Podcast: Articles of Faith
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I joined a podcast on the New Books Network to discuss my new
book, Articles of Faith, with Michael Morales. While he is a Professor of
Biblical Studies at...
Interesting Psak: the rules of jihad
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Islamic CLeric Dr Salman Al-Dhaya (sp?) of Gaza has recently issued a
fatwa,or Islamic psak halacha, saying the October 7 brutal attack by Hamas
against Is...
Reb Shlomo Carlebach Tribute Concert 2024
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Saturday Night, November 16th Doors Open 8:15 PM | Concert Begins 8:45 PM
At West Side Institutional Synagogue, 120 West 76th St. FEATURING YEHUDA
GREEN EI...
Vaccinating Our Children Against Prayer
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I am writing this column on the train – the one AFTER the one I was
supposed to catch, as I experienced that forlorn feeling when I rushed as
fast as my ...
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Each year, I share some brief thought before Rosh Hashanah with a large
list of personal contacts, both Jewish and non-Jewish. Some recipients have
liked...
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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...
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1925-26 broadside from European and EY rabbis, including the (late) Chafetz
Chaim, Rav Kook, Rabbi Meir Hildesheimer, and others, against mechitzaless
sh...
Petition to relaunch the blog
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Adar 2 - Rabbi Yitzchok Wolpin
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As we have already begun the second month of Adar, and we all know that in
this month we are to increase joy and happiness, I’d like to share with you
a t...
Signing Off
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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...
The Conservative Mangling of the Word "Halachic"
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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 ...
Signing Off
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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...
This Blog Has Moved
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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 ...
Iron-Dome deflects Destructive darts.
ReplyDeletePresent POTUS policies propped Iron-Dome.
time for American Jewry to say "Thank you"
Twins tussle transcends temporal taivos.
ReplyDeleteBamboozled Bekhor bears bitterness. Begrudges bamboozling brother being and becoming. Bamboozling brothers brikha forestalls fratricidal reprisal.
I can't Blab such Blibber Blubber.
ReplyDeletewell then your keyboard is a mess,
ReplyDeletewe'll find it something it can word process,
נמצא קרח מכאן ולכאן! Well done, Bray!
ReplyDeleteKorach,
ReplyDeleteIf you will step this way,
I'll show you what you're supposed to say.
Moshe Emes, V'Toraso Emes
That is all, no more no less