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The origins of the legend maybe with Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai, who lived in the Holy Land in the second century A.D., who in a biblical commentary declared that if certain men were alive in his own day, God would certainly not destroy the world. In his list of urgently needed righteous types of men, Rabbi Shimon included... |
A century later, Abbaye, one of the sages of the Talmud, added his comment to Rabbi Shimon by adding that at all times, “there are never less that 36 men who greet the Shekhinah,” or the earthly presence of God. |
Abbaye based his judgment on Isaiah 30:18, which reads in part, “blessed are all those who wait for him.” The words “for him” in Hebrew are also “lamed vav” or the digits for 36, and so the number became fixed. Modern scholars have suggested that the fact that ancient astrology believed that the sky, the courts of heav... |
In medieval Jewish mysticism, the 36 men came to be known as the Tzadikim Nistarim, or the “hidden righteous ones.” Within the rich culture of the Hasidic Jews, this group began to be more and more defined. These secret people are righteous men whose actions are good and compassionate. They do not know that they are am... |
The Hasidic Jews loved to attribute wonderful powers to the holiest of their rabbis, and so in some of the writings one finds disciples of great rabbis wondering of their master might be one of the 36. In Hasidic legend these men are scattered around the Diaspora, that is, the communities of Jews across the world. |
On occasion, one of the Tzadikim Nistarim will emerge from obscurity to save a Jewish community or some group of innocent people from disaster or persecution. But then he will always return to obscurity in the Jewish settlements again. These are, of course, ordinary men, not angels, who live and die as anyone else. Whe... |
There is a beautiful moral point to this legend, which many Jewish scholars have noted. Since we do not know exactly who these 36 righteous ones are among us, it certainly calls forth some moral points for everyone. |
First, we should all strive to be kind to all whom we meet, particularly the least among us, for one never knows if you may not be offering kindness to one of the very 36 on whom the survival of the world depends. |
Secondly, each person should strive at all times to conduct himself or herself with honesty and charity according to God’s law, for who knows if you or I might not be one on whom the world depends? |
And finally, the legend suggests a reminder call to humility for all people, because it is not by my own cleverness, power, wit or wealth that the community depends, but on those who are morally more sincere than I. |
So let each of us be compassionate, humble and honest, because perhaps today you will walk by one of the Tzadikim Nistarim, on whom the world depends. |
Jamie Benn scored the shootout winner in the fifth round while goalie Anton Khudobin sparkled in net as the Dallas Stars erased a two-goal deficit to claim a 3-2 road victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. |
Khudobin, given the reins while No. 1 goalie Ben Bishop is out due to injury, made 40 saves through overtime, plus another in the shootout. The Oilers misfired on three other shots in the shootout. |
Dallas (41-31-6, 88 points) holds the first Western Conference wild-card spot and has won three straight. |
The Oilers (34-34-9, 77 points) are six points behind the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild-card spot in the West with five games remaining. They blew a two-goal lead that was built when Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl combined for tallies in the first and second periods. |
Draisaitl netted his 47th goal of the season five minutes into the game when he buried a one-timer. The goal also made him the first German national in NHL history to score 100 points in a season. McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins picked up assists. |
Just over a minute into the second period, it was McDavid’s time. The Edmonton center ran out of space driving to the net, so he pulled the puck behind his feet, put his stick between his legs and flipped home a top-corner shot, his 40th goal of the season. Draisaitl got the assist. |
McDavid now has 114 points on the season. He and Draisaitl became the first Oilers teammates to each record 40-plus goals and 100-plus points in a season since Jari Kurri and Jimmy Carson in 1988-89. |
They’re also the first NHL teammates to net 100 points in the same season since Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom did it for Washington in 2009-10. |
However, the Stars roared back. Alexander Radulov put Dallas on the board with a power-play tally at 6:20 of the second period, nailing the top corner with a one-timer. |
Then, talented rookie defenseman Miro Heiskanen tied the game at 7:47 of the third period. He showed his ability by double-clutching in the high slot to buy time and space before rifling a shot for his 12th goal of the season. |
Mikko Koskinen stopped 20 shots through overtime for the Oilers. |
In December, when iHeartRadio announced The Ron Burgundy Podcast—a podcast starring Will Ferrell as his character from the Anchorman movies—we had a few questions. Specifically, we were wondering if there would be an in-universe explanation for why a newsman from the ‘70s would have a podcast in 2019, or if the show wo... |
