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Tuesday, November 30th, 2004

By Rav Aaron Rakeffet
Originally appeared in Mail-Jewish, Vol. 26 No. 84, July 27, 1997 (As recorded by Jack Levenstein)
This is one of my favorites. Rav Rakeffet really says things as they are. Its a shame that this type of honest soul-searching of our religious environment does not take place more often.

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Another Reminder that I am not Home

Sunday, November 28th, 2004

My company is very sensitive to my religious needs. They are letting me make up all twelve days that I had to take off for chagim without requiring me to use any of my ten allotted vacation days (enabling us to make our pilot trip in a month!). They bought me my very own grill [...]

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A Positive Comment About Employment

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

In a recent email exchange with a chaver from the Areivim mailing list, I was told:
“You’re coming on aliya at the perfect time; shortly after finishing your eductaion, with a bit of experience. Good planning.”
If I am not mistaken, this is one of the only positive things anyone has said to me regarding finding [...]

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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead…

Tuesday, November 16th, 2004

Translation: With the demise of the wicked there is Glee, Joy and Rejoicing. We are happy to announce the death of the wicked Yasser Arafat, who will be buried in hell. So should all of the enemies of Israel be lost…may it happen speedily, in our days!

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Pre-”Pilot”-Trip Planning

Monday, November 15th, 2004

It is now 6 weeks until our planned trip to Eretz Yisrael. Although both of us have visited many times, this is the first trip where the primary focus is for aliyah. We hope to really check out as many potential communities as possible, spending two Shabbatot at the front runners. Currently our favorite prospective [...]

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Why I Voted for Dubya

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

Definately not because of domestic policy. I do not really agree with anything at all that he is doing in the United States – Bush’s policies are bad for the environment, favor large corporations that have supported him financially, have caused an extremely large budget deficit, and in general lack any accountability for any logic [...]

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