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		<title>Haredim: Strangers in a Strange Land</title>
		<link>http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/haredim-strangers-in-a-strange-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Extremism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haredim, extremists, radicalism; these have become the predominant issues and mainstay of conversation throughout Israel and the Jewish world over the past few weeks. There comes a point when one begins to question the point and its purpose in search &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/haredim-strangers-in-a-strange-land/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=100&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Zionism or Radical Extremism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of the lectures I offer regarding Radical Islam and its pervasive influence on the world around us, I demonstrate the differences between it and Judaism. Radical Islamic faith believes that it is necessary for all to adopt the &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/religious-zionism-or-radical-extremism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=98&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integration and Preservation: never apologize for being a Jew</title>
		<link>http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/integration-and-preservation-never-apologize-for-being-a-jew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avraham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week much ado was made justifiably regarding the comments which Presidents Sarkozy and Obama made respectfully about Prime Minister Netanyahu (Sarkozy referring to Netanyahu as a liar and Obama’s commenting about how fed up he was having to deal &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/integration-and-preservation-never-apologize-for-being-a-jew/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=96&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gilad Schalit and the Haredim of Bet Shemesh</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months when I mention to someone that I am from Bet Shemesh, I have consistently received the same reaction, “Isn’t that the city where a group of extremist Haredim are aggressively disturbing the peace and causing &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/gilad-schalit-and-the-haredim-of-bet-shemesh/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=94&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The High Holidays: Unity is Purity</title>
		<link>http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/the-high-holidays-unity-is-purity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gemara Yevamot records an argument which took place in the Beit Midrash between Rabbi Eliezar and Rabbi Yosie; so fierce was this Halachic disputation that the two Rabbis tore a Sefer Torah, “in their state of anger”. The Gemara &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/the-high-holidays-unity-is-purity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=92&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School Part Two</title>
		<link>http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/back-to-school-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago I wrote an article for this paper entitled “Back to School: Back to Basics”. The article addressed the fact that Israeli schools and Israeli education across the board emphasize the accumulation of data and information as opposed &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/back-to-school-part-two/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=90&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Training Major General Avi Zamir</title>
		<link>http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/training-major-general-avi-zamir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently a report was circulated by the outgoing head of the personnel directorate in the IDF, Major General Avi Zamir, who stepped down a few short weeks ago. In the report Zamir criticized the current division of authority between the &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/training-major-general-avi-zamir/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=88&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Teens and the Rabbinate</title>
		<link>http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/our-teens-and-the-rabbinate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently my daughters who are in their upper teens went on a short excursion with a group of friends. Part of the trail passed by a monastery, and upon their return, they expressed their disappointment in some of their peers &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/our-teens-and-the-rabbinate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=86&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shavuot: A Nation&#8217;s Pride and Homeland</title>
		<link>http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/shavuot-a-nations-pride-and-homeland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I was speaking to a group of soldiers in the Navy about Yerushalayim and I could not help but begin my comments by praising Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. I explained how I believe that he has &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/shavuot-a-nations-pride-and-homeland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=84&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yom Yerushalayim: Embracing Jerusalem</title>
		<link>http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/yom-yerushalayim-embracing-jerusalem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently only a few short days ago I returned to Eretz Yisrael from a long trip abroad. Each time I do so I am reminded of how fortunate I am to reside in the Jewish homeland. With this in mind &#8230; <a href="http://rabbihammer.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/yom-yerushalayim-embracing-jerusalem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rabbihammer.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14212917&amp;post=82&amp;subd=rabbihammer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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