The premise of the trailer is essentially that Ron Burgundy doesn’t really know what a podcast is or why he suddenly has one, so the snippets from the show you can hear in the clip are pretty silly. We’re still not sure how it fits in the Anchorman canon, but maybe we don’t actually have to worry about that. |
You can hear the trailer below or at this link. |
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If it was Jayme who was spotted, it’s unclear how she got to Miami so quickly, or if she was here at the time of her parents’ murder. Police said they believe Jayme was in the home at the time of the killings. She is not considered a suspect, according to police. |
During the call to police, CNN reported that someone could be heard in the background yelling for help. The caller contacted police directly and Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald told the network police don’t know who made the call. |
“At the end of the day, I want a 13-year-old here safe and sound, that’s our goal,” Fitzgerald told CNN affiliate WQOW. |
Miami police spokesman Michael Vega said his department was working on getting video from the gas station. |
Barron is a city northeast of Minneapolis with a population of just over 3,000. |
Jayme has green eyes and strawberry blond hair. The FBI and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children are helping with the investigation. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should call 855-744-3879. |
A stabbing in Lafayette landed one man in the hospital and another in jail. |
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — A stabbing in Lafayette landed one man in the hospital and another in jail. |
Police said the stabbing took place midday at the corner of 18th and Morton streets. |
They have now identified the suspect as 29-year-old Steven Brown. |
When police arrived, they said Brown was already being held by neighbors a couple blocks away. |
Those neighbors can hardly believe what they witnessed. |
Police said the victim came home from work and was stabbed outside his door. They added several witnesses chased down the suspect and kept him in sight until they arrived on the scene. |
“He fell himself. His pants were at his ankles, down to his knees,” said Smith. |
Steven Brown is in custody and police said they are looking for a motive. Police said there’s no immediately obvious connection between the suspect and the victim. One neighbor said incidents like this don’t happen in the neighborhood. |
Another neighbor said she is scared for her 5-year-old grandson because he likes to play outside. |
Stephen Brown faces preliminary charges of battery, criminal recklessness and intimidation, all with a deadly weapon. |
At this time, the victim has not been publicly named by police. |
They are waiting to interview him at the hospital. |
News 18 will continue to follow this case as we learn more. |
I am a publicly tested and validated psychic medium who coaches you out of indecision and into your intuition to get unstuck and access your freedom, joy, and security. Through a root cause, trauma informed approach, I help you discover what’s holding you back from creating real change, to get you moving forward toward... |
I come from a family of intuitive women, and learned I was a medium when I started to investigate paranormal claims in various locations. |
Having taken many courses and certifications requiring vigorous study and validation in Psychic, Mediumship, IET®, guided meditations, Reiki, Jewish Energy Healing, and Akashic Records, I’ve been publicly tested and validated as authentic and ethical and do it all with a side of compassion and kindness. In addition, I’... |
I have a background in improv comedy allowing me to utilize humor in my sessions since laughter is healing. I’m always open to growth and improvement, so I continue to take courses in various metaphysical, energy, and healing modalities. What I know is that it’s very important that my clients leave our sessions togethe... |
With the understanding of how unhealed trauma blocks and creates patterns, I make a soul connection to you or a spirit contact (with your loved ones in the afterlife). This enables me to tap into your electromagnetic field (aura) so that I can bring you messages of awareness, hope, comfort, and closure to you. I strive... |
I’ve been on TV, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, radio, podcasts, and has publicly demonstrated my skills in various venues. I have a podcast of my own about to debut: The Portal: With Terrie Huberman. It’s easy and enjoyable for me to speak in front of large crowds of people, allowing me to bring messages in a grand sca... |
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Brands must avoid playing the 'numbers game' if the industry is to drive out the practice of 'fake fans', according to social media experts following last night's Dispatches documentary Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans. |
Drew Benvie, founder of Battenhall, and Danny Whatmough, associate digital and social media director at Ketchum, argued that brands must commit to building and engaging communities rather than prioritising easy metrics such as likes, views and follower counts, which can easily be inflated by paying companies to create ... |
‘Brands put a focus on numbers. It becomes a competition and it isn’t [about] influence or quality,’ said Benvie, who left Hotwire to launch Battenhall earlier this year. |
