tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246Mon, 21 May 2012 06:09:12 +0000sharestorypoemweekly thoughtnewsbig bookyisrael pinsonstepssarah roachangeegoben a.gratitudespiritualityaaaudiodaily doseBen Rhillary w.videolinkrebronfearrantprayerhumorThe place for Jewish recovering addicts to meet, communicate and support each other in their recovery.http://www.finallyfree.org/noreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)Blogger314125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-8427614399000903755Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:03:00 +00002010-02-25T11:03:52.600-05:00http://www.finallyfree.org/2010/02/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-4786839453751217948Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:41:00 +00002008-08-21T12:43:49.165-04:00All the way from Joplin, MO!Thanks for reading the blog, and thanks for the T-Shirt!http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/08/suzy-h-sends-her-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-277495269173144201Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:01:00 +00002008-07-31T17:03:12.602-04:00yisrael pinsonWhen I was around David I was always wearing two hats; I was leading the community he helped me create and I was his personal friend. Over the past two days I had to juggle between my two positions, here and now I just want to be a friend. Today I am a survivor. Today I am a mourner. Today I want to cry. Today I want to be comforted. I hope I will be able to convey to you my feelings and http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/07/my-goodbye-to-david-l.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-529082392672718329Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:39:00 +00002008-07-10T12:42:20.610-04:00linkWe are now building up a Jewish Recovery section on Chabad.org, please visit us there too, eventually we will combine the sites.www.JewishRecovery.orghttp://www.finallyfree.org/2008/07/jewish-recovery-on-chabadorg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-1341079704367889255Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:43:00 +00002008-07-08T17:32:13.262-04:00"And the people began to go astray after the daughters of Moab.”Numbers 25:1The name of this week's reading, Balak, refers to the name of the Moabite king who battled the Israelites prior to their entry into the Land of Israel. Daunted by the divine protection enjoyed by the nation of Israel, Balak sought the advice of the wicked prophet, Bilaam. Bilaam explained that no strategy would be http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/07/jewish-recovery-thought-balak.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Ben A.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-1290067628010214132Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:08:00 +00002008-06-30T19:21:05.342-04:00"This is the decree of the Torah….”Numbers 19:2The name of the portion this week, “Chukat,” means a suprarational decree – a law without logical explanation. The particular decree of which the reading speaks is the procedure for ritual purification from contact with a dead body. The process involves the burning of a red-haired cow, a piece of cedar wood, a bundle of hyssop and a scarlet thread, http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/jewish-recovery-thought-chukas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Ben A.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-7616565067061585409Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:08:00 +00002008-06-26T22:12:49.548-04:00audioaastepsspiritualityFrom our series Judaism & Recovery - Thursday, June 26 2008Twelve & Twelve Study - Step Two Part Ihttp://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/12-12-step-two-audio-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-1337956606399102612Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:02:00 +00002008-06-26T22:13:14.535-04:00audioaastepsspiritualityFrom our series Judaism & Recovery - Thursday, June 12 2008Twelve & Twelve Study - Step Onehttp://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/12-12-step-one-audio-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-2906082612978823598Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:09:00 +00002008-06-24T13:55:46.949-04:00"The entire community is holy and G-d is amongst them; so why do you raise yourselves above the congregation of G-d?"Numbers 16:3This week we read of Korach, a cousin of Moses, who led a rebellion against Moses and his brother, Aaron, the High Priest, charging them with unduly taking high offices for themselves. Although both Moses and Aaron were divinely appointed to their posts, Korach http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/jewish-recovery-thought-korach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Ben A.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-1399022308505805552Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:04:00 +00002008-06-18T17:15:04.181-04:00“It is a land that consumes those who settle it.”Numbers 13:32In this week's reading, Moses sends scouts to tour the Land of Israel and report back with the best strategy for conquering the Land. Instead of fulfilling their mission, the scouts return with a bleak report and insist that the nation remain in the desert. There are two questions. 1. Why did the scouts disparage the prospect of http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/it-is-land-that-consumes-those-who.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Ben A.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-4899484383552924826Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:46:00 +00002008-06-13T13:16:58.984-04:00“If any man of you or of your future generations shall be unclean... or be on a journey afar off, he shall observe the Passover offering to G-d on the fourteenth day of the second month...”Numbers 9:10-11There is a commandment to celebrate Passover, the anniversary of the exodus from Egypt, by bringing a special sacrifice -- the Pascal lamb.This week's reading relates the story of a group of men http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/jewish-recovery-thought-behaalosecha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Ben A.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-1098299269107613983Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:31:00 +00002008-06-11T14:35:49.396-04:00audioaaspiritualityFrom our series Judaism & Recovery - Thursday June 5, 2008Commitmenthttp://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/commitment-audio-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-7978306517908589571Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:15:00 +00002008-06-11T14:30:10.539-04:00audioaaspiritualityFrom our series Judaism & Recovery - Thursday May 29, 2008Freedom of Choicehttp://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/freedom-of-choice-audio-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-2254360089306127482Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:25:00 +00002008-06-03T16:26:43.578-04:00“A man or a woman who sets himself apart by making a nazirite vow to abstain for the sake of the Lord.”Numbers 6:2In this week’s portion, we learn of the laws of the sotah (suspected adulteress) and the nazir (one who takes a vow which involves abstention from wine). While these two subjects outwardly share nothing in common, the fact that Scripture places them one after the other indicates an http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/jewish-recovery-thought-naso.