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I was walking home after services on Friday night and passed someone who raised his arm and screamed, “Free Palestine”. I said nothing in response but thought, “I hope Palestine is free, dear chap now that you’ve done your part. And I hope you sleep well, dear chap now that …

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Life Cycle: Invitation

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Welcome to Innerstream’s “Life Cycle” section, where essays are posted on the Jewish milestones in the cycle of life.

If you would like to explore any of these essays please click on one of the links provided below. These links are also available in the menu on the left side of your screen. The menu also contains links to essays on many other Jewish topics. Please feel free to browse through the links to find the topics of your interest.

Birth

Coming of Age

Marriage

Death

I hope you enjoy your visit to innerstream and I invite you to post your comments on the bottom of any page that sparks your interest. This way you and I and all the other visitors to Innerstream can continue to explore the deeper meaning of Torah and Judaism.

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Rosh Hashanah: Pickled Meat and Free Choice

Surface Attraction
A man once went to the butcher and saw two bins, one filled with fresh meat, the other, with pickled meat. The pickled meat smelled good and drew his attention. He bought five pounds of the it and returned the next day with terrible stomach pains. Why didn’t you …

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Matot Masei: The Three Weeks

We are in a time of year called the three weeks. During this time, Jerusalem was sacked twice, once by the Babylonians circa 420 BCE and again by the Romans in 69 CE. Each time, our enemies struck directly at the Jewish heart by destroying the Temple. The Babylonians destroyed …

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What Can We Do?

These past two days have been the most difficult for our people in the last fifty years. It was Simchat Torah, a time for rejoicing, yet it was a time of horror. Nearly a thousand members of our family were brutally murdered, more than a hundred were taken hostage, and …

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