J.R.R Tolkien was asked by an interviewer why his books are so long. He replied:
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Whole Foods Market Cashews AS LOW AS $7.07 - *This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.* At the time of posting 365 by Whole Foods Market, Organ...
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Daily Reyd - Article summaries generated by AI: • RM Taragin – How to Mourn After Returning Home – Tisha B’Av invites mourning exile and unfinished redemption while rec...11 hours ago
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Iraqi Militia Announces $10 Million Bounty on President Trump as Iranian Media Publishes Alleged Location Information - Regional tensions intensified dramatically Thursday after an Iraqi militia publicly announced a $10 million reward for the assassination of President Donal...23 hours ago
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freezing arrests - At the behest of the Haredi parties, the Knesset passed the law a short while ago that enacts a temporary measure to freeze the arrests of yeshiva bochurim...3 days ago
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Scholars in Residence Information 2026-2027 - From Rabbi Yosef Davis of TorahAnytime.com: *R' Yosef Gavriel does many impressive things very very well. He is a Rebbe par excellence, a community leader,...
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The Last Word - Rabbi Blau is indeed correct. I chose not to engage in a point by point refutation of his original Facebook post, for reasons that I made clear. Namely, ...3 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-ve4 days ago
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Blogger in Vilnius spits at 3 Israeli rabbis, shouts antisemitic epithets - A rare antisemitic incident in Lithuania: A local blogger and social media activist was arrested after being filmed spitting at three Israeli rabbis visiti...5 days ago
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Money: Honoring the Wealthy - Honoring the Wealthy Q: “רַבִּי מְכַבֵּד עֲשִׁירִים — Rebbi honored rich people” (Eruvin 86a). But Hashem loves the poor. Which attitude is correct? These ...5 days ago
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Wrestling with the Ketsot – Review of ‘New Heavens: The Ketsot ha-Hoshen and the Rise of Lamdanut’, by Noam Samet - Wrestling with the Ketsot – Review of ‘New Heavens: The Ketsot ha-Hoshen and the Rise of Lamdanut’, by Noam Samet By Moshe Shochat “…We also studied the Ke...5 days ago
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Something Is Missing - Your life is working. You have people you care about. You have work that gets done. You have things you enjoy. And still, more often than you admit, some...3 weeks 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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