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More holidays? Yes- this one has 9 more days.

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Whether we truly believe that our sukot (the plural of suka) are to remind us that we traveled for 40 years in the desert- or we needed to preempt the pagan harvest festival that occurred this time of year three millennia ago-  is truly immaterial.  Because we have found our own meaning in the suka- to remind us that our lives are transient, our lives are fragile, and our lives require our efforts along with Hashem’s help.

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And, the winner (sic?) is….

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What goes around, comes around?

This is the third time I’ve been “granted” the “Liebster” award.    This time, my nominator was Brenda Marie Fluharty.  (I bet she thought I didn’t pay attention.  Sorry, BM, my queues are long!  And, besides, this award goes hand in hand with the Ultimate Blog month-long marathon!)

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Not a tent, but…

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Yup.  Another holiday.  This is why, when I went to college, one of my professors harangued me that I missed so many days of class the first semester.   That I should stop skipping class.    Even though he lived in New York City, he had no clue how many Jewish holidays there were over the first 30 days of school.  (Hint:  If we use the Jewish month, Tishrei, which corresponds to September/October, we are talking about 12 of the first 23 days- and that doesn’t include Shabat!)

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Rosh Chodesh Elul 2017

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Tonight begins a new moon.  In my religion, that means it is a new month (called Rosh Chodesh), and this one is Elul.  This new moon crosses two days..   The first day, (the one starting tonight) is the 20th anniversary of the death of my mom.  This anniversary is called a Yahrzeit.  The second day of the new moon of Elul is anniversary of my daughter’s bat mitzva- and tomorrow happens to be her secular birthday, to boot.  

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What does it take?

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I just finished reading a really terrible book. One for which I had high hopes. (No, I won’t insult the author by giving you his name or the book title. Even though I think he deserves such condemnation.) After it, it purported to discern whether mathematics could prove or disprove the existence of the Supreme Being.

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Framily (Sorry Sprint, I used it first!)

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I was a bad boy the other day.  I got caught up in the drama of one of my client’s issues.

Don’t get me wrong, we all have drama.  We all have issues.  And, to be honest, I thrive on solving the drama of others.  (I generally suck at dealing with the drama of my own life- unless it is life threatening- and, then, my training kicks in and I am in overdrive.)   But, in this case, my client was trying to develop an explanation of the craziness that obtained in 2013, because the narrative will be crucial for our moving ahead with plans for the future.

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So, now we’ll screw up the colleges, too?

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Most of you know that I have taught at various colleges and universities.  As such, I have taught a range of students.  As a matter of fact, one year, I filled in for a colleague, teaching a remedial math (I actually considered it arithmetic) class. It took a while, but I finally figured out how to get the kids psyched to learn the material…

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