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Long Face - Minhag Ashkenaz and some Chasidic Minyanim, the Chazan who Davens מעריב on Motzei Shabbos Selichos to sing the והוא רחום with a special Niggun. The Im...
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“Moldova Acting Out of Pure Antisemitism” – Anger in Breslov Over Canceled Flights to Uman - With just days before tens of thousands of Breslover chassidim are set to travel to Uman for Rosh Hashanah, outrage has erupted after Moldova canceled both...
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Chaptzem Blog!

Orthodox couple attacked in Venice as antisemitic incidents in Europe raise anxiety for Jews and Israelis - The mayor of Venice has condemned an alleged attack on American Orthodox Jews who said they were targeted by a group that shouted "free Palestine" and then...
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Hirhurim - Musings

Jewish Action Podcast episode 2 - Listen to the episode here Host Rabbi Gil Student is joined by Rabbi Yisrael Motzen (Ner Tamid; Assistant to the OU EVPs; Director, Kol Echad) to unpack tw...
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Gruntig!

Retzei - Meilech Grossman - Shea Kaller - Lev Choir - Retzei - A captivating cantorial performance by Chazan Meilech Grossman. Presented by Gershy Schwarcz from Edgware Studios. This musical offering showcases...
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YGB - יג"ב

Rischa D'araisa Season 12 Episode 3: "Torah Only" in Eretz Yisroel? The Trap of Perfectionism - Rischa D'araisa Season 12 Episode 3: *"Torah Only" in Eretz Yisroel?* *The Trap of Perfectionism* *https://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/10...
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the Seforim blog

Mikra Pashut: A New Reading of the Tanakh - Mikra Pashut: A New Reading of the Tanakh David Curwin David Curwin is an independent scholar, who has researched and published widely on Bible, Jewish tho...
3 days ago
Cross-Currents

Ki Savo – The Future of Wood and Stone - It is said in the name of the Vilna Gaon that the “idols of wood and stone” that Klal Yisrael will come to worship, referenced in the tochacha (Devarim 2...
3 days ago
Yaakov Astor's Blog

My Father’s Yarhzeit - This eulogy was delivered at my father’s funeral on 16 Elul 5764. OUR GOOD DEEDS SPEAK The great Jewish sage and saint of the last century, known as the Ch...
4 days ago
Life in Israel

Zionists strike again! - News reports are saying that the flotilla of boats led by Greta Thunberg to try to sail to Gaza has turned back to port in Spain due to strong winds (up to...
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The partial view

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5 months ago
Beyond BT

Rethinking Introspection: A Healthier Approach to Mussar - At a friend’s daughter’s chasanah, I struck up a conversation with his son-in-law, a young and dynamic Rabbi. Wanting to understand his approach, I asked...
6 months ago
Geshmack Torah - Hot off the press

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...
4 years ago
On the Main Line

- 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...
5 years ago
TREASURES OF ASHKENAZ

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
כבוד התורה

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...
6 years ago
The Slifkin Challenge

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...
8 years ago
HaMavdil

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
Voice From The Wilderness

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 ...
10 years ago
A nigun a day. It's that simple.

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
JEWISH MUSIC PLUS

Ari Goldwag - I'm Imperfect - A Cappella - Official Video -
11 years ago
Yeshivaman

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12 years ago
Haredi And Proud

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
אישים ושיטות

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...
14 years ago
Hirhurim - Musings

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 ...
15 years ago

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