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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Featured Articles

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. Learn more

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.
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Ask the Rabbi - Every Question You’ve Ever Had, Live and Online
November 22 2009 9:00 PM EST
Presenter: Rabbi Mordechai Becher
Here's your chance to ask one of the funniest, most talented Rabbis in the world every question you've always wanted to ask, but couldn't find the right address. Rabbi Becher has been answering students questions from around the world for nearly 2 decades. Don't miss this amazing opportunity.
Free Online Classes
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.
All classes start at 9:00 pm EDT
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OU Department of Community Services In association with ProjectSinai.org
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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
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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
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