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Simchas Torah and Hakofos - Uganda Shiur - Meeting Purpose To explore the Kabbalistic meaning of Simchat Torah dancing. Key Takeaways - *Two Lights:* Kabbalah distinguishes between *Or Pnimi...
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DIESEL CRISIS DEEPENS: U.S. Presses Europe to “Immediately” Release Fuel Reserves as Trump Weighs Export Ban - The Trump administration is pressing European governments to immediately release diesel from their strategic reserves as soaring fuel prices threaten econo...10 hours ago
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Live: Simchas Beis Hashoeiva in CH - Final Night - The annual Simchas Beis Hashoeiva celebration which takes place in the streets of Crown Heights is bigger than ever this year. Longtime organizer Rabbi Yis...
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רשעות and/or stupidity - *הגר"ד לנדו יצא בחריפות נגד יוזמות של עידוד אי הצבעה בתוך המגזר החרדי - כמחאה או מטעמי אנטי ציונות., "מי שמסית לא ללכת לבחירות אוי לו, אוי לו - ואנ...1 day ago
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What in the World Are We Doing Here? - The Exhilarating Message of Koheles In the 1960s a popular music group came out with an immensely popular song. Now, there’s nothing unusual about a popula...1 day ago
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Mamdani’s antisemitism plan draws criticism as rabbis say it avoids key driver of hate - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a multimillion-dollar strategy to combat antisemitism, drawing criticism from prominent Jewish leaders who desc...2 days ago
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This Israeli Arab wants to be Israel's hasbara minister | Yoseph Haddad (video) - ------------------------------------------------------ *Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel* --------------------...
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The Sukkah: Our Effort and Our Trust in Hashem - by R. Eliezer Simcha Weisz There is something striking about the way we celebrate Sukkot. For seven days, we leave the security and comfort of our homes an...1 week ago
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Two Unforgettable Conversations with HaRav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l - HaRav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l (1929 – 2020) Source: https://www.rebdovidfeinstein.com/ The 19th of Cheshvan 5787 (corresponding to Friday, October 30, 2026),...1 week ago
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Hug Your Neighbor Like Yourself - I went out to lunch with a friend a few weeks ago. We often talk about a range of topics. Toward the end, we drifted into one we both knew we should avoi...2 months ago
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I finally wrote something worth sharing - https://open.substack.com/pub/shimonsteinmetz/p/ve-heishiv-leiv-avos-al-banim-ve2 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...5 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 ...7 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...7 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...11 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 ...11 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...12 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...14 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...15 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 ...
16 years ago
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