http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org Jewish iPhone apps | Jewish applications for iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry | Siddur Talmud for iPhone | Kosher iPhone | Hebrew apps | Apps made in Israel | Israeli startups | Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:02:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/news/torah-study-with-an-ipad http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/news/torah-study-with-an-ipad#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:38:40 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=17194 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/news/torah-study-with-an-ipad/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-beshalach http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-beshalach#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:49:03 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=17118 וַתַּעַל  שִׁכְבַת  הַטָּל  וְהִנֵּה  עַל  פְּנֵי  הַמִּדְבָּר  דַּק  מְחֻסְפָּס  דַּק  כַּכְּפֹר  עַל הָאָרֶץ The  layer  of  dew  lifted,  and  behold,  on  the  surface of  the  desert, a  fine,  substance  as  fine  as  frost  on  the  ground  —  Exodus 16:14 If  you  had  to  pick  one  item  to  symbolize  Shabbat,  the  day  of  rest,  which  item  would you [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-beshalach/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-bo-2 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-bo-2#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:33:17 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=17105 אַךְ בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ שְּׂאֹר מִבָּתֵּיכֶם … but on the preceding day you shall clear away all leaven from your houses — Ex. 12:15 וְהָיָה לְאוֹת עַל יָדְכָה וּלְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ כִּי בְּחֹזֶק יָד הוֹצִיאָנוּ ה’ מִמִּצְרָיִם And it shall be for a sign upon your hand and for ornaments between your eyes, for with a [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-bo-2/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-shemot http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-shemot#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:36:13 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=17028 וַיְמָרְרוּ  אֶת  חַיֵּיהֶם  בַּעֲבֹדָה  קָשָׁה  בְּחֹמֶר  וּבִלְבֵנִים  וּבְכָל  עֲבֹדָה  בַּשָּׂדֶה And  they  embittered  their  lives  with  hard  labor,  with  clay  and  with  bricks and  with  all  kinds  of  labor  in  the  fields  —  Exodus 1:14 Moses, Museums and Menorahs. I must make a confession.  As we read the Torah portion every week, year after year, it [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-shemot/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayechi http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayechi#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:32:42 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=17017 One fine summer day Family Goldstein visit the zoo and are taken to the wolves’ enclosure. There they witness an incredible sight; the fulfilment of Isaiah’s prophecy – a wolf and a lamb side by side in the enclosure together! Mr Goldstein calls over one of the staff: “How long have you had a wolf [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayechi/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayeshev http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayeshev#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:35:42 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=16713 In this house … he has not withheld anything from me except you, insofar as you are his wife. Now how can I commit this great evil, and sin against G-d?” – (Joseph in Gen 39:9)  One of the great rabbis once complained to G-d about the difficult struggle Man must constantly undergo on this [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayeshev/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayishlach http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayishlach#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:39:45 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=16653 וַיְהִי בְהַקְשֹׁתָהּ בְּלִדְתָּהּ …  וַיְהִי בְּצֵאת נַפְשָׁהּ כִּי מֵתָה …  וַתָּמָת רָחֵל וַתִּקָּבֵר בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָתָה הִוא בֵּית לָחֶם It came to pass when she had such difficulty giving birth … her soul departed … and she was buried on the road to Ephrat, which is Beit Lechem.  And Jacob built a monument on her grave, [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayishlach/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayeitzei http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayeitzei#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:19:12 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=16450 וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם וַיָּלֶן שָׁם כִּי בָא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ And he arrived at the place and lodged there because the sun had set עוֹדֶנּוּ מְדַבֵּר עִמָּם וְרָחֵל בָּאָה עִם הַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיהָ כִּי רֹעָה הִוא While he was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with the sheep — Genesis 28:11, 29:9 Coincidence. Time and again as we read the stories of the Patriarchs [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayeitzei/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-toldot http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-toldot#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:10:43 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=16343 וַיִּגְדְּלוּ הַנְּעָרִים וַיְהִי עֵשָׂו אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ צַיִד אִישׁ שָׂדֶה וְיַעֲקֹב אִישׁ תָּם יֹשֵׁב אֹהָלִים And the youths grew up, and Esau was a man who knew how to hunt, a man of the field … whereas Jacob was a simple man, dwelling in tents. — Genesis 25:27 Who knew how to hunt: [He knew how] to trap and [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-toldot/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-chayei-sara http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-chayei-sara#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:08:34 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=16259 This week’s parsha discusses the very first Jewish marriage – that of  Yitzchak and Rivka (Isaac & Rebecca). In fact one of the blessings we give a bride until today – Achotenu, at hayi le’alfei revava – is a quote from today’s parsha. We read in the parsha how Sarah passes away and Avraham begins to search [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-chayei-sara/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayera http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayera#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:04:11 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=16125 This week’s Torah reading contains one of the most powerful, poignant and emotive moments in the entire Torah. וַיאמֶר קַח נָא אֶת בִּנְךָ אֶת יְחִידְךָ אֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתָּ אֶת יִצְחָק וְלֶךְ לְךָ אֶל אֶרֶץ הַמּרִיָּה וְהַעֲלֵהוּ שָׁם לְעלָה … And He said, “Please take your son, your only one, whom you love – Isaac, and go [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-vayera/feed 0 http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-lech-lecha http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-lech-lecha#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:39:23 +0000 robertpass http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/?p=16083 “We are the 99%” – Slogan of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Forget the politicians, the corporate hierarchies and the lobbyists – the buzz word now is “grassroots,” as ordinary people, law-abiding citizens make a stand against those who run the world as we know it. Born in the Financial District of New York this [...]]]> http://www.jewishiphonecommunity.org/torahtogo/parshat-lech-lecha/feed 0