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BLACK FRIDAY! LOWEST PRICE EVER 65 PIECE MIKASA SET - At the time of posting the Mikasa Harmony 65-Piece Flatware Set for 12, 18/10 Stainless Steel Silverware with Forks, Knives, Spoons, and Serving Utens...
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Time to Go Home — Lessons from Yaakov and Lavan - by R. Eliezer Simcha Weisz Parashat Vayeitzei gives us one of the earliest examples of what we would today call “fake news.” Yaakov Avinu had earned succes...12 hours ago
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Rischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 12: Three Courses and Dessert: Remembering Rabbi Jay Marcus, Settler Violence, Ponevezh Decision, Rabbi Boruch Chait's Anthem - Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This Episode Rischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 12:Three Courses and Dessert:Remembering Rabbi Jay MarcusSettler ...22 hours ago
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Tweet of the Day - this made me chuckle... Why is it that the murderers never scream “Shabbat Shalom”? pic.twitter.com/jkuPHZRLuv — Amit Segal (@AmitSegal) November 27, 2025 ...23 hours ago
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TYH Presents: Blessed | Chaim Ghoori - Avraham was the first to answer the call of Hashem with complete emunah, stepping into the unknown with a heart full of faith. Hashem promised him that tho...1 day ago
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Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn man who abused child may see 103-year sentence reduced - Nechemya Weberman, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man from Brooklyn, could be set free from prison after being sentenced to 103 years for child molestation follo...2 days ago
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KEDUSHAH, KEDOSHAH, OR B’K’DUSHAH in KEDUSHAH D’YESHIVAH? - KEDUSHAH, KEDOSHAH, OR B’K’DUSHAH in KEDUSHAH D’YESHIVAH? Wayne Allen In his classic study of the content and evolution of Jewish prayer, Abraham Millgram ...3 days ago
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A Contemporary Riff on a Famous Gemara - Wherein is referenced an incident from Sukkah 49a, cited in today’s Daf (Zevachim 62a) There was an incident involving one Sadducee priest who poured the...1 week ago
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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...8 months 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...4 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 ...6 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...6 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...10 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 ...10 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...11 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...13 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...14 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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