All of us, to some extent, live in our own imaginations, yet facing the sometimes hard reality of what we really are is the first step towards improving ourselves.

Etz Chaim Synagogue
10167 San Jose Blvd.
Jacksonville, Florida 32257
(904) 262-3565
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http://www.etzchaim.org

Why do we blow the shofar in the middle of Mussaf, a seeming disturbance and interruption of synagogue prayer and decorum?

Beth Israel Synagogue
1480 Oxford St.
Halifax, N.S. B3H 4B2
902-422-1301
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http://www.thebethisrael.com

It is very easy to complain; it is much harder to find a solution that will appease that complaint.

Beth Israel Synagogue
1480 Oxford St.
Halifax, N.S. B3H 4B2
902-422-1301
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http://www.thebethisrael.com

Rosh Hashanah reminds us that Hashem is King of the universe, and we are powerless before Him.

Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah Congregation-The National Synagogue  
1600 Jonquil Street NW
Washington, DC 20012
(202) 882-7225
http://www.ostt.org
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For those in the high powered business world a week without Shabbat might seem common place, almost normal, but to us the idea of a world without Shabbat is unheard of.

Golf Manor Synagogue
6442 Stover Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45237
(513) 531-9726
http://www.golfmanor.shul.net
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Standing Firm and Surviving - Nitzavim connotes a powerful comforting message for this period of Jewish chronology in general, and for our time in particular.

Hadar Congregation
70 Highview Road
Monsey, NY 10952
(914) 357-9414

Blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah bridges Har Sinai to the future times of Moshiach and our redemption.

Fleetwood Synagogue
11 E. Broad Street
Mount Vernon, NY 10552
914-664-7643
http://www.fleetwoodsynagogue.org
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Since the liver is completely filled with blood, we must be very careful that it is prepared properly so as not to transgress the prohibition to eat blood.

Beth Israel Synagogue of Westport/Norwalk
40 King St.
Norwalk, CT 06851
(203) 866-0534
http://www.bethisraelct.org
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Understanding how we can ask G-d for our needs in prayer, yet prayer is also referred to as a service.

Bnai Brith Jacob Congregation
5444 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31405
(912) 354-7721
http://www.bbjsynagogue.com/index.html
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By not being able to pick up stones and other muktzah items, the rabbis are telling us to think about Shabbat before it begins.

Beth Israel Synagogue
1480 Oxford St.
Halifax, N.S. B3H 4B2
902-422-1301
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http://www.thebethisrael.com