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Shehecheyanu on a New Shofar for Rosh Hashana - by R. Daniel Mann Question: I hope to buy a new shofar for Rosh Hashana. Can I make Shehecheyanu on it? If so, as the ba’al tokeiah, can that count for the...10 hours ago
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Gershi Uri, Neshama Choir "Days of Slichos Medley" - Music by Yanky Landau Songs:השיבנו - שוואקי, לחן: יוסי גרין מלוך - א.מ. שווארץ, לחן: אנשי פרידמן לך קלי - פיוט מזרחי עממיקהליך - מוטי ויזל וארי היל, לחן: א...
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Restrictions and enhanced security measures introduced in Uman due to arrival of Hasidim - In Uman, from September 15, in connection with the arrival of Hasidim for the traditional annual pilgrimage, enhanced security measures are being introduce...17 hours ago
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Nitzavim – Putting a Hold on Gold - There is idol worship and there is idol worship. As Rav Elchonon Wasserman wrote, even today, when the urge to worship literal idols is absent, there are...1 day ago
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Response to a Letter On Basic Issues in Yahadus (Judaism and Avodas Hashem) - *My answers are in bold. The material is more or less self explanatory.* Shalom Harav Bechhofer Shlit''a I have seen the profound divrei torah of the Ra...2 days ago
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From Medina Raḥamim to Elul Seliḥot: Toward a Prehistory of Nocturnal Penitential Prayer - From Medina Raḥamim to Elul Seliḥot: Toward a Prehistory of Nocturnal Penitential Prayer Aton M. Holzer Shulamit Elizur, the undisputed doyenne of piyyut s...2 days ago
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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...1 week ago
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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
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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...4 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 ...6 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...6 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...10 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 ...10 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...11 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...13 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...14 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 ...
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