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10) Parshah Mikeitz מִקֵּץ
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/15556/jewish/Mikeitz.htm Parshah in a Nutshell for Mikeitz Genesis 41:1-44:17 Joseph’s imprisonment finally ends when Pharaoh dreams of seven fat cows that are swallowed up by seven lean cows, and of seven fat ears of grain swallowed by seven lean ears. Joseph interprets the dreams to mean that seven years of plenty will be followed by…
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Hanukkah
חֲנֻכָּה The Hebrew word Hanukkah means “dedication.” We celebrate Hanukkah each year during the eight days from Kislev 25 through Tevet 2 (Evening of Dec 2 through evening of Dec 10th) to remember the re-dedication of the Holy Temple after it was recovered from the Syrian-Greeks during the second century BCE. The Holy Land had…
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9) Parshah Vayeishev וַיֵּשֶׁב
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/15555/jewish/Vayeishev.htm Vayeishev – Genesis 37:1-40:23 Parshah in a Nutshell for Vayeishev Genesis 37:1-40:23 Jacob settles in Hebron with his twelve sons. His favorite is 17-year-old Joseph, whose brothers are jealous of the preferential treatment he receives from his father, such as a precious many-colored coat that Jacob makes for Joseph. Joseph relates to his…
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8) Parshah Vayishlach וַיִּשְׁלַח
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/15554/jewish/Vayishlach.htm Parshah and Haftorah for Vayishlach (וַיִּשְׁלַח). The Hebrew words for «he sent,» the first word of the Parshah, Genesis 32:4–36:43; read on the days of Kislev 10-16, 5779, aka Nov 18-24, 2018. ************************* Parshah in a Nutshell for Vayishlach Genesis 32:4-36:43 Jacob returns to the Holy Land after a 20-year stay in Charan,…
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7) Parshah Vayeitzei
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/9173/jewish/Vayeitzei.htm Vayeitzei in a Nutshell Genesis 28:10–32:3 Jacob leaves his hometown of Beersheba and journeys to Charan. On the way, he encounters “the place” and sleeps there, dreaming of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels climbing and descending on it; G‑d appears and promises that the land upon which he lies will be…
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6) Parshah Toldot
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/9172/jewish/Toldot.htm Toldot in a Nutshell Genesis 25:19–28:9 Isaac and Rebecca endure twenty childless years, until their prayers are answered and Rebecca conceives. She experiences a difficult pregnancy as the “children struggle inside her”; G‑d tells her that “there are two nations in your womb,” and that the younger will prevail over the elder. Esau…
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5) Parshah Chayei Sarah
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/9171/jewish/Chayei-Sarah.htm Chayei Sarah in a Nutshell Genesis 23:1–25:18 Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver. Abraham’s servant Eliezer is sent, laden with gifts, to Charan, to find a wife for Isaac. At the village…
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4) Parsha Vayeira וַיֵּרָא
Parshah and Haftorah for Vayeira (וַיֵּרָא ), Hebrew «Vayeira» =»and He appeared,» the first word in the parshah Vayeira, Genesis 18:1-22:24, to be read on Chesvan 12-18, 5779 a.k.a., Oct 21-27, 2018. ———————————- Parshah In a Nutshell for Vayeira Genesis 18:1-22:24 G*d reveals Himself to Abraham three days after the first Jew’s circumcision at age…
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3) Parshah Lech Lecha לֶךְ-לְךָ
Parshah and Haftorah for Lech Lecha (לֶךְ-לְךָ), Hebrew «Lech Lecha» =»go!» or «leave!» or «go for you,» the fifth and sixth words in the parshah Lech Lecha, Genesis 12:1-17:27, to be read on Chesvan 5-11, 5779 a.k.a., Oct 14-20, 2018. ———————————- Parshah In a Nutshell for Lech Lecha Genesis 12:1-17:27 G*d speaks to Abram, commanding…
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2) Parshah Noach
Parshah and Haftorah for Noach (נֹחַ ), Hebrew «Noach» = the name «Noah,» the third word in the parshah Noach, Genesis 6:9-11:32, to be read on Tishrei 28 – Cheshvan 4, 5779; Oct 7-13, 2018. ———————————- Parshah In a Nutshell for Noach Genesis 6:9-11:32 G*d instructs Noah — the only righteous man in a world…
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1) Parshah Bereishis
Parshah and Haftorah for Bereishit (בְּרֵאשִׁית ), in Hebrew «Bereishit» = «In begining.» The word «Beresheit» is the first words in the parshah Beresishit, Genesis 1:1-6:8, to be read on Tishrei 21-27, 5779 a.k.a., Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2018. ——————————- Parshah In a Nutshell for Bereishit Genesis 1:1-6:8 G*d creates the world in six…
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Hatikvah – הַתִּקְוָה
הַתִּקְוָה Hatikvah Hatikvah (Hebrew: הַתִּקְוָה, English: «The Hope») is a Jewish poem and the national anthem of Israel. Its lyrics are adapted from a poem by Naftali Herz Imber, a Jewish poet from Złoczów (today Zolochiv, Ukraine). Imber wrote the first version of the poem in 1877, while he was a guest…
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Understanding Money: There Are Two Ways to Interpret the Rules of the Game.
