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 Hi again!
-This ''shabbat'' is also [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/holiday7.htm ''chanukkah''], the celebration of the victory of a small group of Jews who remained true to Torah, over the much larger group of Hellenized Jews and the Greeks themselves.  It also happens to be Sarah's birthday; but since it falls on ''shabbat'', her real celebration will be Saturday night.  Last week I told you how old my sister is.  But as for Sarah: one fifteenth her aunt's age is the difference between her and her sister's age.  In thirty-four years, her sister will be as old as her aunt is now.
+This ''shabbat'' is also [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/holiday7.htm ''chanukkah''], the celebration of the victory of a small group of Jews who remained true to Torah, over the much larger group of Hellenized Jews and the Greeks themselves.  It also happens to be Sarah's birthday; but since it falls on ''shabbat'', her real celebration will be Saturday night.  Last week I told you how old my sister is.  But as for Sarah: one fifteenth her aunt's age is the difference between her and her sister's age.  In thirty-four years, her sister will be as old as her aunt is now.  Now she's lording it over her sister that she will be "legal" before her.
 Esther has mostly recovered from her bout with whatever it was; I've been fighting it on and off.  Daniela is definitely coming home for ''pesach'', which makes us very (!) happy.

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 Hi again!
-This ''shabbat'' is also [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/holiday7.htm ''chanukkah''], the celebration of the victory a small group of Jews who remained true to Torah, over the much larger number of Hellenized Jews and the Greeks themselves.  It also happens to be Sarah's birthday; but since it falls on ''shabbat'', her real celebration will be Saturday night.  Last week I told you how old my sister is -- Sarah is turning… one fifteenth her aunt's age is the difference between her and her sister's age.  In thirty-four years, her sister will be as old as her aunt is now.
+This ''shabbat'' is also [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/holiday7.htm ''chanukkah''], the celebration of the victory of a small group of Jews who remained true to Torah, over the much larger group of Hellenized Jews and the Greeks themselves.  It also happens to be Sarah's birthday; but since it falls on ''shabbat'', her real celebration will be Saturday night.  Last week I told you how old my sister is.  But as for Sarah: one fifteenth her aunt's age is the difference between her and her sister's age.  In thirty-four years, her sister will be as old as her aunt is now.
-Esther is mostly recovered from her bout with whatever it was; I've been fighting it on and off.  Daniela is definitely coming home for ''pesach'', which makes us very (!) happy.
+Esther has mostly recovered from her bout with whatever it was; I've been fighting it on and off.  Daniela is definitely coming home for ''pesach'', which makes us very (!) happy.
 Important news:
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 * Anti-semitic [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260447411794&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull British legal decision].  I'd suggest we retaliate and boycott British products, but… who buys any to begin with?
-This week I came across a [http://www.seforimonline.org/seforimdb/pdf/211.pdf very interesting book] (originally published in the 1930s), which shows a number of relationships between Biblical Hebrew and ancient Egyptian.  It makes a strong case for Joseph's story (yes, from this week's Torah portion) being true based on the strong correlation between the descriptions of Egyptian court life in the Torah and those from various archaeological sources.  Essentially, his thesis is that only someone who knew the royal Egyptian court intimately could have written the stories in the Torah ''and gotten the details correct''.
+This week I came across a [http://www.seforimonline.org/seforimdb/pdf/211.pdf very interesting book] (originally published in the 1930s), which shows a number of connections between Biblical Hebrew and ancient Egyptian.  It makes an excellent case for Joseph's story (yes, from this week's Torah portion) being true based on the strong correlation between the descriptions of Egyptian court life in the Torah and those from various archaeological sources.  Essentially, his thesis is that only someone who knew the royal Egyptian court intimately could have written the stories in the Torah ''and gotten the details correct''.
-That is fascinating to me, because our tradition says that there are many layers of meaning embedded in the Torah, and that not all that meaning is readily apparent to readers in each generation.  This is a case in point: the generation which left Egypt may have been familiar with the details of court life in Egypt, but surely the generations after would have ''no'' idea of the literal accuracy of the text!  So we see later commentators coming up with interesting but often forced reconciliations of various statements... and only now, thousands of years later, can we view the text and understand that the odd phraseology and descriptions are meant as a subtle hint that the Author knew what was going on in Egypt!  As I was thinking all that, I read some other article about [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=3&cid=1259831450363&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull coincidences in Torah]. Very interesting stuff.
+That is fascinating to me, because our tradition says that there are many layers of meaning embedded in the Torah, and that not all that meaning is readily apparent to readers in each generation.  This is a case in point: the generation which left Egypt may have been familiar with the details of court life in Egypt, but surely later generations would have ''no'' idea of the literal accuracy of the text!  So we find later Biblical commentators coming up with interesting but often forced reconciliations of various statements… and only now, thousands of years later, can we view the text and understand that the odd phraseology and descriptions are meant as a subtle hint that the Author knew what was going on in Egypt!  As I was thinking all that, I read another article about [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=3&cid=1259831450363&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull coincidences in Torah]. Very interesting stuff.

