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Article summaries generated by AI: • Non-Orthodox rabbis – As images from
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It’s natural to feel disappointment when one loses – be it a court case, a
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The Meitcheter Illui on Ger Kattan
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*Rabbi Shlomo Poltachek, the Meitcheter Illui zt"l*'s
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Can Orthodoxy Decide Its Own History? Rabbi Shmuel Lesher The Making of a
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Here's a piece in Hamelitz about a telegram from Mrs. Netziv, Rabbanit
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Lag Baomer and Chinuch -ל”ג בעומר ומצות חינוך
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We recently read פרשת אמור אל הכהנים, where we are taught the important
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Dvar Torah - Titzave - Rabbi Yitzchok Wolpin
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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...
Tikun Olam vs. Tikun Hameuvas
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Many bloggers ostensibly go into blogging to participate in Tikun Olam.
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Why Do Orthodox Women Need Female Yoatzot?
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Let's take a quick survey of the reasons given by Orthodox feminists for
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indiscernible, harmonies are haphazard, and yet, this tune almost escaped
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Signing Off
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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...
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After a great get-together last night, we are ready to move the blog to a
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Wasn't a million. If the pictures are any guide, most weren't men but boys. And all this picture does is show how many available potential soldiers are available. Also, calling them Macabees insults the Macabees.
Was there ever a million man march that had one million people?
Calling them Macabees here, was not meant in the fighting sense. It was akin to the original Macabees, who answered the call of מי לה' אלי (and I am allowed some poetic license, no?).
what if they threw a rally and medinat Yisrael paid attention to real news like Putin and crimea....it was not for the other 6 million israelis , it was chizuk for chareidim....
Wasn't a million.
ReplyDeleteIf the pictures are any guide, most weren't men but boys.
And all this picture does is show how many available potential soldiers are available.
Also, calling them Macabees insults the Macabees.
Was there ever a million man march that had one million people?
DeleteCalling them Macabees here, was not meant in the fighting sense. It was akin to the original Macabees, who answered the call of מי לה' אלי (and I am allowed some poetic license, no?).
Yeah. And then they picked up weapons and fought.
DeleteNo, they demonstrated peacefully and then went back to the Beth Medrash.
Deletenochum, you want them to pick up weapons and fight the Zionists? A little rash I think.
Deletewhat if they threw a rally and medinat Yisrael paid attention to real news like Putin and crimea....it was not for the other 6 million israelis , it was chizuk for chareidim....
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