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Obama Falsely Claims Failed Assassin’s Motives Unclear - Former President Barack Obama responded Sunday to the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet, urging Americans to fir...8 hours ago
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How Does Rav Gav Do It? | Rav Gav | Behind the Bima #196 (video) - ------------------------------------------------------ *Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel* -------------------...
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When is Gambling Allowed? - by R. Gil Student When I was in yeshiva high school many decades ago, some students occasionally went to the racetracks to watch the horse races and bet on...19 hours ago
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Tell it to the Kohanim - *אמור אל הכהנים* 1) According to the* ערוך השלחן* (O.Ch.1:26), כהנים should be *standing* when they are saying קרבנות. 2) According ...21 hours ago
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Jewish Man Brutally Beaten and Robbed in Brussels Antisemitic Attack - A brutal antisemitic attack on the Brussels metro leaves a victim beaten and robbed of a 30-year-old family heirloom. A 41-year-old Jewish resident of Brus...21 hours ago
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סדרה חדשה: זוהר יומי על פי פשט - *זוהר יומי, 5-10 דקות ליום* עד כמה שיותר ע"פ פשט: הרמב"ם לא למד את את חכמת הקבלה. אנחנו מנסים פחות או יותר לשחזר, אילו הרמב"ם למד את זוהר, איך היה לומד א...
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תיובתות דחפץ חיים תיובתות – עלומות בשולי ההדפסה הראשונה של המשנה ברורה חלק א - תיובתות דחפץ חיים תיובתות – עלומות בשולי ההדפסה הראשונה של המשנה ברורה חלק א מנשה קפלן, רחובות Copies of the 1884 of the Mishnah Berurah first printing are...6 days ago
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What Is Holiness? - Yaakov Astor Many years ago, I was at a summer camp where Rav Shimon Schwab, zt”l, was invited for Shabbos. After the seudah, we crowded into a room to hea...1 week ago
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My Pesach In Federal Prison - By Rabbi Akiva Males In 2008, I spent part of Pesach in the oddest of places. At that time, my wife Layala and I lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania wher...3 weeks ago
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The Most Famous Ramban in Chumash – The End of Parshas Bo - The Ramban at the end of Bo is a classic work on Jewish philosophy and probably the most quoted Ramban in Chumash. It’s well worth seeing inside. Here’s ...3 months ago
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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
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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 ...6 years ago
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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
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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...
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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...10 years ago
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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
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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...11 years ago
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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...13 years ago
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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
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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 ...
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At the risk of the old ladies ire LOL or dare I say ROTFLMHO.
ReplyDeleteI think that even Rav Schorr ZGZ would really enjoy this.
Here is a non denominational critique of tech addictions and madness that has nothing to do with frumkeit
Thanks Bray. I am sure that you'll enjoy it more than most because I trust that you've read the original by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd.
ReplyDeleteIt is so refreshing to visit this blog; for it's integrity, non-judgementalness and humorous content.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that its offered as an e-book just killed the whole effect. They should make it exclusively hardcover and try to spark a "real book" craze.
ReplyDeleteWelcome aboard, Reb Dovid. Enjoy your ride.
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