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Halacha Headlines: 7/25/26 – Shiur 569 – The Biggest Mistakes Bochurim (and Parents) Make During Bein Hazmanim (audio) - ------------------------------------------------------ *Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel* -------------------...5 hours ago
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ZOHRAN SAYS NO: Stubborn Mamdani Refuses to Apologize After Antisemitic Stabbing Sparks Outrage - The Muslim, socialist, anti-Israel mayor of the Big Apple is standing firm. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is refusing to apologize for his repeated an...1 day ago
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Parshas Va’eschanan: The Bronze Medalist’s Secret - The Bronze Medalist’s Secret The Faces on the Podium In 1995, a team of psychologists at Cornell University published a study that has since become famous....2 days ago
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The Wedding Season: The Kol in the Beracha Must Continue - by R. Eliezer Simcha Weisz After Tisha B’Av, as we move from mourning to Nechama (consolation), we enter the season of weddings. At every Jewish wedding, a...2 days ago
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The Ramban's Summary of the Book of Iyov (Job) in two parts - Meeting Purpose Analyze the Book of Job's theological debate on suffering. Key Takeaways - *The Core Problem:* The Book of Job challenges the *mi...
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Jewish Gun Group Lox & Loaded and NRA Gain National Media Attention - We recently posted Frank Miniter’s conversation with Lox & Loaded COO & co-founder Gayle Pearlstein, who launced the Jewish-owned-and-operated gun club th...2 days ago
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Vocal Shorts By Rafi Bitton - At the Sultan's Pool amphitheater, directly beneath Yerushalyim's Old City walls. March 9, 2026. לב לבן - ווקאל יום אחד - ווקאלי Click Here For More Videos...
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Hug Your Neighbor Like Yourself - I went out to lunch with a friend a few weeks ago. We often talk about a range of topics. Toward the end, we drifted into one we both knew we should avoi...4 days ago
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Calming Words - Wise words from R. Yeruchem Levovitz, zt”l, that may be helpful to some readers. They are a paraphrase of his commentary to Bereishis 22:1. [Thanks to my...4 days ago
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R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s Attitude Towards Girsaot: A Response to Dr. Marc Shapiro - R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s Attitude Towards Girsaot A Response to Dr. Marc Shapiro Elisha Friedman R. Hayyim Soloveitchik earned his towering stature in Jewi...5 days ago
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I finally wrote something worth sharing - https://open.substack.com/pub/shimonsteinmetz/p/ve-heishiv-leiv-avos-al-banim-ve1 week ago
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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...5 years ago
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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 ...7 years ago
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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...7 years ago
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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...
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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...11 years ago
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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 ...11 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...12 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...14 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...15 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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