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Ben A.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-4465473887249267251Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:23:00 +00002008-06-02T07:26:33.542-04:00prayerhillary w.This was taken from Hazeldan's Thought for the Day:(1) Prayer promises relief when we are anxious.(2) Prayer connects us with our Higher Power when we feel isolated and full of fear.(3) Prayer frees our minds from the obsession to plan other people's lives.(4) Prayer helps us take action when we feel compelled to change the circumstances of our lives. (5) Prayer becomes a wonderful resource to http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/06/prayer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hillary W.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-3422951390231257934Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:43:00 +00002008-05-31T21:47:13.683-04:00sharepoemhillary w.spiritualityLife is a theater so invite your audiences carefully. Not everyone is holy enough and healthy enough to have a FRONT ROW seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance.It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships, friendships, fellowships http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/everyone-cant-be-in-your-front-row.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Hillary W.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-8841731503277755032Fri, 30 May 2008 16:44:00 +00002008-05-30T13:40:01.992-04:00newslinkBoca rabbi extends Jewish addicts an invitation to recovery Boca rabbi finds niche helping Jewish addicts BY LOIS K. SOLOMON South Florida Sun-Sentinel May 30, 2008 When Rabbi Meir Kessler set up an Orthodox synagogue in Delray Beach three years ago, a certain type of person consistently walked through the door: Jews seeking help with alcohol and drug abuse.Little did the 30-year-old rabbi http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/sun-sentinel-article-on-jewish-recovery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-7584469986378915979Thu, 29 May 2008 02:28:00 +00002008-05-28T22:30:24.138-04:00newslinkFrom the New Yorker:And, in keeping with the Jews-don’t-drink rule, Hebrew didn’t even have one word until recently. Then the experts at the Academy of the Hebrew Language, in Tel Aviv, decided that such a term was needed, so they made one up: hamarmoret, derived from the word for fermentation. (Hamarmoret echoes a usage of Jeremiah’s, in Lamentations 1:20, which the King James Bible translates http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/jews-dont-drink.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-1137979063919400862Mon, 26 May 2008 21:48:00 +00002008-05-26T17:50:31.764-04:00“Bring the Tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron the Priest that they may serve him.”Numbers 3:6This week’s portion, the first in the Book of Numbers, describes the appointment of the Levite tribe as assistants to Aaron the High Priest and his descendents.There is a tradition that the verse (Psalms 92:13) “A righteous person will give fruit like a date-palm; he will grow tall like a http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/jewish-recovery-thought-bamidbar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Ben A.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-8448067639208169534Fri, 23 May 2008 03:00:00 +00002008-05-22T23:02:09.303-04:00ben a.weekly thought"They will confess their sins and the sins of their fathers....then I will remember My covenant...."Leviticus 26:40, 42This week's portion speaks about the rewards and punishments for keeping G-d's commandments as well as the forgiveness granted for those who repent. "They will confess their sins and the sins of their fathers....then I will remember My covenant...." (Leviticus 26:40, 42) The http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/jewish-recovery-thought-bechukosai_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Ben A.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-2453450835018139981Fri, 23 May 2008 01:37:00 +00002008-05-22T23:01:27.037-04:00yisrael pinsonstepsspiritualityDo you ever think to yourself: What in the world is wrong with people? Aren't they getting what I'm getting? Aren't they feeling what I'm feeling?You may have just lost a dear family member. The grief is unsurmountable. You are driving in the limo from the chapel to the cemetery, you look out the window and people are walking around, shopping, having lunch, going about their day. And you ask http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/what-is-wrong-with-people.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-2889168691049055265Thu, 22 May 2008 01:44:00 +00002008-05-21T21:50:23.333-04:00linkaaAlso known as Brian Cuban brother of Mark CubanMy Year in Alcoholics AnonymousFollow up postIs Alcoholics Anonymous a CultAbout Brian Cubanhttp://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/open-talk-by-brian-chabenisky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-7736539136521349246Tue, 20 May 2008 17:06:00 +00002008-05-20T13:08:30.214-04:00big bookaudiospiritualityFrom our series Judaism & Recovery - Thursday May 15, 2008The Mistake Holidayhttp://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/mistake-holiday-audio-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-6722150892924854930Tue, 20 May 2008 16:53:00 +00002008-05-20T12:55:27.777-04:00newslinkA Lifeline of HopeGreat article about the Recovery Rabbi in Boca Raton, FL - Rabbi Meir Kesslerhttp://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/jewish-recovery-in-south-florida.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Recovery Rabbi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12793246.post-8113809795242098351Tue, 20 May 2008 05:13:00 +00002008-05-22T22:58:38.263-04:00"They will confess their sins and the sins of their fathers....then I will remember My covenant...."Leviticus 26:40, 42This week's portion speaks about the rewards and punishments for keeping G-d's commandments as well as the forgiveness granted for those who repent. "They will confess their sins and the sins of their fathers....then I will remember My covenant...." (Leviticus 26:40, 42) The http://www.finallyfree.org/2008/05/jewish-recovery-thought-bechukosai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Ben A.)0