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ZOHRAN SAYS NO: Stubborn Mamdani Refuses to Apologize After Antisemitic Stabbing Sparks Outrage - The Muslim, socialist, anti-Israel mayor of the Big Apple is standing firm. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is refusing to apologize for his repeated an...
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Yaakov Astor's Blog

Parshas Va’eschanan: The Bronze Medalist’s Secret - The Bronze Medalist’s Secret The Faces on the Podium In 1995, a team of psychologists at Cornell University published a study that has since become famous....
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Hirhurim - Musings

The Wedding Season: The Kol in the Beracha Must Continue - by R. Eliezer Simcha Weisz After Tisha B’Av, as we move from mourning to Nechama (consolation), we enter the season of weddings. At every Jewish wedding, a...
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YGB - יג"ב

The Ramban's Summary of the Book of Iyov (Job) in two parts - Meeting Purpose Analyze the Book of Job's theological debate on suffering. Key Takeaways - *The Core Problem:* The Book of Job challenges the *mi...
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Chaptzem Blog!

Jewish Gun Group Lox & Loaded and NRA Gain National Media Attention - We recently posted Frank Miniter’s conversation with Lox & Loaded COO & co-founder Gayle Pearlstein, who launced the Jewish-owned-and-operated gun club th...
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Life in Israel

BEIT HAMIKDASH: IN THE MAKING (video) - ------------------------------------------------------ *Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel* -------------------...
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Gruntig!

Vocal Shorts By Rafi Bitton - At the Sultan's Pool amphitheater, directly beneath Yerushalyim's Old City walls. March 9, 2026. לב לבן - ווקאל יום אחד - ווקאלי Click Here For More Videos...
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Beyond BT

Hug Your Neighbor Like Yourself - I went out to lunch with a friend a few weeks ago. We often talk about a range of topics. Toward the end, we drifted into one we both knew we should avoi...
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Cross-Currents

Calming Words - Wise words from R. Yeruchem Levovitz, zt”l, that may be helpful to some readers. They are a paraphrase of his commentary to Bereishis 22:1. [Thanks to my...
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the Seforim blog

R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s Attitude Towards Girsaot: A Response to Dr. Marc Shapiro - R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s Attitude Towards Girsaot A Response to Dr. Marc Shapiro Elisha Friedman R. Hayyim Soloveitchik earned his towering stature in Jewi...
5 days ago
Toras Aba

Four Questions - ארבע קושיות על קמצא ובר קמצא The Bais Hamikdash was destroyed because of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza. (Gittin 55b) Four Questions 1. *Why was Kamtza at faul...
6 days ago
On the Main Line

I finally wrote something worth sharing - https://open.substack.com/pub/shimonsteinmetz/p/ve-heishiv-leiv-avos-al-banim-ve
1 week ago
The partial view

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1 year ago
Geshmack Torah - Hot off the press

Sign Up to Our Newsletter! - Redux: adjective – resurgence; refers to being brought back, restored, or revived; something familiar presented in a new way. Not to see what no one else h...
5 years ago
TREASURES OF ASHKENAZ

Lag Baomer and Chinuch -ל”ג בעומר ומצות חינוך - We recently read פרשת אמור אל הכהנים, where we are taught the important lesson, להזהיר גדולים על הקטנים, that not only gedolim/adults are obligated in the ...
7 years ago
כבוד התורה

Dvar Torah - Titzave - Rabbi Yitzchok Wolpin - This week we are privileged to read the portion of Titzave. The portion begins with the mitzvah of preparing proper olive oil in order to kindle the Menor...
7 years ago
The Slifkin Challenge

R' Gil Student's Overview of the Esoteric Vs. Harmonistic Debate and Dr. Slifkin (Corrected Link) - Just before Pesach, I came across Rabbi Gil Student's Overview of the two vastly disparate approaches to the Rambam. Here is his basic outline of the two...
9 years ago
HaMavdil

Tikun Olam vs. Tikun Hameuvas - Many bloggers ostensibly go into blogging to participate in Tikun Olam. They see suffering and write to diminish it, they observe injustice and post t...
11 years ago
Voice From The Wilderness

Why Do Orthodox Women Need Female Yoatzot? - Let's take a quick survey of the reasons given by Orthodox feminists for the need to train female Yoatzot to answer questions specifically in the realm of ...
11 years ago
A nigun a day. It's that simple.

TTT :: Sois Osis • Dovid Gabay - So vanilla as to not even be terrible. It's just not...anything. Lyrics are indiscernible, harmonies are haphazard, and yet, this tune almost escaped being...
12 years ago
JEWISH MUSIC PLUS

Ari Goldwag - I'm Imperfect - A Cappella - Official Video -
12 years ago
Yeshivaman

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13 years ago
Haredi And Proud

Signing Off - When I first started blogging, it was before the Asifa. Post-asifa, there arose the question whether I could (and should) continue. Consulting my mentor, w...
14 years ago
אישים ושיטות

A description of, and conversation with the great R' Yisroel Moshe Chazan - Following is a passage from "Nach Jerusalem" by Ludwig Frankl (pg. 4 of translation): I reached, after walking a considerable distance, the stately house o...
15 years ago
Hirhurim - Musings

This Blog Has Moved - After a great get-together last night, we are ready to move the blog to a new format that has more functionality and is more esthetically pleasing. Please ...
16 years ago

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