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Vayechi(Genesis 47:28-50:26)

Land for Cash

Rabbi Shraga Simmons shares an inspiring insight from the weekly Torah portion.

Your life can change in just one minute!

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Published: January 7, 2004

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Visitor Comments: 1

(1) Anonymous, December 20, 2007 1:47 PM

What value do I place on Judaism?

To be a Jew is so valuable, that it
is worth to give everything you have, away with a light heart. Its more valuable than your own life.
I think, only somebody who has been a Non Jew once, has really experienced this and knows its true.
You think about it right in the morning, when you pray: "Baruch ata Adoshem... asher b a c h a r banu mi kol ha amim" The Creator loves us Jews in a very special way. Isn't that worth everything you own?
I understand our Father Jacob, when he gave his whole money for being buried in Israel. Near Hashem.
Thanks for the Audio minute!!!

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Rabbi Shraga Simmons

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Rabbi Shraga Simmons spent his childhood trekking through snow in Buffalo, New York. He holds a degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, and rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. He is the senior editor of Aish.com and the director of JewishPathways.com.

An expert on media bias, he was the founding editor of HonestReporting.com, and is the author of David & Goliath: The Explosive Inside Story of Media Bias in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2012). With drama and a biting edge, David & Goliath is a definitive treatment, fully resourced with over 2,000 footnotes. Readers are privy to secret negotiations with CNN executives, and how a grassroots campaign was cited by the New York Times as effecting sweeping changes in Mideast media coverage.

David & Goliath has been praised by politicians, professors and journalists: Former New York Mayor Ed Koch hails it as "Invaluable for anyone wanting the inside story," and James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal calls David & Goliath "of crucial importance for the future of the Middle East."

Rabbi Simmons lives with his wife and children in the Modi'in region of Israel.

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