January 2013 - Page 2 of 5 - Texas Jewish Post

God commands us to protect earth

Post published:January 24, 2013
Post category:Columnists / Shalom From the Shabbat Lady

By Laura Seymour It is beginning to feel like winter (finally), and it is Tu B’Shevat — the birthday of the trees. Most of us have memories of collecting money…

Focus tzedakah on needy

Post published:January 24, 2013
Post category:Ask the Rabbi / Columnists

By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi Fried, I have been doing some thinking about my tzedakah-giving situation. I’m not in the category of the rich, but I’m certainly very…

Dallas Doings

Post published:January 17, 2013
Post category:Dallas Doings

By Sharon Wisch-Ray In addition to the community getting to hear Jon Daniels’ insights on the 2013 Texas Rangers (see Page 3), several great sports stories have developed locally over…

Around the Town

Post published:January 17, 2013
Post category:Around the Town

By Amy Wolff Sorter As we come out of the secular New Year, we’re almost immediately faced with another new year — Tu B’Shevat. Tu B’Shevat (this year, at sundown…

Give your child a spiritual legacy

Post published:January 17, 2013
Post category:Columnists / Shalom From the Shabbat Lady

By Laura Seymour Each week, my favorite Shabbat ritual is blessing the children. I have read much about the reasons, meanings and ways to make it a ritual that we…

We make our own world to come

Post published:January 17, 2013
Post category:Ask the Rabbi / Columnists

By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi, In our temple, we always were told that we Jews don’t believe in an afterlife, but we recently heard in a class that…

Always soup for you

Post published:January 17, 2013
Post category:Columnists / In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

By Harriet P. Gross I’m writing this on a TJP loaner laptop from my bed at The Legacy at Preston Hollow-Dallas Home for the Jewish Aged. Left leg elevated on…

Talking baseball

Post published:January 17, 2013
Post category:Featured

Rangers GM previews 2013 season.

Yahrzeit, bris show cycle of life

Post published:January 10, 2013
Post category:Ask the Rabbi / Columnists

By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried It’s not often that I make use of this column to express personal feelings, but today I feel I must share with you some very…

Javert wouldn’t understand Rashi

Post published:January 10, 2013
Post category:Columnists / Shalom From the Shabbat Lady

By Laura Seymour Often I am asked where I get my ideas, and it is no secret that I am a confirmed bibliophile. However, I also love the movies and…