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DeSantis: Mamdani Will Make De Blasio’s Reign Look Like The ‘Golden Age’ - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis weighs in on key East Coast races Election Day on ‘Hannity.’ WATCH:
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Hirhurim - Musings

Holding On To Our Morals - by R. Gidon Rothstein Parshat Vayera Joining Matters Dawn of the morning of Sodom’s destruction, 19;15, the angels need Lot to leave. They tell him to take...
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Toras Aba

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Chaptzem Blog!

Jewish NYFD Commissioner Resigns Hours After Mamdani’ Wins Mayoral Race - New York City Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker has resigned just one day after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor, sparking speculation about the timing of hi...
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Gruntig!

Yaakov Kranz on the Guitar "Affafuni" - From the author: "Nostalgic song for me as this was on the NY School of Jewish song volume 2. The record came out in 1976. This song can be used for the pr...
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YGB - יג"ב

Zohar Al Pi Pshat Day 488. 58b: Is Our Version of Tehillim 46.9 Really Wrong? Should It Say Elokim? -
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Life in Israel

Halacha Headlines: 11/1/25 – Shiur 533 – NYC EXCLUSIVES: THE ERUV CONTROVERSY | NY ELECTIONS (audio) - ------------------------------------------------------ *Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel* -------------------...
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the Seforim blog

Eli Genauer: The Evolution of a “רש״י ישן” as Presented by Artscroll Rashi Breishit 12:2 – “ואעשך לגוי גדול” - The Evolution of a “רש״י ישן” as Presented by Artscroll Rashi Breishit 12:2 – “ואעשך לגוי גדול” Eli Genauer The term “רש״י ישן” in printed editions often a...
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Cross-Currents

The Million Man Event: The Invitation I Would Love To See - What would it take to convince me to enthusiastically join the tefillah gathering on Thursday? Not very much, actually. Davening is always a good thing. ...
1 week ago
Yaakov Astor's Blog

A Whale of a Tale - Rashi says the tananim hagedolim (Bereishis 1:21) are the great sea creatures, whales. The Ramban says that these creatures are so unique that they were a ...
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The partial view

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6 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...
7 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
On the Main Line

- Here's a piece in Hamelitz about a telegram from Mrs. Netziv, Rabbanit Batya Mirel (Epstein) Berlin, asking people to say tehillim for her husband, who was...
5 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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12 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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