In my last article about money you noticed I stated that we don’t need the banks. We need currency, a measure of value but we do not need the bank. This is a radical idea and one that needs our scrutiny. Banks are so everywhere that we do not really notice there might be life,…
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Understanding money: Pay Yourself First
Beginning in the 1700’s, the first Big Daddy of money was Mayer Amchel Rothschild: his famous remark you will relate to: Let me control the money, I care not who makes the laws. Then, just before she died at an age well over 90, his wife who produced 5 daughters and the 5 sons who…
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And what is this “Ravens’ medicine” anyway?
So, what might it all be about, I ask myself allowing a quiet mind to gather the message and the meaning of it all. And what is this “Ravens’ medicine” anyway? There’s a story about how it all began. Well, you knew there is a story, did you not? After this distance, you are certain there…
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To Influence the World, We must Think Different.
If there might be any one thing that this blog is about it is about thinking different. We can remember Steve Jobs: he invented Apple computers. One of very few television programs I saw was a sort of documentary about Steve and Apple and about his famous slogan: Think Different. One of his senior people…
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In the Valley of the Blind, the one-eyed One is King
In 1957 at 17, I saw only blind people wearing masks pretending they could see it all. At 18, I learned I had one eye. I could see the colors of the spirits of the trees, the flowing wave energy of animals and humans, sometimes even their colors. I heard a clear, sweet voice in…
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DESIDERATA
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they, too, have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations…
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Social Self Defense
The social hug can sometimes be an opportunity for the vampires in our midst. It takes perception and finesse to avoid them without fracturing the social edifice. My sensors are awake to a deep perception of all people for each of them teaches me their special human lesson. Some lessons I wish I did not…
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How do we learn what we learn: Ignorance is not bliss!
I’m not sure I can remember when I first heard “Ignorance is not bliss”. It is certain that it is as true today as it was that long ago when. Turns out I can blog here about some of the different changes that have come to me again and yet again. When I was thirty…
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GRANDMOTHER: Who is she anyway?
My next birthday is only 78. It could easily be said that I might be sitting in the sun in some tropic clime sipping a little lemon and mineral water. But that is not my present reality. I am in Vancouver in Canada. It’s a world class city with all the perks and all the…
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The Last Post
Dear Friends, Compadres, Cohorts, Companions, all Pilgrims on the Path, Warrior Sisters; One and All This is the Last Post. I do not now know today what the outcome is to be but what must be is that I pull back and allow what will be. My life is fast approaching its final days. The…
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Raising my sights, raising myself to manifest the Ecuador project
July 20 , 2015 Raising my sights, raising myself to manifest the Ecuador project. These have been times of crisis and I acknowledge that I have, for a while at least, made myself their victim. Sure, it is possible for me to talk myself into it because that day in the sheeting rain in Costa…
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Day to Day on the Road
Day to Day on the Road Willy Nelson has a famous song. It was a wonderful liberation to be on the road again. And then it was Mexico for more than 3000 miles; onward through Central America, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and now Panama on the Pan-American Highway another over 1000 miles:…
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Watch and listen for the synchronicity
July 15, 2015 Watch and listen for the synchronicity Those who believe only in the material world call it coincidence: things that happen together: co – together and incidents – happenings, events, etc. It’s also been called serendipity, a word coined by Horace Walpole in 1754 after reading an Arabic fairy tale about the Three…
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Unremarkable persons in quite ordinary lives
July 15, 2015 Unremarkable persons in quite ordinary lives What does it take for unremarkable persons in quite ordinary lives to find our true calling, to join with our soul companions and to meet our destiny? In days past, I attended goddess ceremonials originally sponsored by Starhawk in the San Francisco Bay area of northern…
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On My Birthday
On my birthday Actually I have had only one birth-day. That was July 5, 1939 in Wells, British Columbia, a tiny gold mining town in the north central mountains of the province. It was a tiny hospital as well with 2 beds and, I’ve been told, an old German woman who was the only nurse.…
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An Observation of Latin Culture
June 22, 2015 An Observation of Latin Culture One of the purposes of the drive through Mexico and now in Central America on my way to South America is to immerse myself in the Latin culture. By this I really mean that it was not about taking the drive to visit the piles of rocks…
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Crossroads on the Road Less Traveled
May 16, 2015 Crossroads on the Road Less Traveled The main highways everywhere I have ever been have, all of them, green signs with white lettering and numbers proclaiming the directions and the next landmark on the way. In cities and towns across North America, there are, signs at the corners of the streets as…
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The dichotomy: Main Street evening parade, lively and solemn
May 12, 2015 The dichotomy: Main Street evening parade, lively and solemn First thing I noticed was the Policia in their black and white car, blinking red on the top, leading a parade of many people, some carrying luminaria, handmade paper lanterns on tall sticks extended above their heads. The drums were in the distance with a…
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Memory Foam
May 1, 2015 Memory Foam Have we all heard about memory foam? I bought a piece for my bed in the van and I am not so sure with all the lumpy stuff that I have underneath that it does much good. Well, maybe this piece will do something a little better. On my travels, it…