A World of Mitzot and Order
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by R. Gidon Rothstein Parshat Shelach Ibn Ezra Wants Us to Wear Tzitzit The
Torah commands Jews to “make for them tzitzit,” 15;38-39, a phrase Ibn Ezra
agr...
כ"ג סיון
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* פ' שלח כ"ג סיון A very special day*
*ויקראו סופרי המלך בעת ההיא בחודש השלישי*
*הוא חודש סיון בשלשה ועשרים י...
Book Week: 2025
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Book Week: 2025 By Eliezer Brodt Book Week has recently begun here in Eretz
Yisrael. With gratitude to Hashem, this marks the eighteenth consecutive
year t...
Shelach Lecha – Meaningful Metaphor
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In their declaration that the conquest of Cna’an will proceed successfully,
Yehoshua and Calev employ an odd metaphor: The idolatrous residents of the
la...
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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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Here's a piece in Hamelitz about a telegram from Mrs. Netziv, Rabbanit
Batya Mirel (Epstein) Berlin, asking people to say tehillim for her
husband, who was...
Lag Baomer and Chinuch -ל”ג בעומר ומצות חינוך
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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 ...
Dvar Torah - Titzave - Rabbi Yitzchok Wolpin
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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...
Tikun Olam vs. Tikun Hameuvas
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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...
Why Do Orthodox Women Need Female Yoatzot?
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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 ...
TTT :: Sois Osis • Dovid Gabay
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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...
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.
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We are in a transparent era. remember the airbrushing Hillary out of the war-room picture scandal? All we need is one benedict arnold to translate the headline and in ten minutes it goes viral and we look as bloodthirsty as hamas. Or haven't you heard about the kahanists retaliatory kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager?
read Dayan Cohn editorial in hamodia. people forget the "H" of Hy"d.
I think we have to stop emphasizing the הי"ד especially in blood red letters. Better to write zecher kedoshim livrachah or חבל על דאבדין.
ReplyDeleteplease check your inbox
Please explain why.
DeleteWe are in a transparent era. remember the airbrushing Hillary out of the war-room picture scandal? All we need is one benedict arnold to translate the headline and in ten minutes it goes viral and we look as bloodthirsty as hamas. Or haven't you heard about the kahanists retaliatory kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager?
ReplyDeleteread Dayan Cohn editorial in hamodia. people forget the "H" of Hy"d.
That may not have been retaliatory, but rather internal family fighting.
ReplyDeletewhat do you say now that 6 Jews from Beit Shemesh were arrested for the murder?
ReplyDeleteI say it is a sad day that the enemy has pushed us to the extent that we will murder in response.
DeleteI forget which Israeli it was who said s/he could forgive the enemy for certain things, but not for turning our boys into murderers.
@ Bray of Fundie
ReplyDeleteHY"D has nothing to do with retaliatory human actions. To the contrary, it's a prayer that HASHEM should avenge their blood.
We fully believe that no bad deed goes unpunished.