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WATCH: ‘We Got All Of Them’: Trump Honors Hostages At White House Chanukah Celebration - [Video below.] At a White House Chanukah celebration held this evening, President Donald Trump invited several families of American-Israeli hostages to joi...
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Hirhurim - Musings

Beracha when Lighting for a Neighbor - by R. Daniel Mann Question: A neighbor who is out of the house a lot sometimes asks me to light Chanuka candles on his behalf. Is that okay? When I light f...
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Toras Aba

The Entire Chanuka Story In 35 Words - *THE ENTIRE CHANUKAH STORY IN 35 WORDS* **.Reb Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld zt"l* wrote that this Piyut which encapsulates the entire Chanukah story was compo...
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Gruntig!

Rafi Biton - Veal Hanisim | Live from Jerusalem -
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Life in Israel

Matisyahu's Hanukkah "Miracle" (video) - November 30, 2025 is the 15 year anniversary of "Miracle". The first of several Matisyahu Hanukkah songs, and by the singer's favorite music video to date....
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Chaptzem Blog!

After the synagogue was burned, holy books were buried - Hundreds of sacred Jewish books that were damaged and burned in a fire at the historic Sadigora Hasidic synagogue in Ukraine were laid to rest this week in...
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the Seforim blog

Chanukah Controversies, Customs and Scholarship: A Roundup & Update - Chanukah Controversies, Customs and Scholarship: A Roundup & Update We are working on creating a better system to navigate past posts [please contact us at...
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Cross-Currents

Response to Recent Buzz Concerning Satmar and Mishpacha - Rabbi Broyde’s articles never fail to contribute new perspectives to the reader. His recent article is no exception. While the two of us quite frequently...
2 days ago
YGB - יג"ב

Traveling on Hanukkah - *Traveling on Chanukah when you will completely miss lighting,* *and no one will light for you that night.* A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp ...
5 days ago
On the Main Line

:) - https://substack.com/@onthemainline/note/c-183190959?r=du2c6
2 weeks ago
Yaakov Astor's Blog

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The partial view

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8 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...
9 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
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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13 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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