http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/articles/ Featured articles from OU's weekly Shabbat Shalom Newsletter en Copyright 2008 2008-10-07T00:15:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/burnham_pack_some_heat/ Life was getting rough for Miguel Sanchez. No more were the glory days of “coyotes,” the illegal immigrant smugglers who plied their trade along the porous Mexican-American border. Back then, he could charge $1,500 a head, shove 20 people in the back of a truck, cross the border at night, leave them in the middle of the harsh New Mexico desert, and... Featured Articles, OU Home, shshmail 2008-10-06T19:58:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/ann_goldberg_using_our_money_as_god_intended/ The man who stood outside my front door at 9.30 in the evening that cold night, looked fraught and exhausted. It wasn’t the first time he’d asked for help to buy food and we’d always given him something, but this time his plea was more urgent and his request was for a lot more money... Featured Articles, OU Home, shshmail 2008-10-06T08:41:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/the_year_of_the_flying_sukkah/ This story took place close to a decade ago. Although it's about a flying Sukkah, it really began about a week before the holiday, when the stores throughout Jerusalem were selling a new type of Schach that could be used over and over again... Featured Articles, OU Home, shshmail 2008-10-06T20:33:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/halevi_honey_sweet_new_year_5769/ We dip in honey for a sweet new year - so a trip to the bee farm and the honey factory seemed in order. A look back at how the honey got to your table, from honey to bee. Shana Tova U'metuka! Have a sweet new year! Featured Articles, Featured Multimedia, OU Home, Slide Show 2008-10-05T16:09:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/you_do_have_a_prayer/ As we get ready for Yom Kippur, I have a question: What is Kol Nidre all about? Why do we say Kol Nidre on Yom Kippur? Or, more importantly, why is Kol Nidre – which means “All vows” – the last thing we say before the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest of holy days... What is the big deal about vows? Featured Articles, OU Home 2008-09-25T14:54:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/melonie_and_rick/ Melonie came to work with me as a Social Worker, and it was like a ray of light lit up our hospital. She was beautiful--5'10' with strawberry blond hair and large blue eyes. But it was her inner beauty that drew you even more. Although not a religious Jew, Melonie had a strong Jewish identity and a fierce love for the State of Israel. Melonie and I... Featured Articles 2008-09-25T13:57:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/chernin_she_is_marbelous/ One could never say my friend Mira has lost her marbles. In fact, she has every one of them, 444 and counting... Featured Articles 2008-09-25T07:11:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/halevi_shofarot/ Rosh Hashana - Yom Teruah - We call out with the horn of a ram or ibex or gazelle or antelope... "May the utterance of our lips be pleasant before You...and may You accept with mercy and favor..." Featured Articles, Featured Multimedia 2008-09-25T05:45:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/rosh_hashana_is_not_groundhog_day/ I have two unique talents. I can close my eyes and fall asleep within 10 seconds, and once asleep, I can sleep through a tornado. These abilities are heaven-sent. Because of my busy schedule, I sleep very little at night. I am able to keep going by sleeping on the train to and from work. Not a minute is wasted, and the moment I settle down in my comfortable seat, I am out like a light... Featured Articles, OU Home 2008-09-25T03:42:00-05:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/shabbat_shalom/article/yitz_woolf_preparing_for_rosh_hashana_selichot/ As the month of Elul draws to a close, and Rosh Hashana is fast approaching, the drive for repentance becomes more urgent. We pray for forgiveness and for God to have mercy on us in the Selichot service. Featured Articles, Featured Multimedia 2008-09-25T01:01:00-05:00