Archive for February 2nd, 2008
General Mac Arthur - Words of Wisdom
Some of the best lessons I have learned in life come from people I never met.
I would like to share some of the ‘words of wisdom’ that I have picked up over the years.
General Mac Arthur said:
There is no security in this life, only opportunity.
(feeling safe all the time does not get me anywhere.)
It is [...]
Kapparot and Parts of 11,000 Chickens
Kapparot is a custom performed by some Jews before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
A live chicken is swung around and above a person’s head and moved in a circle three times.
A prayer is said and the person’s sins are transferred to the chicken which is then slaughtered and has its meat donated to the [...]
