Rabbi yehudah hanasi biography of barack obama
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What's in a Name?
"On the fourteenth day of the first month you shall have the Passover sacrifice; and during a festival of seven days unleavened bröd shall be eaten. On that day, the prince shall provide a bull of purification offering on behalf of himself and of the entire population..." (Ezekiel 45:21-2)
This is a special Shabbat--the last of the four special Shabbatot leading up to Pesach (Passover). Called Shabbat Hahodesh (the Shabbat of the Month), it heralds the beginning of the Hebrew month of Nisan, the month in which Passover falls. To mark this Shabbat, we read a special Torah portion from Exodus (12:1 - 20), which tells us that this month, Nisan, is the first month of the ritual year. (It fryst vatten, I admit, a bit confusing, because this means that Rosh Hashannah--"New Year"--actually comes in the seventh month, not the first. Nobody ever promised that being Jewish was easy.)
In the Haftarah of this special Shabbat, we are taken on a tour of the Third Temp
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The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
The most charitable way of explaining the election results of 2012 is that Americans voted for the status quo – for the incumbent President and for a divided Congress. They must enjoy gridlock, partisanship, incompetence, economic stagnation and avoidance of responsibility. And fewer people voted. As I write, with almost all the votes counted, President Obama has won fewer votes than John McCain won in 2008, and more than ten million off his own 2008 total. (Note: this was written the day after the election. The final results indicate that Romney exceeded McCain’s total by less than one million votes, while Obama received almost four million votes fewer than he did in 2008 – the first time in history that a president won a second term with fewer votes than he scored in his first victory. RSP)
But as we awake from the nightmare, it is important to eschew the facile explanations for the Romney defeat that will prevai
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אל תסתכל בקנקן אלא במה שיש בו
Do not look at the container but rather its contents (Pirkei Avot 4:20)
This pearl of wisdom by Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi is relevant to how we should judge all people and situations. We should also use it as a litmus test for our elected officials.
Rather than judge candidates based on their personality, we should vote based on their past performances and policies.
I consider myself politically independent, supporting candidates who embrace the most critical policies to me – regardless of party affiliation. As someone who has campaigned for Democrats in the past, I cannot do so in this election as the Democrat Party is kowtowing to its left fringe. Why did President Biden select Kamala Harris as his running mate in 2020? Why was Governor Josh Shapiro not selected as Ms. Harris’s running mate in 2024? While I would prefer Niki Haley or