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Goldknopf Under Fire After Comparing Imprisoned Yeshiva Students to Hamas Hostages - United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzchak Goldknopf came under heavy fire after appearing to draw a parallel between imprisoned bnei yeshiva and the Israeli h...
14 hours ago
Cross-Currents

Two recent pieces - My most recent Ami column, “Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!,” can be read here. And a Sukkos-themed essay is at RNS, here. Chag Samei’ach! The post Two recent pi...
15 hours ago
Toras Aba

HALF OFF!! Digital Kitchen Food Scale with Detachable Display - At the time of posting there is a %50 coupon AWLKIM® Digital Kitchen Food Scale -Detachable Display Electronic Weight Scale for Baking, Bread Making &...
20 hours ago
Hirhurim - Musings

Daily Reyd - Article summaries generated by AI: • RM Taragin – Sukkot: Walking with strength – even with human mastery, we remain God-dependent; Sukkot reinforces that ...
21 hours ago
Chaptzem Blog!

Anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on kosher bakery in Rome - Antisemitic graffiti was sprayed across the rolled-down shutter of a kosher bakery in Rome, Italian media report."Dirty Jews, may you all burn," reads the ...
1 day ago
Gruntig!

This Too Is for the Good | The Story of Nachum Ish Gamzu - This Too Is for the Good | The Story of Nachum Ish Gamzu | Tales of Tzaddiki Discover the unforgettable story of Nachum Ish Gam Zu, the sage who taught us ...
1 day ago
Life in Israel

Kol Nidrei – Shalom Jacobs (video) - ------------------------------------------------------ *Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel* --------------------...
6 days ago
YGB - יג"ב

Rischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 6: An Exercise in Apologetics? Bakashas Mechilah and Forgiving - Rischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 6:An Exercise in Apologetics?*Bakashas Mechilah* and Forgiving *https://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/10...
1 week ago
the Seforim blog

This High Holidays: Are we Praying to be Raised or Praying to be Lowered? - This High Holidays: Are we Praying to be Raised or Praying to be Lowered? Yaakov Jaffe The high note of the Yamim Noraim service, both literally and figura...
1 week ago
Yaakov Astor's Blog

My Father’s Yarhzeit - This eulogy was delivered at my father’s funeral on 16 Elul 5764. OUR GOOD DEEDS SPEAK The great Jewish sage and saint of the last century, known as the Ch...
4 weeks ago
The partial view

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5 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...
6 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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