move your money And Update your Understanding

Update Your Understanding

The Sages (Talmud, Yoma 29a) tell us that it is more difficult to understand an idea we already know than one that is new to us. This is because we feel we already understand it and do not concentrate on it as much as we should. Also, we tend to rely on the level of understanding we had when we were younger and less mature.

Today, think about a concept that would enhance your life greatly if internalized and integrated. Reflect on that idea with your present knowledge and life experience.

Love Yehuda

In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln pledged to amend a federal law granting only Christian clergy the right to serve as military chaplains. During the Civil War (in which 6,500 Jews served for the North, and another 2,000 for the South), a religious Jew named Michael Allen had been elected as the non-denominational chaplain of his army regiment. When Allen's Jewishness became "publicized," rather than subject his family to the humiliating ordeal of his dismissal, Allen resigned, citing poor health. The regiment then elected Rabbi Arnold Fischel as its chaplain, in order to test the constitutionality of the "Christian-only" law. Much lobbying ensued, including Fischel traveling to Washington to meet with Lincoln. Six months later, the law was amended to permit Jewish clergy to become military chaplains. It is regarded historically as the first case of American Jews successfully challenging federal legislation.

Subject: : move your money

If you are fed up with the bank bailouts............. We give them billions, and they spend millions on lobbyists to keep any reform from occurring. We give them billions at zero interest, they invest at 3% and make millions. We give them billions and, just a few days before the end of the year, they pay it back so that they can give themselves million dollar bonuses (but what do you want to bet, they'll be back in the spring with their hand out again). Take a look at http://moveyourmoney.info/ or watch the youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icqrx0OimSs&feature=player_embedded#