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And here's a very good example of the insane dating scene in NYC. On Friday afternoon I perused through some profiles and staring at me was this profile. Notice how he lists himself as 39. If this guy is 39 I'm the Pope!
Explaination of Rosh Hashanah from Chabad.org. Rosh Hashana begins at sundown on Friday September 18 and ends at nightfall on Sunday September 20.
The festival of Rosh Hashanah --the name means "Head of the Year" --is observed for two days beginning on Tishrei 1, the first day of the Jewish year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, and their first actions toward the realization of mankind's role in G-d's world.
Rosh Hashanah thus emphasizes the special relationship between G-d and humanity: our dependence upon G-d as our creator and sustainer, and G-d's dependence upon us as the ones who make His presence known and felt in His world. Each year on Rosh Hashanah, "all inhabitants of the world pass before G-d like a flock of sheep," and it is decreed in the heavenly court, "who shall live, and who shall die... who shall be impoverished, and who shall be enriched; who shall fall and who shall rise." But this is also the day we proclaim G-d King of the Universe. The Kabbalists teach that the continued existence of the universe is dependant upon the renewal of the divine desire for a world when we accept G-d's kingship each year on Rosh Hashanah.
The central observance of Rosh Hashanah is the sounding of the shofar, the ram's horn, which represents the trumpet blast of a people's coronation of their king. The cry of the shofar is also a call to repentance; for Rosh Hashanah is also the anniversary of man's first sin and his repentance thereof, and serves as the first of the "Ten Days of Repentance" which culminate in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Another significance of the shofar is to recall the Binding of Isaac which also occurred on Rosh Hashanah, in which a ram took Isaac's place as an offering to G-d; we evoke Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son and plead that the merit of his deed should stand by us as we pray for a year of life, health and prosperity. Altogether, the shofar is sounded 100 times in the course of the Rosh Hashanah service.
Additional Rosh Hashanah observances include: a) Eating a piece of apple dipped in honey to symbolize our desire for a sweet year, and other special foods symbolic of the new year's blessings. b) Blessing one another with the words Leshanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim, "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year." c) Tashlich, a special prayer said near a body of water (an ocean, river, pond, etc.) in evocation of the verse, "And You shall cast their sins into the depths of the sea." And as with every major Jewish holiday after candlelighting and prayers we recite Kiddush and make a blessing on the Challah.
You see right here, they admit they are going to PULL funding from Medicare Advantage to make this healthcare bill "for all" happen.
Medicare Advantage is for SENIORS. Not medicaid for the poor. This is the program that costs the federal government the most...for which they will pull funding from, and rip our seniors off of in order to spread that money from JUST OUR SENIORS to millions of people, which will result is about -- I don't know, a handful of dollars per person, yet take away extrememly needed healthcare from the neediest of our population.
So much for healthcare for all.
My mother was looking into this program since she will be 65 next year. She was on my father's health insurance but at the age of 64 he was laid off [banking industry] and they are both now paying out of pocket for cobra. My mother has leukemia and needs infusions every so often to keep her red blood cells at a specific level and her whites from going haywire. She's survived and done well for the last 11 years since she was diagnosed. However the treatments are about $6000 a pop and she must choose a Medicare plan that will cover this. Pulling the Advantage program completely pulls the rug out from our seniors who lived their entire lives, worked hard their entire lives, and paid into the system their entire lives. It's wrong financially and morally.
And response to Obamas lies [my emphasis] by Sen. from Texas.
I saw this in the subway on Tuesday night this week.
Our nation need not EARN one iota of "greatness" but on that subject more to the point, Obama has earned NOTHING! ZERO! He stole money to write his book and used slimey tactics to tick off opponents. He voted present and introduced ONE piece of legislation before running for President. He never ran anything. He's a speech reader. PERIOD. He's the salesman. The morons who voted him in voted for the best late night informercial pitchman ever. And that's about all. Who is he to lecture on greatness! Meh!
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