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PUBLISHED EVERY ROSH HODESH

Kislev 5765

November 12, 2004

Theme: "Judaism and Sexuality"

A Word of Torah: Jacqueline Lehrer, U. of Toronto, explores the story of Joseph and Jewish customs of modesty.

Joe Roberts, U. of Maryland, asks: How many times do you have to have sex with a person to know them?

Michele Adler, U. of Albany, asserts that sex is viewed very positively in Judaism.

Israel Notebook: Daniel Estrin discovers red tape, blue and white style.

Cool Quotes for Kislev: Making Life Meaningful.

Humor: Differences between Hanukkah and Christmas finally explained!

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS & INDEX TO ARTICLES

 

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Cool Quotes Kislev

Making Life Meaningful

Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.

-  Doug Horton


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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

-  Calvin Coolidge


Without inwardness there can be no external world, and without imagination there can be no reality.

- Werfel, "Realism and Inwardness," 1930


Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.

-  Emilie Cady


Who did not earn merits in life will not benefit by what's done for him after death.

- Sefer Hasidim, 13C


Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask Him to do it for you.

-  Dame Flora Robson


It is not in our power to explain either the prosperity of the wicked or the sufferings of the righteous.

- Pirkei Avot 4:15


A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

-  General George S. Patton


A man's faith is not perfected till his mind is perfected.

- Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim


You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.

-  J. Askenberg


Moral action is the meeting place between the human and the divine.

- Leon Roth, "Jewish Thought...in Civilization"


 

[Posted 11/10/04]

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