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A Post of Perhaps No Interest to Anyone But Me

 Of course, you are more than welcome to continue reading. Friday afternoon, my washing machine broke. The door was locked and various error messages appeared on the control panel. It was too close to Shabbat to do anything about it. I left the damp laundry in my washing machine and hoped that I could get a repair person to show up before my entire apartment smelled like old and mouldering damp laundry. After Shabbat I got in touch with the vendor who sold us the machine and found out that while we were still under warranty, I needed to get in touch with the manufacturer. I would periodically turn on the machine, and then enter the error codes that appeared on the control panel into Google. I followed all of the various steps one needed to do,unplugging the machine and re plugging it in, cleaning out the waste pipe, and a few other tasks. One step had the user opening and closing the washer lid six times. I didn't to that step. But eventually, I got our washing machine working agai...

Preparing for Yom Kippur - musical round-up

So much of the experience of Yom Kippur is  about the music. I have included some selections of music that I hope gets you in the mood for t'shuvah. This is a fairly unadorned version of  El Nora Alila  This version of the same melody has a full orchestra, yet it conveys much of the feeling of singing in synagogue when everyone is singing . I love watching the audience singing along at the end.  This piyut/ liturgical poem is one of my favorites This rendition of selichot is entirely terrific. Ben Zion Shenker was a wonderful  composer and an even better davener. This is old time Jewish services at it's best.  If you can't make it to services, just listen to this.   http://youtu.be/Nz9VClcqqmA For a selection of seasonal music  zemer reshet  and another completely different selection from  the Piyut website . I was trying to find the version of  ×›×‘קרת רועה עדרו that I grew up with but it seems that...