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Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry

Mindel Rivka Gross a”h - It is with great saddness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Mindel Rivka Gross a”h. Klal Yisroel had been davening for Mindel Rivka bas Raizel ever si...
46 minutes ago
Gruntig!

Choni G - Jerusalem A capella - Original A capella version of Matisyahu's Jerusalem (in commemoration of Tisha B'av). All vocals - Choni G.
1 hour ago
Toras Aba

ברוך דיין האמת - 1) The *Bais Yosef*writes to say *ברוך דיין האמת* before קריאת התורה on Tisha Bav. 2) The *Darkei Moishe* (Rema) writes our Minhag is not to do so. 3) The...
1 day ago
Hirhurim - Musings

Daily Reyd - Get Over It—Israel Is the Jewish State – WSJ Get Over It—Israel Is the Jewish State The case for Israel’s Jewish state law – Opinion – Jerusalem Post The c...
1 day ago
Chaptzem Blog!

Predator Taught At Elite Jewish School A Decade Later Than First Reported - An educator convicted of molesting a child and accused of molesting at least three others worked at a Jewish school in New York for longer than the school ...
1 day ago
כבוד התורה

Dvar Torah - Dvorim - From Rabbi Yitzchok Wolpin - This week are privileged to begin the fifth book of Torah, the book of Dvorim, also known as Mishne Torah (second Torah). Moshe began preparing for his dep...
1 day ago
Life in Israel

Lecha Dodi I FDD Vocal (video) - ------------------------------------------------------ *Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel* --------------------...
1 day ago
YGB - יג"ב

Live Online Tisha b'Av Shiur - *Tisha b'Av Shiur* This coming Sunday, Tisha b'Av (10 Menachem Av 5778, July 22, 2018) 3:00 pm EDT
2 days ago
the Seforim blog

The Ze’enah –Re’enah and its Author - *The **Ze’enah –Re’enah**and its Author* Morris M. Faierstein, Ph.D. It has traditionally assumed that Rabbi Jacob ben Isaac of Yanova was the author of th...
2 days ago
Cross-Currents

Muslim-Jewish Alliances - An article of mine about alliances of Muslims and Orthodox Jews, both in Israel and in the U.S. appears at Forward, and can be read here. The post Muslim...
2 days ago
Beyond BT

Tisha B’Av Preparation – Preserving Our Prayer Portal – Lessons from Bar Kamtza’s Pain - It’s not often that Bar Kamtza is portrayed as the good guy, but in this shiur by Rabbi Herschel Welcher, titled “Lessons from the Pain of Bar Kamtza“, w...
4 days ago
TREASURES OF ASHKENAZ

The Lion of Ashkenaz: The Arizal You Didn’t Know – הארי של אשכנז: האריז”ל שלא הכרת - Today, ה’ אב, is the yahrzeit of one of the great figures of Jewish history, the אר”י ז”ל, Rav Yitzchok Luria. Although almost four and a half centuries ha...
4 days ago
The partial view

Statement of Agudath Israel of America on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court - Agudath Israel of America, a national Orthodox Jewish organization, welcomes President Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Antho...
1 week ago
A nigun a day. It's that simple.

Knock, knock... - Who's there? *A ditty so pretty it can revive a dead and buried blog! * Ahhhhhh! I'll just leave this here and head back to the different job, differen...
9 months ago
The Slifkin Challenge

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 ...
1 year ago
Geshmack Torah - Hot off the press

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...
1 year ago
On the Main Line

- Here's a vintage early WWII-era British joke "Chamberlain = Chaim Berlin," etc.
1 year ago
Yaakov Astor's Blog

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
HaMavdil

One Picture + Three Words ... - *... is worth more to Havdala-Qedushah consciousness than 600+ posts.* Priceless, just priceless.
3 years ago
Voice From The Wilderness

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 ...
3 years ago
JEWISH MUSIC PLUS

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

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5 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...
6 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...
7 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 ...
8 years ago

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