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 Esther is mostly recovered from her bout with whatever it was; I've been fighting it on and off.  Daniela is definitely coming home for ''pesach'', which makes us very (!) happy.
 Important news:
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 * Our Quisling leaders [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134891 arrest a bride for moving her lips]
 * Anti-semitic [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260447411794&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull British legal decision].  I'd suggest we retaliate and boycott British products, but… who buys any to begin with?
 Until next week,<br>

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 Hi again!
-This ''shabbat'' is also [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/holiday7.htm ''chanukkah''], the celebration of the victory a small group of Jews who remained true to Torah, over the much larger number of Hellenized Jews and the Greeks themselves.  It also happens to be Sarah's birthday; but since it falls on ''shabbat'', her real celebration will be Saturday night.  Last week I told you how old my sister is -- Sarah is turning… exactly six-fifteenths her aunt's age.
+This ''shabbat'' is also [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/holiday7.htm ''chanukkah''], the celebration of the victory a small group of Jews who remained true to Torah, over the much larger number of Hellenized Jews and the Greeks themselves.  It also happens to be Sarah's birthday; but since it falls on ''shabbat'', her real celebration will be Saturday night.  Last week I told you how old my sister is -- Sarah is turning… one fifteenth her aunt's age is the difference between her and her sister's age.  In thirty-four years, her sister will be as old as her aunt is now.
-I came across a very interesting book (in PDF format -- the original was published in the 1930s) this week, which shows a number of relationships between Hebrew and ancient Egyptian.  It makes a strong case for Joseph's story (yes, from this week's Torah portion) being true based on the strong correlation between the descriptions of Egyptian court life in the Torah and those from various archaeological sources.  Essentially, his thesis is that only someone who knew the royal Egyptian court intimately could have written the stories in the Torah ''and gotten the details correct''.
+Esther is mostly recovered from her bout with whatever it was; I've been fighting it on and off.  Daniela is definitely coming home for ''pesach'', which makes us very (!) happy.
 That is interesting to me, because our tradition holds that there are layers of meaning embedded in the Torah, and that not all that meaning is apparent to readers in each generation.  This is a case in point: the generation which left Egypt may have been familiar with the details of court life in Egypt, but surely the generations after would have ''no'' idea of the literal accuracy of the text!  So we see later commentators coming up with interesting, often forced reconciliations of various statements... and only now, thousands of years later, can we view the text and understand that the odd phraseology and descriptions are meant as a subtle hint that the Author knew what was going on in Egypt!  As I was thinking all that, I read some other article about [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=3&cid=1259831450363&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull coincidences in Torah]. Interesting stuff.
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 * In case you were worried that ''sufganiyot'' are too healthy, now you can get [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3812668,00.html vodka-filled sufganiyot]
 * Israel was rated ''most expensive'' on the [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=a.K4T4ypP9ko IKEA Billy Index].  But not to worry, we're cheapest on the [http://www.jerusalem.com/discover/item_422/Melech-Hafalafel Melech Hafalafel Index]
-* Those [http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/eu-mulls-proposal-on-231637.html fun-loving Swedes] are at it again!  What ''will'' they think of next?
+* A man was arrested for [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091208/od_afp/nzealandgermanyanimalsoffbeat_20091208021922 smuggling lizards in his pants].  He could have come here, I'd have given him some for free.
 Not nice news:
+* Those arbiters of peace, the [http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/eu-mulls-proposal-on-231637.html fun-loving Swedes] are at it again!  What ''will'' they think of next?  Perhaps we should partition Stockholm -- but who would want it?
-Shameful lack of spine:
+* Our Quisling leaders [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134891 arrest a bride for moving her lips]
-* [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134891 bride arrested for moving her lips]
+* Anti-semitic [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260447411794&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull British legal decision].  I'd suggest we retaliate and boycott British products, but… who buys any to begin with?
 Until next week,<br>

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 * [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3812668,00.html vodka-filled sufganiyot]
 * Israel most expensive on the [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=a.K4T4ypP9ko IKEA Billy Index]
 Until next week,<br>

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 * Egyptians in Torah, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=3&cid=1259831450363&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull coincidences in Torah]
 * Those [http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/eu-mulls-proposal-on-231637.html fun-loving Swedes] are at it again.
 Until next week,<br>

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		+	* Those [http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/eu-mulls-proposal-on-231637.html fun-loving Swedes] are at it again.

	Until next week,<br>		Until next week,<br>