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• How did we ever survive thousands of years without...
  
  
  

  One of the biggest challenges in a kosher kitchen is preparing bug-free leafy green lettuce and fresh herbs to serve as part of healthy, delicious meals. Depending on where you live, grains and rice can present the same challenge.

  Wouldn't you prefer serving a wide assortment of healthy fresh fruits, leafy green vegetables and grains? More vitamin-enriched fresh foods?

  Are you tired of serving chopped up tomatoes and cucumbers every night?

  Looking for a way to check veggies quickly and thoroughly adhering to the highest kosher standards as recommended by the Orthodox Union?

  Would you like to avoid eye and neck strain when examining lettuce, herbs and grains?

  Want to put an end to wet sleeves and sore arms that come from using a fluorescent light or sunlight to check your produce?

  Do you want to save money?

  NOW YOU CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS WITH THE

  

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  Simply place each leaf (after soaking and rinsing) flat on Bug Checker™ and you will instantly see any bugs that may be there. The bright light shines through the leaf, but not through the bug.

  AVOID EYE STRAIN

  The LED light technology of the Bug Checker™ illuminates the leaf evenly from beneath. It eases eye strain because you don't have to look upward while trying to use an overhead light.

  SAVE MONEY

  You won't be restricted to imported bagged produce. Buying local and seasonal greens will help you save money and enabling you to serve them more often.

  HEALTHIER FOOD AND MORE VARIETY

  You don't have to avoid the fresh vegetable section of your supermarket any longer.

  Now you can have really great salads, prepare more interesting dishes and up your vitamin intake. Think of the health benefits of eating dark leafy greens rich in antioxidants. What a gift to yourself and your family!

  The Bug Checker™ is easy to store and easy to use. The LED lights are sealed in a water resistant 'pearl white' style frame.

  It can be operated using the rechargeable batteries or electricity and even recharges while it's plugged in.

  'The OU Guide to Preparing Fruits and Vegetables' says that,

  "A light box is indispensable for bug checking."

  Anyone involved in food preparation in a private kosher kitchen will love to have a Bug Checker™.

  So reserve your very own Bug Checker™ Portable Lightboard™ today.

  
  
  

  Why not reserve a second one for Pesach while you're at it? You'll be able to check mounds of maror quickly.

  It makes a great gift!

  Every Kallah will love it!

  Why not send Bug Checkers™ to friends and family?

  The low price of $44.95 includes shipping and handling anywhere in the continental USA . (not yet available outside the USA )

  
  

  I actually think this would be handy in the kitchen and would make it easier to look for bugs. But maybe I'm just in a weird mood today because the presentation just struck me as funny. Those late night infomercials have nothing over on us!!!
  

  
  

  
  Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:27:00 +0000
  
  
• Tsmicha.com: The Case for Religious Zionism
  Tsmicha.com: The Case for Religious Zionism
  
  I found this article very good and wanted to share it here and link it. Its pretty long, but it lays a good foundation regarding the relationship between being religious and being a strong zionist. I have been confronted by family and even sometimes friends regarding my zionist views and this article gives good explanations laid out quite clearly
  
  

  It happens all the time. People born and raised Secular or Traditional Zionists start becoming more and more religious. They are then confronted with one serious question: Now that they are a new person, should they Zionists or not? Basically, is Zionism Kosher?
  
  What makes this question even more excruciating for them is that most of the time, their tshuva was initiated by a non-zionist rabbi who hid his opposition to Zionism until the person was “ready” to hear it, in a serious case of hypocrisy in the name of religion. Before showing his true colours, the rabbi would speak about how amazing the land of Israel is. Only after would he say that land and state mean two different things to him. Only after will he say that in his opinion, you can love the land of Israel without being Zionism.
  
  Today, I am embarking on a very tough mission. It is especially tough because theoretically, I am in no position to embark in it. I am nothing more then an am haaretz. But the Pirkei Avot say clearly: In a place where there are no Men, strive to be a man. In North America, there are very few Men who are ready to take the time to explain the awesomeness of the greatest miracle in history, and defend it against its detractors. Only few men are willing to fight the tumah of the people who call God’s Miracle’s Satan’s actions. There is a serious need for a well written, thorough defense of religious Zionism so that newly religious people, who often go with their heart and are not always aware of all the aspects of a certain question because they are only fed one point of view, get the full picture and understand how irrational and un-Jewish it is to oppose Zionism. I will do my best to make the Case for Religious Zionism while recognizing that I am not up to the challenge of describing the greatest miracle in history. If it took God to speak of yetsiat mitzrayim in the Torah, no man will be able to really capture our generation’s yetsiat mitsrayim. I will still do my best. The truth is that even any Am Haaretz can understand the awesomeness of Zionism when presented with all the facts.

