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Author Archives: Yisroel Pensack
Yisroel Pensack: Leonard Cohen Should Have Been In Shul For Rosh Hashanah
The next time you want to persuade your friends or your kids to go to shul on Rosh Hashanah, you can tell them what happened to singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen on Friday. According to a Reuters report in The New York … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged concert, Leonard Cohen, rosh hashanah, Spain
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“The Most Fundamental Tenet Of Judaism”
In an aish.com article, Rabbi Noson Weisz writes that . . . contrary to popular belief, Rosh Hashanah is not about reward and punishment. The Talmud informs us that mitzvot cannot be rewarded in this world (Kiddushin 39b). The commentators explain … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah, Judaism, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged aish.com, Rabbi Dessler, Rabbi Noson Weisz, rosh hashanah
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Rosh Hashanah — A Time to Pause and Reflect
Rosh Hashanah is a time when we all should paws to reflect upon the past year and make good resolutions for the year ahead. Canine-a-hara!
Posted in Animals, Spirituality, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged rosh hashanah, shofar
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Yisroel Pensack: Dead Rebbe As Mashiach
I was invited to a wedding and reception for the son of a San Francisco Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi/shaliach.
Posted in Chabad, Christianity, Orthodoxy, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged baal teshuva, chabad lubavitch, false belief, jewish religion, mashiach, wedding invitation
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Using Keynes As A Crutch (get it?)
In a long piece in The New York Times Magazine called "How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?", Nobel Prize-winning economist and Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman tries to "explain" the current crash without analyzing the macroeconomic impact of land … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Henry George, New York Times, Paul Krugman
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