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Date Posted: 23:28:15 07/04/12 Wed
Author: d
Subject: fb137



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Quick Jewish Quote for 2012 July 3
Tue Jul 3, 2012 6:16 pm (PDT) . Posted by: "DerechEmet-owner@yahoogroups.com"
TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. quick quote about Torah (two quotes this week)
2. quick quote about nutrition and/or health
3. Wonders of the Creator (Niflaot HaBorei)
4. moderator announcement about LINKS and FILES
5. Conservative Judaism is vanishing rapidly
6. two inspirational quotes from Jonathan Kent

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Chovot HaLevavot, Shaar Avodat HaElokim, chapter 3:

Whoever G_d distinguishes with some goodness that
other people did not receive, is required to accept
upon himself to perform some service [to G_d] that
other people do not perform [to thank G_d for
doing him a special favor].

He should thank G_d according to his ability for
the special goodness he received; and this will
cause it [the special goodness] to continue and increase...

CHRONOLOGY: Chovot HaLevavot was written around year 1040
of the Common Era by Rabbi Bachya ben Yosef ibn Pakuda,
who lived in Saragossa, Spain.

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Chovot HaLevavot, Shaar Avodat HaElokim, chapter 4:

Concerning talk and sleep, reducing them is praiseworthy.

CHRONOLOGY: Chovot HaLevavot was written around year 1040
of the Common Era by Rabbi Bachya ben Yosef ibn Pakuda,
who lived in Saragossa, Spain.

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Soybeans contain genistein, which blocks cancer cells from growing.

SOURCE: Power Aging (page 132) by Gayle Olinekova

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New Zealand has no native land mammals.

EXPLANATION:
New Zealand is an island nation 103,483 square miles in size.

SOURCE: Seabirds off the Beaten Path by Cliff Beittel,
found in: Living Bird Magazine, Spring 2012, page 21

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The LINKS section of the Derech Emet web site
now has a section for Pidyon Shevuyim
(helping free unjustly imprisoned Jews).

The FILES section of the Derech Emet web site contains
dozens of Torah Tavlin newsletters; they will soon
be deleted to make room for new Torah files.

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[Jack] Ukeles [President of Ukeles Associates] pointed
out that the Conservative [Judaism] movement has lost
almost half its membership in the last 30 years.

SOURCE: The Jewish Week, 2012/6/20, page 13, article:
NY Sees Dramatic Shift in Population by Debra Nussbaum Cohen

MODERATOR COMMENT:
There is a large Conservative synagogue near where I live.
It seems that around 99% of people who attend their Shabbat
morning services are over age 55 and many are in their 70s.
So it seems that the Conservative Judaism movement should
expect more large losses in its membership.

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We are all confronted with trials, son.
But the true measure of a man is how
he chooses to react in the face of those trials.

SOURCE: Jonathan Kent to Clark in Smallville,
Season 10, Episode 1 (Lazarus).

Do what you do best; prove him wrong.

SOURCE: Jonathan Kent to Clark in Smallville,
Season 10, Episode 1 (Lazarus).

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