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Synagogues of New York (video) - ------------------------------------------------------ *Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel* ------------------...
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McCain Blasts ‘Half-baked, Spurious Nationalism’ In Emotional Speech - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) blasted “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in the United States in an emotional speech Monday night after receiving the National...2 hours ago
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Daily Davening Discourses - As one of my *kabbolos* from this past Yom Kippur, I will be giving *IYH* a *Daily Davening Discourse* on the *Siddur*, The *Beurei Tefillah* will be pr...
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A Tzaddik and the Miracles That Happened to Him - by R. Gidon Rothstein Ramban to Noach: A Tzaddik and the Miracles That Happened to Him The first verse of this parsha describes Noach as ish tzaddik tamim,...6 hours ago
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The Jewish Harmonica Guy is Back! - Elimelech Adler plays Boruch Levine's "V'zakeini" on his harmonica. For more info email info@southwestsimcha.com
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Netflix’s One of Us Reveals the Fight of Hasidic Jews to Break From the Sect - New Yorkers will immediately recognize the opening shots of One of Us, the new documentary from Jesus Camp filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady: ultra-O...17 hours ago
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Zogt Ah Niggun - In many Botei Medrashim/Yeshivos, some of the Nigunim during Hakafos are Yiddish Nigunim (Gits Arein, Olam Habo etc.) Reb Iser Zalman Meltzer Zt"l used ...17 hours ago
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Poverty and Plenty in the Orthodox World - An article I wrote about poverty and plenty in the Orthodox Jewish world appears in the Forward, and can be read here. The post Poverty and Plenty in the...6 days ago
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A Gourmands Approach to Sukkos - From the Waters of the Shiloah: Plumbing the Depths of the Izhbitzer School -For series introduction CLICK By Rabbi Dovid Schwartz- A Sukkah built taller...1 week ago
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The Mysteries of Hoshana Rabbah - THE MYSTERIES OF HOSHANA RABBAH By Eliezer Brodt This article originally appeared last year in Ami Magazine (2016) This version has a many updates and co...1 week ago
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Halachos laws and minhagim for Erev Rosh Hashana 5778 - *Remember to make a Eruv Tavshilin this year* 1. Following selichos we say hataras nedorim on erev Rosh Hashana 2. Some have a minhag to purchase a new knif...3 weeks ago
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Torah Blessings of Ashkenaz Explicated: Profundity, Brevity, & Simplicity – להבין ולהשכיל בברכות התורה נוסח אשכנז ובמסורת יהדות אשכנז בכלל - In ברכת התורה that individuals recite in the morning, there are a number of small variations in נוסחאות, particularly in the section beginning with the wor...3 weeks ago
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Signing Off - Taking the advice of my mentors and close friends, I’ve decided to bring this unpopular blog to a close. I can imagine that many people will be very happy ...
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Show, Don’t Tell - When Eliezer set out to find a wife for Yitzchak, he devised very specific criteria. The right woman would not just look after him, but his whole entourage...10 months ago
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A Cosmic Hatred - Introduction to his month’s Zman magazine A Cosmic Hatred In our cover story, Bassem Eid offers a surprising angle on the Arab-Israeli conflict: “The first...1 year ago
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One Picture + Three Words ... - *... is worth more to Havdala-Qedushah consciousness than 600+ posts.* Priceless, just priceless.
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The Conservative Mangling of the Word "Halachic" - Rabbi Student astutely pointed out that because the meaning of 'halachic' (or 'kosher' or 'rabbi' isn't trademarked, it is wide open to mean anything you ...2 years ago
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Dvar Torah - Parshat Terumah - This week we are privileged to read the portion of Terumah. Hashem requests that the Jews build a dwelling for His Presence amongst the Jews. For the proj...2 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...3 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...5 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...6 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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