Whatmough, who is also chair of the PRCA’s digital group, commented: ‘There is no doubt, as the Dispatches programme demonstrated, that it is easy and cheap to artificially inflate numbers of social media fans or followers. |
Blaming a ‘lack of understanding’ by someone ‘looking at a spreadsheet’ or someone ‘at the coalface’, Benvie pointed to education and collaborative working as a way to move on from follower and fan counts. |
‘Every different type of agency is in a land grab, creating a spammy black market. The only solution is to work together. The client and every single agency should sit together and work collaboratively,’ he said. |
Benvie added that brands also need to be more aware of what services they are buying from agencies and spend more time understanding and researching what they are getting. |
Both Whatmough and Benvie praised the attempts of social networks to stamp out the practice, however, agreeing there was always more that could be done. |
‘With popularity comes responsibility. All networks need to grow up a bit. It’s the same with trolling. They need to make it clean, safe, transparent and real,' said Benvie. |
Whatmough added: ‘This is definitely an area where social networks are monitoring what is going on and I’d welcome any attempt by Facebook and Twitter to improve monitoring and investigation of growing fake communities. |
Michael Perry, former chief executive of the now defunct IndyMac Bancorp, scored a few legal victories in court this week when a federal judge threw out several fraud claims against him, the Los Angeles Times reported. |
The claims were filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
U.S. District Judge Manuel Real dismissed five of the seven SEC filings, saying the bank records under scrutiny contained no false or misleading statements to IndyMac investors, the Los Angeles Times reported. |
In addition, the judge held that Perry could not be compelled to pay on allegedly ill-gotten gains because he remained a buyer, not a seller of bank shares until IndyMac's collapse. |
Click here to read more in the Los Angeles Times. |
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has put nine new film commissioners in place as he prepares to step down Monday, including a Fox film production executive, a former location manager-turned Teamster and a one-time executive vice president of NBC Entertainment. |
The California Film Commission’s job is to keep film and television industry projects in the state by improving economic conditions and managing locations and state-sponsored incentives. Its board consists of 21 members appointed by the governor, Senate Pro Tem and Speaker of the Assembly. |
Schwarzenegger’s last hand-picked batch is made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans. One of those GOP appointees, Aaron McLear, is Schwarzenneger's press secretary, who took over the post in 2007. |
Hilary Rice Armstrong, 45, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the California Film Commission. Since 2006, she has been president of Fire of Life Films and executive producer for California State of Mind—the Legacy of Pat Brown. Additionally, she has been development director for My California Now since 2007. This ... |
Fred Baron, 56, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Film Commission. He has been executive vice president of Feature Production for Twentieth Century Fox since 2002. Since 1990, he has overseen the production of feature films that include: Knight and Day, Date Night, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Live... |
Steve Dayan, 53, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the California Film Commission, where he has served as a member since 2008. Since 1999, he has worked as a business agent for the Teamsters Local 399 representing Drivers, Location Managers and Casting Directors. Dayan worked as a location manager for the film an... |
Lindy DeKoven, 57, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the California Film Commission. She has served as president of DeKoven Entertainment since 2002. DeKoven was executive vice president of NBC Entertainment from 1993 to 2000 and vice president of Warner Brothers Television from 1991 to 1993. She is chair of the Co... |
Christine Essel, 60, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the California Film Commission, where she has served as a member since 2008 and from 2004 to 2008. Since May 2010, she has been chief executive officer for the Community Redevelopment Agency for the city of Los Angeles. Previously, Essel worked for Paramount ... |
Janet Knutsen, 57, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the California Film Commission, where she has served as a member since 2008. Since December 2010, she has been a freelance producer and production manager. Previously, Knutsen was a production manager for Warner Horizon from June 2010 to December 2010, producti... |
Aaron McLear, 33, of Sacramento, has been appointed to the California Film Commission. Since 2007, he has been press secretary for the Office of Governor Schwarzenegger. Previously, he served as a regional press secretary for the Republican National Committee from 2005 to 2007. McLear was communications director for th... |
Michael Miller, 42, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the California Film Commission, where he has served as a member since 2006. Since 1990, Miller has worked for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) where he has been division director of the Motion Picture and Television Production D... |
