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Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 5767 / March 16-17, 2007
Haftarah - Yechezkel 45:16-46:18

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Special Edition: From the Spring '07 Issue of Jewish Action

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Keeping the Shul Doors Open
By Shlomo Levin
For an ambitious young rabbi or cantor, a congregation that only conducts services twice a year is hardly the place to build a career. But for Allan Goodkind, it's his way of doing chesed.
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The Chicken Lady of Jerusalem
By Michelle Borinstein
Perhaps it was the empty basket slung over an arm covered by a threadbare sweater sleeve or the lank braids hanging alongside a too-thin face? "She reminds me of myself," realized the older woman in surprise...
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Of Shtieblach and Kiddush Clubs: Modern Orthodox, Yeshivah Orthodox and the Jewish Future
By Emanuel Feldman
A recently issued study by the American Jewish Committee suggests that American Jewry is in for a stunning and almost shocking surprise. The study notes that Orthodox Judaism in America is on the ascendancy...
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Also in this issue of Jewish Action:

Parsha Column

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Different Ways of Looking at Things
By Rabbi Amichai Gordin, Yeshivat Har Etzion and Shaalvim High
Holy and Secular - "The plague is spreading, it includes almost the entire city," the physician reported to the mayor, "Our beautiful city Sura looks like a battlefield." And the mayor asked...
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The Woman and the Lion’s Hair
By Rabbi Yikhat Rozen, Merkaz Neria, Kiryat Malachi
A Lesson For the Children - A woman came to the wise man of the village and complained that her husband does not love her anymore, and that she did not know how to make him love her once again. The man asked her, "Do you still love your husband?" And the woman replied...
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Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudai: Relying on the Rabbi
By Rabbi Nachman Kahana
With the passage of time, direct connection with Hashem through prophecy or bat kol receded into the background as the halacha and the rabbanim loomed ever larger in the religious consciousness of the nation...
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The Flavor of Memory - Norene Gilletz

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Getting Ready (and Unbread-y) For Pesach
By Norene Gilletz
Everyone is familiar with the Four Questions asked at the Seder, but here is the big question that is on most people's minds before the Seder: "How do I use up all that chametz in my kitchen so I don't have to throw it out?"
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Harry H. Beren ASK OU Pesach Yom Iyun
March 18, 2007
This event, which is sponsored by the OU, the RCA and Lincoln Square Synagogue, clarifies for learned members of the rabbinate and the inquisitive Passover observer contemporary relevant Pesach issues.

An Evening of Dinner and Comedy - Singles 25- 40
March 19, 2007
An Evening of Dinner and Comedy with comedian Scott Blakeman.

Join the Mob - Yachad Spring Benefit 2007
March 24, 2007
Play poker and score big - Yachad members will be the real winners...

PESACH 5767 with OU Israel
April 02, 2007
Join the OU Israel and NCSY for Pesach 5767 at the Kinneret Shore! Health club, sauna, jacuzzi, separate swimming, gym, sports courts, OU davening, programs and daily shiurim, outstanding day trips, live entertainment each evening, various packages to meet your budget and needs, highest standard Mehadrin Kashrut...

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This Pesach, Reach Out and Change a Life
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Pray for Our Captured Israeli Soldiers
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OU Israel Center:

Fridays, March 16, 23 • 9:00am • separate seating: Devarnishing the Exodus: A Chassidic exploration of the symbolism of the Four Cups based on Ben-Zoma's 4 "Who's" with R' Yaakov Yisroel Bar Chaiim

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