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Date: Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 8:57 PM
Subject: Rally in California; Stress Less This Summer; Who Do You Manage?
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When Tisha b'Av Falls Out on a Thursday PARSHAT VAETCHANAN July 28-29, 2023 / 11 Av 5783   HAFTARAH Isaiah 40:1-26   THIS SHABBAT Shabbat Nachamu   SPECIAL DAY Tu b'Av is celebrated on Wednesday, August 2.  FEATURED Rallying for Equal Education for Jewish Students With Disabilities Teach CA Last Friday, over 150 Jewish parents and children gathered together in Los Angeles to rally for equal opportunity for Jewish children with disabilities. Watch on YouTube  AROUND THE OU Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph Who Do You Manage? "I used to teach a course on management at several schools within Yeshiva University. I began the first class with the following question: 'Who do you manage?'" Read More in the Jewish Link Rabbi Moshe Hauer Thank You, President Herzog, for Reminding Us: We Are Family He reminded us – Jews of Left, Right, and Center, Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform, Knesset members, soldiers, and journalists, legislators and protesters: We are family. Read More in the Jerusalem Post Women's Initiative Women's Initiative Program Creates Critical Peer Network for Community First Responders As those who regularly interact with community members, these 45 women largely serve as "first responders" when it comes to identifying and dealing with personal, marital and familial crises. Read More All Daf 700 Users of Orthodox Union's All Daf Celebrate Unprecedented Siyum of Talmud Yerushalmi Maseches Demai In a North-American, perhaps global first, 700 talmidim worldwide recently completed Talmud Yerushalmi's maseches Demai, thanks to a unique partnership between the OU's Torah Initiatives and ArtScroll. Read More NCSY 50 Teens from US and Canada Complete NCSY Hatzalah Rescue Program To test their skills and preparedness, the newly-minted EMRs engaged in an intensive drill held in Park Mexico within the Ben Shemen Forest near Modi'in. Read More WOMEN'S INITIATIVE What Are We Doing to Take Care of Our Neshamot? Discover more about the Women's Initiative as Alex Fleksher and Rivki Silver interview Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman on DMC, Deep Meaningful Conversations. Listen Now Jewish Action Stress Less This Summer Summer is supposed to be a time to refresh, to rejuvenate from busy lives and hectic schedules. So why can't some of us relax? Read More OU Torah Initiatives Tisha b'Av 5783 In case you missed any of our Tisha b'Av programming, you can still watch on-demand. Watch Here  TORAH Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz The Miracle Worker Rabbi Chanina Ben Dosa–What was the secret to his special abilities? Watch Now Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman From Stars to Soldiers: Acknowledging Hashem's Command This week, we continue the series of ten haftorot that are connected to the time of year rather than a haftorah thematically related to the weekly parsha. Read More Rabbi Moshe Hauer Becoming a Great Nation The first promise given to Avraham was that he would be made into a goy gadol, "a great nation," but it is only in this week's parsha that we can see what that greatness implies. Read More Rabbi Shmuel Goldin Why Not? Sometimes the answers God provides to our prayers are painted in shades of gray, rather than in black or white. Read More Rabbi Menachem Genack Mourning and Comfort Consolation is not merely an act of chesed toward the mourner, but an integral part of the mourning itself. Read in Hebrew Rabbi Jack Abramowitz Questions on Sefer Devarim What was the purpose of the blessings and curses? When was the Tochacha? And why do we still read this book? More real-life questions and answers! Read More Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks ztz"l The Power of Why There is much in Judaism about what. There is also much about how. In parshat Va'etchanan, Moses shares some of the most inspiring words ever uttered about why. Read More Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb A Sabbath of Consolation "I was very fortunate as a young boy, and in one particular way I knew it. Very few of my friends had living grandparents." Read More Mrs. Leah Feinberg How Past Events Inform the Future Moshe Rabbeinu reminds us of past events to inform the future, and encourages us to build and maintain an intellectual and emotional connection to Hashem. Listen Now Rabbi Yitzy Fox Whom Are We Prohibited to Compliment? Have fun and learn the parsha like never before with these challenging parsha trivia questions! Read Trivia Questions Rabbi Shalom Rosner The Importance of the Marital Relationship