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The Final Redemption From A Torah Perspective: Rabbi Tovia Singer (video) - I am always curious about people who are so confident that they know exactly how, and when, things are going to play out.... -----------------------...
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Is it good for the Jews? - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ *Parshas Hashavua נצבים וילך YES, IT'S GOOD FOR THE YIDDEN ו...10 hours ago
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Getting Married During Elul/Aseres Yemei Teshuvah - by R. Ephraim Glatt, Esq. Question: May one get married during Elul or Aseres Yemei Teshuvah? Short Answer: It is permitted (and some say encouraged) to ge...11 hours ago
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Four men admit arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green - Four men have pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack that caused £1 million of damage in north London. Hamza Iqba...1 day ago
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R’ Meir Simcha of Dvinsk: 100 Years Later, There Is Still More to Discover: Books, Articles, Speeches, & More - Last week, on Monday, the fourth of Elul, was the 100th yahrzeit of R' Meir Simcha of Dvinsk. R' Meir Simcha is best known for his two works: the Meshech C...2 days ago
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The Signature You Never Saw - The Other List In about two weeks we stand in judgment, and by now many of us have some version of a list going — what we did wrong this year… what we keep...2 days ago
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Boy George Obligates the Fence-Sitters - If you have spent the last three years sitting on the fence—watching what has happened to the public image of Torah, disturbed by it, but unwilling to do...3 days ago
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The Beracha on Chocolate and a Fundamental Principle in Halacha - A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS
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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...5 weeks ago
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I finally wrote something worth sharing - https://open.substack.com/pub/shimonsteinmetz/p/ve-heishiv-leiv-avos-al-banim-ve1 month 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 ...7 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...11 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...12 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...14 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 ...
16 years ago
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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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