June 2024

Donald Trump’s Baseball Cap

Googling pictures of Donald Trump, I failed to find many pictures of the 45th president not wearing a suit and tie. In fact, checking other presidents, Mr. Trump is by far the most formally dressed president since Bush 41. So, what is with the red baseball cap? To explain that, I must first try and

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Are You Saying That We Shouldn’t Have Hobbies?

Hello, There are the 5Fs that you are emphasizing as the main aspects of life. What about hobbies and/or intellectual development which are not covered by the 5Fs but, in my opinion, are also a crucial part of life especially regarding a balanced mind and psyche? Thanks, Mike Dear Mike, Thank you for giving us

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Don’t Be a Sap

Two news clippings caught my attention this week. One was a video from the Epoch Times, the second was an article from NBC news. The two sources, as different as they may be, together give a sad picture of life in America today. Strangely, taken together, they may also provide an optimistic vision. The Epoch

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It’s Not Fair

Dear Rabbi and Susan, This video was a wowzer!!! [Scrolling through Scripture Genesis Unit 1] Going back to the references around separation and children. I have an 11-yr-old and an 8-yr-old. They are close enough in age where the 11-yr-old is being granted more (responsibility, access, privileges) that the 8-yr-old looks at, compares to his

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A Reluctant Step Back

Shortly after we returned from Israel late in October 2023, at the end of each of our weekly blogs we began posting the name and picture of one of the people murdered by Hamas terrorists on that day as well as the name and picture of one of those taken hostage. With a heavy heart,

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Being a Loving Husband

My wife has recently been diagnosed with a disease we have never heard of before. Syrngohydromyelia. Her MRI of the brain, which was indicated after severe migraines after our son was born, showed that she has a congenital Chiari malformation which causes fluid filled cysts to develop in the space where the cerebrospinal fluid is

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Planting Seeds

I did not get a chance to write a new Musing this week but I hope you will enjoy the reposting of my Musing from June, 2023. Don’t you love reading something that sets you thinking? After mulling it over you might agree or disagree with what you read, but either way it stimulated your

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Is This a Promotion?

The company I am working for is not doing well financially. Although I have worked here for 15 years and am now considered an executive, we are in a round of layoffs. I was just in a meeting with the owners of the company, and they gave me an interesting proposal. They offered me an

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