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April | 2009 | New Thoughts from an Old City
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New Thoughts from an Old City. Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem. Archive for April, 2009. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. On April 20, 2009. A Pesach Message from the Kalever Rebbe. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. On April 13, 2009. Chagim – Jewish Holidays. Halacha – Jewish Law. Parasha – Weekly Torah Portion. Aharon Yaaqob on Exile of the Soul. SH on Money That Matters. On Money That Matters. Avital on Message about the Megilla…. On Message about the Megilla…. Little Desk In Jerusalem.
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A Message from the Doves | New Thoughts from an Old City
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New Thoughts from an Old City. Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. February 26, 2009. A Message from the Doves. A dove at the Kotel. I was sitting at my desk here in Jerusalem, thinking of what to write. I was interrupted by the cooing of a dove on the windowsill. I tried to ignore it, but soon, there was another one on the other windowsill, and together, the noise was slightly bothersome. I thought to myself, when will they stop? Eliyahu then replied, and said to me...
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February | 2009 | New Thoughts from an Old City
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New Thoughts from an Old City. Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem. Archive for February, 2009. A Message from the Doves. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. On February 26, 2009. A True Jewish Leader: Part Two. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. On February 17, 2009. A True Jewish Leader. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. On February 10, 2009. Tears at the Wailing Wall. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. On February 6, 2009. Lessons from a Jamaican Cabby. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. On February 2, 2009. On Money That Matters.
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The Old City | New Thoughts from an Old City
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New Thoughts from an Old City. Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem. A little bit about the Old City of Jerusalem:. Is a 0.9 square kilometre (0.35 square mile) area within the modern city of Jerusalem. Until the 1860s this area constituted the entire city of Jerusalem. The Old City is home to several sites of key religious importance: for Jews, namely the Temple Mount and its Western Wall. The Jewish Quarter of the Old City was largely destroyed by Jordan following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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Money That Matters | New Thoughts from an Old City
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New Thoughts from an Old City. Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. March 18, 2009. Don Yitzchak ben Yehuda Abarbanel (1437-1508) was a Jewish statesmen and scholar. He lived during the idyllic age of Spanish Jewry before the exile of 1492 (Spanish Inquisition). By his late twenties, The Abarbanel a descenant of King David was recognized as a learned and prominent member of Lisbons Jewish community, having written books on various facets of Jewish philosophy. Many yea...
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A Pesach Message from the Kalever Rebbe | New Thoughts from an Old City
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New Thoughts from an Old City. Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. April 13, 2009. A Pesach Message from the Kalever Rebbe. The Kalever Rebbe shlita. 8220;And here the son asks”. Why do we begin the night of the Seder with the questions: Why is this night different from all other nights? The ultimate goal is to know G-d. I once spoke in a secular high school in Argentina and afterwards, the principal asked me, “Does Judaism allow questions? It is only at the beginnin...
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New Thoughts from an Old City | Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem | Page 2
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New Thoughts from an Old City. Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. February 2, 2009. Lessons from a Jamaican Cabby. I woke up to bright lights and the sound of screeching brakes, as my Greyhound bus pulled into the station. “Welcome to Downtown Baltimore! This is the final stop,” said the driver in a thick, Baltimore accent. I hurried to get up, making sure not to forget my hat from the rack above. As soon as we pulled out, the cabby leaned over and put out his hand&...
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Tears at the Wailing Wall | New Thoughts from an Old City
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New Thoughts from an Old City. Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. February 6, 2009. Tears at the Wailing Wall. I was supposed to prepare a thought on the weeks Parasha to post on here tonight, but my mind was unclear, uncapable of doing such. I sat here, three hours ago, holding my head in disbelief, not wanting to believe all this was happening, let alone able to write on the weeks Parasha. It all seemed so distant. Yiddish for “come sit”, i.e. ...After assuring Za...
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The Real Meaning of Purim | New Thoughts from an Old City
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New Thoughts from an Old City. Torah Thoughts from the Old City of Jerusalem. Posted by: Yonatan Halevy. March 8, 2009. The Real Meaning of Purim. Children celebrating Purim in Jerusalem. Most of us read the Megillah year after year without realizing the sublime message embedded deep inside of it. It isn’t just a story of an evil king and a poor nation saved by a beautiful new queen and wise Jewish man. It is a story that defines our existence as Jews to this very day. Yet this answer is also hard to acc...
