Shabbat Table Talk from the desk of Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld
Dec 27-28, 2024 • 27 Kislev 5785 • Mikeitz (Gen 41-44).
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This image is a 1,700-year-old oil lamp unearthed on the Mt. of Olives in Jerusalem and announced this week by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). It features a 7-branched menorah, a lulav, and an incense shovel. It's a rare find because it dates to after the dastardly Romans expelled us from Jerusalem. It's a small physical reminder that we've been here a long, long time....
Although we already on the second day of Chanukah, I'd like to propose eight questions for your table, one for each night.
Suggestion: write down everyone's answers and put them away with the Chanukah kit. Next year, you'll discover them and see how your answers may have changed... or not.
Why are you happy you're Jewish?
At what moments are you proudest to be a Jew?
What gives you fear as a Jew?
What do you think is the Jewish People's greatest strength?
What do you think is the Jewish People's greatest weakness?
Who or what do you think is the Jewish People's greatest enemy?
If you could teach every Jewish person one thing, what would it be?
If you could teach every non-Jewish person one thing, what would it be?
Try printing this email out and keeping it by the menorah.
(By the way, your humble correspondent's email/blog two weeks ago was promoted by the editors of the Times of Israel to be a "Featured Post" and they added some snazzy professional graphics... check it out.)
Happy Chanukah and
Shabbat Shalom
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Although we already on the second day of Chanukah, I'd like to propose eight questions for your table, one for each night.
Suggestion: write down everyone's answers and put them away with the Chanukah kit. Next year, you'll discover them and see how your answers may have changed... or not.
Why are you happy you're Jewish?
At what moments are you proudest to be a Jew?
What gives you fear as a Jew?
What do you think is the Jewish People's greatest strength?
What do you think is the Jewish People's greatest weakness?
Who or what do you think is the Jewish People's greatest enemy?
If you could teach every Jewish person one thing, what would it be?
If you could teach every non-Jewish person one thing, what would it be?
Try printing this email out and keeping it by the menorah.
(By the way, your humble correspondent's email/blog two weeks ago was promoted by the editors of the Times of Israel to be a "Featured Post" and they added some snazzy professional graphics... check it out.)
Happy Chanukah and
Shabbat Shalom
Appreciated this Table Talk? Like it, tweet it, forward it....
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