Gary Tobey, 62, of Montecito, has been reappointed to the California Film Commission. He has served as chairman and chief executive officer for Haworth Marketing and Media since 1995. Tobey was president of the media agency for Focus Media from 1987 to 1994. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president for the Fed... |
“The Bachelorette” scored a season high with Monday’s final ratings. It rose a tenth of a point in adults 18-49 from the fast nationals to finish at 2.1. |
ABC’s other show on the night, “Mistresses,” adjusted down a tenth to 0.7, 0.1 off its last episode. “Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge” (1.4) also adjusted down a tenth for NBC, putting it 0.1 behind its premiere last week. |
As the jihadi terrorists flew two hijacked planes into the Twin Towers on September 11, Carl Elsener was at home. Like everyone else, he watched the TV footage with a mixture of horror and shock. It was only a few days later he realised that the attacks were bad news for his business. Very bad news. "We never thought a... |
Elsener is the great-grandson of Karl Elsener, the man who, in 1884, invented the Swiss army knife. At a time when Switzerland was one of Europe's poorest countries, Elsener wanted to create jobs. He decided to build a knife factory. Soon, he was turning out knives for Switzerland's famously non-combative army. |
Over the past century, the Elsener family has transformed the Swiss army knife into an iconic global brand, beloved by American soldiers, small boys and stoical British campers struggling to open tins of baked beans. It became one of the 20th century's most successful products - until 9/11. Almost overnight, the busine... |
"It was an absolute catastrophe for us," Elsener says. "Until then our knives had sold very well both in duty free shops and on board planes. Most airlines sold them, including British Airways. Then suddenly this distribution was closed. It was zero. The merchandise came back to us. This was really very hard." Under ne... |
The effects were sudden, and devastating. Sales of Swiss army knives dropped by 40% almost immediately. Finally, in April, Wenger SA - the only other Swiss firm allowed to produce Swiss army knives - went bust. Elsener's company, Victorinox, named after the mother of the founding Elsener, decided to rescue its rival, b... |
Despite 9/11 it would be an exaggeration to talk about the knife's demise, however. The Elseners are still manufacturing 34,000 Swiss army knives a day in the tiny village of Ibach. The setting, in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, is idyllic. There are shimmering mountains, a turquoise lake, and green pastures dotted with c... |
At least the firm's original client - the Swiss army - is still ordering knives. On my way to Victorinox, I bump into two Swiss army recruits heading back to barracks after a weekend off. Do they have a Swiss army knife? "I use mine every day," Roland Zehnder, 20, from Solothurn, explains proudly, producing the silver ... |
"It's good for opening cans," Roland says, before demonstrating how he uses the knife to adjust the sight on his Sturmgewehr 90 rifle. "You have to turn it like this." Isn't it slightly embarrassing being in an army that never actually does any fighting, I wonder? "It's true that Switzerland didn't fight in the first o... |
As if things weren't bad enough for the Elseners in the post-9/11 climate, they have also had to cope with another threat - China. Over the past 10 years, Chinese firms have churned out thousands of cheap copies of the Swiss army knife, seemingly indistinguishable from the real thing. (On closer inspection, the Chinese... |
Victorinox has also introduced a host of new products - a kids' Swiss army knife; a blade-free air-travel version; and - most successfully- one with a USB port that allows you to link your knife up to your computer. "We are not giving up," says the firm's spokesman Hans Schorno. "We are going to fight." |
But globalisation worries the Elseners, whose founding philosophy is one of old-fashioned paternalism. In the past 75 years the firm hasn't sacked anybody. Its 920 employees receive generous wages - and are even given time off to perform Alexander technique stretching exercises in front of their steel-bashing machines.... |
Elsener, 47, is a self-effacing man who drives a Peugeot 306 ("My parents taught me a certain modesty. We are a Catholic family. I get satisfaction from doing a job I enjoy. I don't need a Ferrari"). He points out that the Swiss army knife wouldn't be very, well, Swiss if he exported production to Canton, as other manu... |
It is perhaps appropriate that the Victorinox factory sits just underneath a mountain range known as Mythos. The firm is keen to promote the legendary virtues of the knife - which has been used to save children from sinking cars, repair the space shuttle, and deliver foals. A German doctor last week sent the firm grues... |
The firm's most important market is the United States, closely followed by Germany, Switzerland and Britain. The knife's enduring popularity in the US can be explained by the fact that after the second world war, US soldiers bought the knives from army surplus stores and took them home. Several US presidents (Johnson, ... |
Tullow Oil has stopped work at its Kenyan oilfield and halted trucking operations due to security issues, Chief Executive Paul McDade told Reuters on Wednesday. |
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