Hasidic Tribute to Jerry Garcia

Written by Rabbi Michael Ozair - A Grateful Yid


Tribute to Jerry - Aug. 1995

Inrepparttar late sixties, there was a great awakening inrepparttar 125302 world. Thousands of youth took torepparttar 125303 streets, Jews and Non Jews, yearning for a deeper meaning to life and its experiences. Many were disenchanted with society, materialism, war, civil rights, lack of respect for human life andrepparttar 125304 destruction ofrepparttar 125305 environment to only to name a few. This is when Reb Shlomo Carlebach Zt"l came onrepparttar 125306 scene to "turn on our love lights" and give over his Torahs torepparttar 125307 world, but this alsorepparttar 125308 time when Jerry Garcia who left us this week, came to share his.

Wasrepparttar 125309 late Jerry Garcia Jewish? Besides a few rumors that have circulated about is being from Marrano descentrepparttar 125310 answer, as we understand it, is no. What then would bring us, an orthodox minyan in L.A., to honoring a guitarist with a devoted following of hundreds of thousands inrepparttar 125311 world community?

To begin in answering these questionsrepparttar 125312 Talmud saysrepparttar 125313 following: 'Pious ones of all nations have a share inrepparttar 125314 World to Come. I call heaven and earth to witness thatrepparttar 125315 Divine Spirit rests upon each person, Jew or gentile, man or woman, master or slave, in consonance with one's deeds'. If this is so, then how can we not, as a community devoted to bringing more love, harmony, and ultimate oneness intorepparttar 125316 world, honorrepparttar 125317 lofty, compassionate soul that is now waking up torepparttar 125318 morning dew in Heaven.

Still,repparttar 125319 central reason behind our honoringrepparttar 125320 late Jerome John Garcia, known as Jerry, is that to an exceptionally large handful of us inrepparttar 125321 chevra (circle of friends), Jerry played a vital role in being mekarev us (making us closer) torepparttar 125322 deeper dimensions of life that we did not know exist. As for those of us who already were aware of these altered states of it was at a Dead show that it could all be realized and celebrated. In fact, anybody who has ever dared to dream aboutrepparttar 125323 type of dancing that will take place in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) whenrepparttar 125324 Great Day arrives might have already tasted it at a show, thanks to Jerry.

For many of us who had later come around to discover Yiddishkeit (Judaism).repparttar 125325 reason why we felt so much at home with Yiddishkeit and especially, Hassidiut (Teachings ofrepparttar 125326 Hassidic masters), was because it was as if we already understood its song without ever really having learnedrepparttar 125327 words. Thanks to Jerry, of course, there seemed to be a familiar message ringing in our ears when studyingrepparttar 125328 mystical works of Baal Shem Tov, Rebbe Nachman. Levi Yitzchok, Ishbitz, Zusya, Elimelech, Schneerson and Carlebach. In fact,repparttar 125329 message was clearly calling us to "Wake up to find out that we wererepparttar 125330 eyes ofrepparttar 125331 world" and that "once in while you get shownrepparttar 125332 Light inrepparttar 125333 strangest of places, if you look at it right". And inrepparttar 125334 strangest way, as for many of us, it was Jerry who was our very first rebbe! A rebbe who did not give over his words, as much as he did his essence . Words, Reb Shlomo Carlebach would often teach us, are finite. It's what's behindrepparttar 125335 words,repparttar 125336 essence, that connects us to infinity. For many of us. it was Jerry Garcia's essence, as given over through his music, that served as our significant channel to infinity.

So just as any Grateful Yid hasrepparttar 125337 obligation to honor his/her own rebbe. it is our obligation to honorrepparttar 125338 late Jerry Garcia for one ofrepparttar 125339 basic principles of Jewish faith isrepparttar 125340 concept of Hakarat Hatov.

The mitzvah of Hakarat Hatov isrepparttar 125341 act of acknowledgingrepparttar 125342 goodness that someone has done for you, and doing your utmost to reciprocate that goodness, even if you might have outgrownrepparttar 125343 teacher, path, or way of life.

Do you remember your first show? Do you remember how many gates were opened to you since that first show? Do you rememberrepparttar 125344 smiles in everybody's faces andrepparttar 125345 awesome love in everybody's eyes? Do you remember how, after feeling that love between tens of thousands of people, it actually dawned upon you forrepparttar 125346 first time that there actually was hope in changingrepparttar 125347 world? That human beings actually had it in them to truly love and create a paradise on earth? Do you remember those levels of utter freedom that you reached to which all hidden mysteries were revealed to you as you danced your way throughrepparttar 125348 different worlds? Who took you there? Who brought you back? Jerry did, and he did because he understood that his playing had a language of its own. A language that somehow only our neshamos (souls) understood. Jerry's music was his torah. Its message, beyond words, mamash beyond words.

Nearshore Outsourcing - The Twist in the Tale

Written by Thomas Peter


A few days back it was off-shore outsourcing that was makingrepparttar waves and now it is near-shore outsourcing. Not a very new phenomena except forrepparttar 125301 term; near-shoring involves shifting work to people in neighboring countries rather than to distant off-shore locations. Discussed in this article isrepparttar 125302 new trend of near-shore outsourcing and its future implications.

The near-shore outsourcing trend

To a large extend outsourcing meant shifting of back-end operations to cheaper off-shore destinations like India, Philippines and China. Butrepparttar 125303 trend seems to be changing swiftly. Businesses today look more concerned about security and stability rather than mere cost savings and this is why most of them are adapting torepparttar 125304 new wave of near-shore outsourcing. Proximity for travel, cultural affinity and developing infrastructure are a few other reasons for near-shoring gettingrepparttar 125305 boost. Relatively lesser known outsourcing destinations like Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, Romania, Slovakia and Chez republic have chances of emerging as major winners of this new trend inrepparttar 125306 years to come. Discussed below arerepparttar 125307 major factors that may be responsible creating this twist inrepparttar 125308 tale.

Major factors in aid of near-shore outsourcing

1.) Cultural Link

The cultural link factor is a major plus in aid of near-shore outsourcing. Countries located in near-by locations are likely to have a similar cultural background than off-shore countries and many businesses today find this to be an important factor. Most are ofrepparttar 125309 opinion that having a close cultural link helps in reducing common problems and conflicts that can arise when teams having differing cultural backgrounds work together.

2.) Proximity and time zones

Proximity is another big factor that favors near-shoring. Business travel to neighboring courtiers is much cheaper, quicker and can even eliminaterepparttar 125310 need for procuring visas or other documentations. Proximity also means better and cheaper communications, faster work and better understanding. In addition as compared to off-shore destinationsrepparttar 125311 time zone in near-shore countries will almost berepparttar 125312 same which aids in work coordination.

3.) Increasing costs in other off-shore destinations

Cost cutting wasrepparttar 125313 major driving factor behind off-shore outsourcing. But most firms today feel thatrepparttar 125314 cost of operation in off-shore destinations like India and China is rising. This includes cost of communication, infrastructure and quality control among others. The per-head employee cost ratio in off-shore and in some near-shore destinations also do not differ significantly. These factors will surely aid near-shoring and help it gain more impetus.

4.) Declining resources

India which currently occupiesrepparttar 125315 number one position as an outsourcing destination is experiencing a decline in its pool of educated and capable employees. Many companies feel that securing quality labor will be a problem in these countries inrepparttar 125316 times to come if not at present. This factor though not seen as significant, can play a major role in boosting near-shore outsourcing inrepparttar 125317 future if other probable destinations like China and Philippines are not able to come up with efficient labor solutions.

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