Comments for Blog Shalom http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org Rabbi Andrew Jacobs' Blog Sun, 12 May 2013 21:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on We Must Wait For Everyone To Cross the Red Sea…Whether It Takes 7 or 8 Days…. by Rabbi Andrew Jacobs http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/2012/04/22/we-must-wait-for-everyone-to-cross-the-red-sea-whether-it-takes-7-or-8-days/#comment-880 Sun, 12 May 2013 21:57:13 +0000 http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/?p=755#comment-880 The Torah teaches us that for 7 days, we shall observe the rules and laws of Pesah. For seven days we shall eat matzah.

Why 7 days?

Seven days commemorates that time between the 10th plague and the resulting Exodus from Egypt which occurred on the 15th day of Nisan and the splitting of the Red Sea – which happened 7 days later on the 21st of Nisan.

]]> Comment on God Is A Woman and She Is Growing Older by Rachel Barenblat (@velveteenrabbi) http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/2010/09/05/god-is-a-woman-and-she-is-growing-older/#comment-852 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:05:45 +0000 http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/?p=382#comment-852 I was blessed to hear this sermon aloud, read by my dear friend R’ Jeff Goldwasser, at my shul several years ago on the eve of the second day of Rosh Hashanah, and I’ve been wanting to reread it ever since. Thank you for posting it.

]]> Comment on If you like Pina Coladas….PURIM!!! by bevgeo18 http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/2013/02/22/if-you-like-pina-coladas-purum/#comment-828 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:41:17 +0000 http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/?p=865#comment-828 You made my day!

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]]> Comment on Paraskavedekatriaphobics Need A Good Dose of Judaism by The Odd Signature of Number 13 « leave the cult http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/2011/05/13/paraskavedekatriaphobics-need-a-good-dose-of-judaism/#comment-806 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:27:26 +0000 http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/?p=572#comment-806 [...] Source: (Rabbi Andrew Jacobs blog, Paraskavedekatriaphobics Need A Good Dose of Judaism) [...]

]]> Comment on Living The Lessons They Learned But Now Can’t Live by Peggy Angelici http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/2012/12/14/living-the-lessons-they-learned-but-now-cant-live/#comment-777 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:26:47 +0000 http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/?p=844#comment-777 Thank you for your beautiful, compelling,and heartfelt words.

]]> Comment on Living The Lessons They Learned But Now Can’t Live by Donna Berger http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/2012/12/14/living-the-lessons-they-learned-but-now-cant-live/#comment-775 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 04:03:20 +0000 http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/?p=844#comment-775 Thank you for sharing. I thought there weren’t words for this heinous crime, once again you came through for me. I was with A & M tonight. When I saw them I couldn’t hug them enough.

]]> Comment on We Must Wait For Everyone To Cross the Red Sea…Whether It Takes 7 or 8 Days…. by ND http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/2012/04/22/we-must-wait-for-everyone-to-cross-the-red-sea-whether-it-takes-7-or-8-days/#comment-700 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:20:29 +0000 http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/?p=755#comment-700 Hi,

Where is the proof that Israel crossed the Red Sea on Nisan 21?

Thanks,

ND

]]> Comment on God Is A Woman and She Is Growing Older by Mel Chua » Blog Archive » The first daughter: a midrash (from Indiana Voices of Women) http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/2010/09/05/god-is-a-woman-and-she-is-growing-older/#comment-677 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:15:15 +0000 http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/?p=382#comment-677 [...] Also read this weekend — out loud quietly to a group is best, as that’s what had the greatest impact on me — was the sermon “God is a Woman and She is Growing Older.” [...]

]]> Comment on About by Rabbi Andrew Jacobs http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/about/#comment-659 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:53:51 +0000 #comment-659 The Torah teaches us that for 7 days, we shall observe the rules and laws of Pesah. For seven days we shall eat matzah.

Why 7 days?

Seven days commemorates that time between the 10th plague and the resulting Exodus from Egypt which occurred on the 15th day of Nisan and the splitting of the Red Sea – which happened 7 days later on the 21st of Nisan.

]]> Comment on About by ned http://rabbiandrewjacobs.org/about/#comment-658 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:53:28 +0000 #comment-658 Hi,

Where is the proof that Israel crossed the Red Sea on Nisan 21?

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