The OU’s Tefillah Education Initiative: The Answer to Your Prayers
By Bayla Sheva Brenner. Jewish Action, Fall 2009/5769
Launched in 2008 by the OU’s Department of Community Services, the Tefillah Education Initiative brings scholars-in-residence to communities throughout the country to underscore the power of Jewish prayer.

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Reflections on the Power of Prayer
Jewish Action, Fall 2009/5769
A collection of successes, and struggles, with prayer.

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Don’t just read the parsha, understand it.  
The people who brought you Nach Yomi now present Shnayim Mikra, an exciting way to review the weekly Torah portion aliyah by aliyah.
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Parsha Columns

One Day We Will All Be Together - Rabbi Weinreb on Parshat Lech Lecha
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
I picked him up at the airport. He was arriving in Baltimore, where I was then a rabbi, to deliver an address and then return home to New York...

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Lech Lecha: For the Love of God
By Rabbi Asher Brander
Success! We all want it and seek numerous ways to attain that promised word! Our desire for it has spawned a newly minted genre.

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Finding the Holy
By Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
“And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem… and the Lord appeared to Abraham and said: To your seed will I give this land; and he built there an altar unto the Lord who appeared to him” (Gen. 12:6-7). Why was it necessary to say “who appeared to him”?

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Food Columns

Rice Pudding Recipes
By Eileen Goltz
Like many other well-loved comfort foods, rice pudding recipes have a long and delicious history. It’s believed to have originated, as a recipe, in the Middle East as a kind of porridge like dish made up of several indigenous grains.

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Exceptional New Books
from OU Press

OU Press has published two new books that are available at a special discount on the OU Press website www.OUPress.org.

Covenant & Conversation: Genesis – The Book of Beginnings (co-published with Maggid) is the first ever collection of Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks’ essays on the weekly parsha. Erudite and eloquent, Covenant & Conversation allows readers to experience Chief Rabbi Sacks’ sophisticated approach to life lived in an ongoing dialogue with the Torah.

Fresh Fruit & Vintage Wine: Ethics and Wisdom of the Aggada (co-published with Ktav and Yeshivat Har Etzion) by Rabbi Yitzchak Blau takes the enduring wisdom of the Aggada and expresses it with freshness and vitality. Arranged by topic, the book explores enigmatic Talmudic texts and uses classical commentaries to explain the passages and show their relevance to contemporary life. Learn more about these books and buy them at a 15% discount at www.OUPress.org.

Next OU Job Tutorials:
Mortgage & Credit Crises-Practical Answers & Solutions to Your Credit Issues Mon. Nov 16
Staten Island Job Fair & Networking Event- An OU Job Board Event Tue. Dec 01

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Participate in a series of live, interactive online classes and explore key aspects of living Judaism. Ask questions in real time via chat to the presenter. A certificate of completion will be awarded upon the conclusion of this September - December Fall Series.
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OU Department of Community Services In association with ProjectSinai.org
Parshat Lech Lecha - Rabbi Weinreb
The Seal of Approval

This Week's Haftarah*
Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

Torah Tidbits Audio

Phil Chernofsky is the educational director of the OU Israel Center and the editor of Torah Tidbits, the Center's weekly Torah publication distributed throughout Israel.

The Coming Week's Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew version of the Steinsaltz Edition of the Talmud.

Masechet Bava Batra- 70a-76b

Dvar Torah by Britain's Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks
Covenant and Conversation -  Our Children Walk On Ahead

“After the Chuppah… Building a Lasting Marriage in a Disposable World.”

Motza'ei Shabbat, October 31 at 8:30 PM
Kew Gardens Hills, NY

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb will address the great expectations parents have for their children who are getting married and ways that couples can cope with the problems of the early stages of marriage in the Orthodox Jewish Community.

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OU Kosher:

 OU Events:

OU Kosher Coming
October 29, 2009
Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel, OU Kosher rabbinic coordinator, Meat certification specialist will be speaking on topic: "What is the Beef with Meat?"

R. Weinreb Lecture - “After the Chuppah…  Building a Lasting Marriage in a Disposable World.”
October 31, 2009
Shalom Task Force presents a lecture by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

ASK OU OUTREACH Comes to the Passaic-Clifton Community
November 07, 2009
The Harry H. Beren ASK OU OUTREACH Kashrut Program will conduct a series of fascinating kashrut shiurim in the Passaic-Clifton community on 3 consecutive Motzoei Shabbat: November 7, 14 and 21.

Not the Newlywed Game
November 07, 2009
A fun and hilarious game show involving four couples (as contestants) with audience participation.

OU Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation
December 06, 2009
OU Awards Dinner

OU Israel Center:

Thursday, 18 Cheshvan - November 5
8:00pm
Students & Young Adults - Start a new PARSHA in your life! Featuring Rabbi Moshe Taragin, Senior Maggid Shiur, Yeshivat Har Etzion On Parsha and Machashava - Weekly at the OU Israel Center - Thursdays at 8.00pm beginning Thursday, October 15 - Men & Women invited, Refreshments

Full listing of Israel Center Classes

Parshat Lech Lecha
13 Cheshvan 5770
October 30-31, 2009

Haftarah:

Yeshayahu 40:27-41:16

Candlelighting Times and Zmanim
Important Changes to Zmanim Calculations
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