from both men and women when mentioning the upcoming holiday. Most describe themselves as<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/the-seder-should-have-bitter-herbs-not-bitter-people/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>We Are a People Only Because of the Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Simchas Torah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Torah]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[Imagine the following scene playing out on CSPAN:  On a specific day of the year, the Supreme Court justices together with the member of Congress take copies of the United States Constitution and dance around the floor of the House of Representatives while singing, clapping and lifting the law books high in the air.   With<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/we-are-a-people-only-because-of-the-book/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Imagine the following scene playing out on CSPAN:  On a specific day of the year, the Supreme Court justices together with the member of Congress take copies of the United States Constitution and dance around the floor of the House of Representatives while singing, clapping and lifting the law books high in the air.   With<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/we-are-a-people-only-because-of-the-book/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Confounded and Conflicted</title>
		<link>https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/israel/i-must-admit-i-am-confounded-and-conflicted-in-my-emotions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gilad Shalit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sukkot]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[Zman simchaseinu, Sukkos as a time of great joy, took on a whole new meaning this year with the announcement that Gilad Shalit will be released in the next few days.  After 5 years languishing in a Hamas dungeon in an undisclosed location with absolutely no visits or contact from family, the people of Israel<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/israel/i-must-admit-i-am-confounded-and-conflicted-in-my-emotions/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Zman simchaseinu, Sukkos as a time of great joy, took on a whole new meaning this year with the announcement that Gilad Shalit will be released in the next few days.  After 5 years languishing in a Hamas dungeon in an undisclosed location with absolutely no visits or contact from family, the people of Israel<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/israel/i-must-admit-i-am-confounded-and-conflicted-in-my-emotions/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>This Rosh Hashanah, Let&#8217;s Focus on Lifting Ourselves up Instead of Knocking Ourselves Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rosh Hashana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yom Kippur]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[This week, I received an email from one of the many Jewish organizations who have me on their list. The subject line was the usual Rosh Hashana salutation and well wishes. Indeed, the email began in the familiar fashion – &#8220;as the year comes to a close, it is natural for each of us to<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/we-should-be-focused-on-lifting-ourselves-up-instead-of-knocking-ourselves-down/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This week, I received an email from one of the many Jewish organizations who have me on their list. The subject line was the usual Rosh Hashana salutation and well wishes. Indeed, the email began in the familiar fashion – &#8220;as the year comes to a close, it is natural for each of us to<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/we-should-be-focused-on-lifting-ourselves-up-instead-of-knocking-ourselves-down/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>It’s Not Too Late to Get Ready for Rosh Hashana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rabbi Efrem Goldberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rosh Hashana]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[On Thursday morning, together with close to 900 others Rabbis from across denominations, I participated in a pre-Rosh Hashana conference call with the President. As the operator of the call made introductory remarks, I was reminded of a great insight my colleague and good friend, Rabbi Gibber shared with me following last year&#8217;s call of<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/its-not-too-late-to-get-ready/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Thursday morning, together with close to 900 others Rabbis from across denominations, I participated in a pre-Rosh Hashana conference call with the President. As the operator of the call made introductory remarks, I was reminded of a great insight my colleague and good friend, Rabbi Gibber shared with me following last year&#8217;s call of<a href="https://old.rabbiefremgoldberg.org/jewish-holidays/its-not-too-late-to-get-ready/" class="post-readmore">Read More...</a>]]></content:encoded>
	

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