  Please, go on over and read the rest of the article, or print it out to read when you've got a few spare minutes. There are some really good points and quotes over there.
  
  
  AM YISRAEL CHAI!
  
  
  Thu, 31 May 2007 06:43:00 +0000
  
  
• So...is aliyah possible?
  
  
  OK....so after my gung-ho announcement about making aliyah the other day, I'm finding that it will be close to impossible to achieve.
  
  I spoke with Nefesh b'Nefesh who basically let me know that it would not be a wise choice for use to make aliyah right now. They said we need to take into consideration the fact that our children are older (between 8 and 13) and the adjustment would be very difficult, taking into account the language and cultural barriers. They especially brought up the fact that we don't have a large savings account or professional (high paying) jobs.
  
  So, I figured I'd try my luck going strictly through the Jewish Agency. Here's the thing...we have not made a "pilot trip" so they won't even talk to us about making aliyah until we do that. Unfortunately, we don't have the money it would take for us to pay for even 2 round trip tickets, plus hotel and food and transportation there for two weeks. If we had it, we'd go in a heartbeat.
  
  While I can understand the theory that it is best to make the pilot trip before making aliyah, I must admit that this all came as a shock to me. For some reason, I was under the assumption that Israel was the homeland for all of us, for all of the Jewish people. The past couple of days, unfortunately, I came to find out that it is mainly the homeland for those Jews who happen to have money. So, because we don't, we are basically pushed out of the dream of living in Eretz Israel, the land that Hashem gave to us as an inheritance.
  
  I feel like I've just been punched in the stomach and then kicked while falling down.
  
  I'm not giving up though. I'm just very hurt and I'm open to suggestions as to how to proceed from here, who to contact, etc.
  Wed, 30 May 2007 05:20:00 +0000
  
  
• The Orthodoxy Test
  I'm sure this has already made its way around the 'net, but I just saw it for the first time today. Here are my results:
  
  Left Wing Modern Orthodox: 7%
  Right Wing Modern Orthodox: 45%
  Left Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 64%
  Right Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 84%
  
  This means you're: Right Wing Yeshivish
  
  
  
  Try it out....click on the image to get to the quiz.
  Tue, 29 May 2007 21:37:00 +0000
  
  
• Sderot Man Killed in Morning Kassam Attack
  An addendum to my post earlier this morning. I just read this on Arutz Sheva.
  

  Four Kassam rockets were fired at the Western Negev city of Sderot Sunday morning, leaving one man dead. A rocket crashed into his car, and he suffered sharp gashes in his neck. The Israeli civilian crashed into a wall, was rushed to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, and died within an hour of his wounds.

  
  

  
  
  

  
  Sun, 27 May 2007 11:07:00 +0000
  
  
• Sderot
  When the government of Israel embarked on a policy of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, we were told that peace would ensue. We were told that the Arabs would build a productive society. We watched in horror as Jews in the land of Israel were forcibly wrenched from their homes and synagogues. We all knew that the notion of peace was ridiculous. Yet very little was said in the media about what happened in the aftermath.
  
  Please watch this video and spread the word. Each and every one of us needs to speak up. We need to tell the story of what is really going on. If we remain quiet, we should be ashamed.
  
  
  Sun, 27 May 2007 09:28:00 +0000
  
  
• We're makin' ALIYAH!!!!
  
  
  OK...I've decided to completely start my blog all over again, from scratch. And what better way to begin again than to proudly proclaim that I am going to make aliyah along with my family. I've been a fool to let fear and uncertainty affect to the point that I am just now going to act. I've know for so long that this is the right thing to do. And you know what it took to give me that final push? A letter to Yishai Fleisher of Israel National Radio. I don't know why it occurred to me to write to him of all people. I already knew what I had to do. But basically, I'm glad I did because his response via email and online just gave that final little push that I needed.
  
  
  I am applying for our passports next week and as soon as I get them, we are going to apply with Nefesh b'Nefesh so that the process will be underway. By this time 2008, I expect for us to be olim chadashim, living and working in the land that is our inheritance from Hashem.
  
  
  As for my views regarding aliyah, here is a snippet from the letter I sent to Yishai:
  
  

  I want to make aliyah. I know that my place is in Israel. In fact, I think the place of every Jew is in Israel, unless you are a shaliach helping others to make aliyah. We as Jews have no right to forsake what Hashem has given us and I worry that by staying in the diaspora, it is akin to spitting on His blessing. And I wonder how long Hashem will put up with it before He decides to wash His hands of us for a time.

  So now I say to you what I've had to answer for myself:
  
  

  Israel is waiting for you ... What are you waiting for?
  
  
  
  
  Sat, 26 May 2007 00:18:00 +0000
  
  

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