Counting Sefira Somewhat Early
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by R. Daniel Mann Question: My shul davens Mincha right before sunset and
Ma’ariv right after it. During the sefira period, may I rely on sefirat
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David Schottenstein Talks Prison
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Entrepreneur David Schottenstein talks prison, lessons learned & turning
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The Ghetto Library and Daily Life Under the Nazis
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The Ghetto Library and Daily Life Under the Nazis In giving the public this
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Ghetto, w...
Kedoshim – Looking Out for #1… and #2… and #3…
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“Love your fellow like yourself” (Vayikra 19:18) cannot be meant literally.
Ultimate concern for oneself is ingrained in our essences. There is a
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Pesach – Leaving the Imprisonment of Materialism
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Rav Itamar Schwartz, the author of the Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh Download a
number of Drashos on Pesach On Pesach, when we left Egypt, we left in
haste, and ...
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1925-26 broadside from European and EY rabbis, including the (late) Chafetz
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Adar 2 - Rabbi Yitzchok Wolpin
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As we have already begun the second month of Adar, and we all know that in
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Signing Off
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Taking the advice of my mentors and close friends, I’ve decided to bring
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The Conservative Mangling of the Word "Halachic"
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Rabbi Student astutely pointed out that because the meaning of 'halachic'
(or 'kosher' or 'rabbi' isn't trademarked, it is wide open to mean anything
you ...
Signing Off
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When I first started blogging, it was before the Asifa. Post-asifa, there
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We are in a transparent era. remember the airbrushing Hillary out of the war-room picture scandal? All we need is one benedict arnold to translate the headline and in ten minutes it goes viral and we look as bloodthirsty as hamas. Or haven't you heard about the kahanists retaliatory kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager?
read Dayan Cohn editorial in hamodia. people forget the "H" of Hy"d.
I think we have to stop emphasizing the הי"ד especially in blood red letters. Better to write zecher kedoshim livrachah or חבל על דאבדין.
ReplyDeleteplease check your inbox
Please explain why.
DeleteWe are in a transparent era. remember the airbrushing Hillary out of the war-room picture scandal? All we need is one benedict arnold to translate the headline and in ten minutes it goes viral and we look as bloodthirsty as hamas. Or haven't you heard about the kahanists retaliatory kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager?
ReplyDeleteread Dayan Cohn editorial in hamodia. people forget the "H" of Hy"d.
That may not have been retaliatory, but rather internal family fighting.
ReplyDeletewhat do you say now that 6 Jews from Beit Shemesh were arrested for the murder?
ReplyDeleteI say it is a sad day that the enemy has pushed us to the extent that we will murder in response.
DeleteI forget which Israeli it was who said s/he could forgive the enemy for certain things, but not for turning our boys into murderers.
@ Bray of Fundie
ReplyDeleteHY"D has nothing to do with retaliatory human actions. To the contrary, it's a prayer that HASHEM should avenge their blood.
We fully believe that no bad deed goes unpunished.