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In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity thinks about the start of the baseball season. He focuses on the relationship between the players and the teams, which is to say that players can be traded, and thus forced to move from place to place without consideration for their […]
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In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity begins to think about Shavuot. The story of Shavuot is that of Moses going up Mount Sinai to receive the torah. Arnie wonders what preperations Moses made for this huge voyage. How did Moses begin to prepare himself for this adventure. […]
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In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity talks about Thinking Vs. Doing. He considers the difference betweek those who are great thinkers and those who are great doers, and the need to find a balance of the two. What’s your style? Are you more of a ponderer or […]
In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity talks about Yemot Hamashiach, The Messianic Era. While some believe that the Messianic Era will come when the Messiah arrives, perhaps we need to make the Messianic era for ourselves. What is your vision of the messianic era? WHat types of […]
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In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity talks about his recent trip to Las Vegas, and how struck he was by the role of gambling in Sin City. While Jewish texts do not forbid gambling, Arnie thinks through how much we all gamble, and not just at the […]
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In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity talks about the tradition of Shaliach Mitzvah Money. The idea behind this is that when one is traveling to do a mitzvah then they will be protected as they are on a mission to do a good deed. What are the […]
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In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity talks about the two Jewish holidays between which we find ourselves. Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) and Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel Independence Day.) From here, Arnie reflects on why we focus on the times when negative things happen to us more then […]
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In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity talks about the fact that in the amidah prayer, we say “The God of Abraham, The God of Isaac, The God of Jacob, The God of Sara…” We reference each God separately because each of our ancestors had their own relationship […]
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In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity talks about Moses who is a great example of a person who has to make huge changes in his life. What do you do when you are forced or motivated to make changes? Please let us know your thougths on our […]
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In this episode of Meet Me At the Tzomet (the Intersection) Rabbi Arnie Samlan, of Jewish Connectivity talks about the month of Nissan, the start of Spring, and the tradition of going out and giving a Bracha/blessing for the new flowers. Do you “stop to smell the roses”? Take moments to bless the world around us? What are […]
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