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• To see what hurts

  Published: July 24, 2007, 9:09 am

  Tags: 9av, Holidays, Teshuvah

  Maybe I should start observing Tisha b'Av by volunteering as an emergency room chaplain. On this day, of all days in the wheel of the Jewish year, we're meant to connect with our own brokenness; with suffering and loss; and with the terrible things we do to one another around the world, hatred and violence and damage caused by our own human hands.

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• Reflections on 17 Tammuz

  Published: July 3, 2007, 5:50 pm

  Tags: Holidays

  that follow. In The Jewish Holidays, Michael Strassfeld notes that an increasing number of Jews maintain an observance of 9 Av, but not an observance of minor Temple-related fast days like this one. As Rabbi Everett Gendler writes: There is a practical reason for phasing out certain of the minor fasts, aside from loss of the significance they

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• Shehecheyanu

  Published: June 17, 2007, 12:23 pm

  Tags: Holidays, The Daily Round

  I had a Shabbat filled with shehecheyanus. My nephew is visiting from afar, and I got to bring him to Caretaker Farm for the first week of CSA distribution. We were still getting snow this April, which meant distribution started later than usual this year, so I was expecting a very small first haul -- but I couldn't have been more

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• Oy, meh haya lanu

  Published: July 24, 2007, 6:31 pm

  Tags: Environment, Holidays

  Today is the darkest day in the Jewish calendar. It doesn’t have to be the most depressing if we use it to change our ways. Last night, at the Mission Minyan’s reading of Eicha (the book of Lamentations), I noticed something in the text that spoke anew to me, quite strongly and damningly this year. From Chapter 5, verse 4: We pay money

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  Published: July 24, 2007, 5:07 pm

  Tags: Middle East, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, War, Holidays, Israel, Antisemitism

  Rosh Hashanah 18b: ” ( ) ’ Rav Chana bar Bizna said in the name of Rabbi Shimon Hasida: What does it mean when it says (Zechariah 8:19) “Thus said the God of Hosts: The fast of the fourth and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be for the

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• That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow

  Published: July 23, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Occupation, Post Amp 038 Anti Zionism, Zionism, Holidays

  When strangers sojourn with you in your land, you shall do them no wrong, the strangers who sojourn with you shall be to you as natives among you, and you shall love them as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. –Leviticus 19:33-34 Today it was learned that Yuli Tamir will be ousted from her position

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• Canada Day Special: Top Ten Canadian Biblical Scholars

  Published: July 1, 2007, 3:01 pm

  Tags: Scholars, Holidays, Canadiana, Canada Day

  Happy Canada Day! For unaware readers, Canada Day is the celebration of the anniversary of the formation of the union of the British North America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada on July 1st. This year marks Canada's 140th birthday. Happy birthday to us In honour of Canada Day, I thought I would list the top ten

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• Happy [Belated] Father's Day!

  Published: June 20, 2007, 1:40 pm

  Tags: Personal, Holidays, Holy Orders, Sacrament, Christianity, Catholic

  I know this is a few days late, but this meditation has been brewing all weekend through my busy, hectic workdays and my dear husband's slow ones. But this is not for him he already got the Star Wars trilogy for Father's Day and one custom card complete with a hand-drawn Darth Vader from our six-year-old. No, this is for the Fathers

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• Britain's wildest views

  Published: July 27, 2007, 6:23 am

  Tags: Travel, United Kingdom, Wales, Walking Holidays, Wildlife Holidays, Peak District, Lake District, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Scotland

  From breathtaking cliffs to winsome valleys, John Beatty shares his favourite views and reveals how to find them for yourself.

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• National portrait gallery

  Published: July 27, 2007, 6:21 am

  Tags: Travel, United Kingdom, Wales, Scotland, Walking Holidays, Lake District, Peak District, Yorkshire, Norfolk

  John Beatty shares his favourite views.

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• The full Monte

  Published: July 26, 2007, 8:07 am

  Tags: Travel, Montenegro, Walking Holidays

  Montenegro has only recently arrived on the tourist map, says Sean Ingle. So if you venture a little off the beaten track, you'll find few other tourists to disturb the peace.

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• The wilderness years

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:05 pm

  Tags: Travel, Guardian Saturday Travel Section, Green Travel, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Family Holidays, Short Breaks

  Like most of us, Kevin Rushby likes the idea of being green but doesn't want to give up flying or start holidaying on his allotment. Introducing a new regular column, he finds a quick fix on his doorstep.

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• Happy Birthday Michael

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:01 pm

  Tags: Holidays, Party Time Excellent

  Happy birthday to you… Happy birthday to you… Happy birthday dear Michael… Happy birthday to you! I love you baby. Let’s party bitches! birthday, party

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• Inspirational days out

  Published: July 28, 2007, 1:24 pm

  Tags: Travel, Observer Escape Section, Summer Holidays, Family Holidays, Short Breaks

  From history lessons with a difference to Chester races.

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• Best British cycle routes

  Published: July 28, 2007, 4:43 pm

  Tags: Travel, Observer Escape Section, Cycling Holidays, United Kingdom, Short Breaks

  The Tour de France, which ends today, has prompted cyclists of all levels to dust down their bikes and get pedalling. If you fancy a two-wheeled adventure, check out Rob Penn's guide to top UK trails, from a gentle eight miles in Wiltshire to 400-plus miles of Scottish splendour.

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