Worth Quoting: Rabbi Riskin on American Aliyah

"You Shall posses the Land and you shall settle in it, for I have given the Land for you to possess."-Numbers 33:53
"The Bible tells us that we're supposed to live in Israel, Birkat Hamazon tells us we're supposed to live in Israel, the Amidah tells us we're supposed to live in Israel...We aren't paying attention to the Amidah, we're not paying attention to Birkat Hamazon. You know it's a pity that living in Israel isn't a chumrah like a black hat, then everyone in Boro Park would be rushing to live in Israel! It's ONLY a Mitzvah!-Rabbi Shlomo Riskin on TNL episode #2

Worth Quoting: Dave Barry on the Economic Stimulus Payment

"This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format:

"Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
"A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

"Q. Where will the government get this money?
"A. From taxpayers.

"Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
"A. Only a smidgen.

"Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
"A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.

"Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China?
"A. Shut up."

"If you consider yourself a Torah believing Jew, then you should AT LEAST be YEARNING to come to Israel. Maybe you feel you can't because of your fear, or your family obligations for elderly parents or lack of custody for your kids, but a Jew should at LEAST be YEARNING to make aliyah and move to Israel. You should at least be saying, "I'd LOVE to come to Israel, but alas, I cannot, I have to care for my sick, elderly mother who can't be moved". ...And if you are not yearning for Israel, if you are not dreaming of the day when you can come home, and instead are very happy in the cage you live in, there is something FUNDAMENTALLY wrong with your Judaism."
- Tamar Yonah (Israel National Radio)

"A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."
-Martin Luther King Jr.

What are YOU willing to die for?

Important words

"You can only make peace with joy."
"You can not make peace with anger."

-Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach