The era of the Jewish Observer has truly ended now with the passing of R' Nisson Wolpin. Chaval.
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(R Nisson) Wolpin (ZTL) - Writing Wizard Who Wrote With Wisdom
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7 Sectional Platter With a Variety of Freshly Roasted Nuts - At the time of posting the Mothers Day Nuts Gift Basket - 7 Sectional Platter With a Variety of Freshly Roasted Nuts - Beautifully Packaged Gift for B...
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US Gasoline Prices Top $4.50 a Gallon - With the Memorial Day weekend approaching and the busy summer driving season about to begin, rising gasoline prices are emerging as a potential political c...11 hours ago
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Live From Borough Park: Lag B'Omer Kinus on 13th Ave - A grand Lag Baomer celebration in honor of the Rashbi will take place on 13th Ave in Boro Park, The annual Kinnus of Yiddishe kinderlach of Boro Park has b...
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Torah Im Derech Eretz Group Core Principles and Invitation to Join Our WhatsApp Group - This is the current formulation of the core principles of the *Torah Im Derech Eretz Movement and Institute* *Follow this link to join our WhatsApp grou...
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Daily Reyd - Article summaries generated by AI: • The sixth path: What 18 years of Jewish educational media taught me about Doron Kenter’s ‘denominator’ – Jewish educat...2 days ago
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Former marines are hired to protect synagogues and Jewish schools after wave of anti-Semitic attacks - Former soldiers have been hired to protect synagogues and Jewish schools after a wave of anti-Semitic attacks have left British Jews terrified. Jewish inst...2 days ago
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Halacha Headlines: 4/25/26 – Shiur 558 – What's new with Chodosh II – Is there room for leniency? (audio) - ------------------------------------------------------ *Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel* -------------------...3 days ago
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Vayikra Perek 23 Rashi on Pasuk 35 or 27 A “Misplaced” Comment of Rashi - Vayikra Perek 23 Rashi on Pasuk 35 or 27 A “Misplaced” Comment of Rashi Eli Genauer The 23rd Perek of Sefer Vayikra speaks about the festivals, and ends wi...5 days ago
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Parshas Emor - Parshas Emor opens with the special laws governing the kohanim. They must maintain a higher standard of sanctity — restrictions on whom they can marry, how...6 days ago
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My Pesach In Federal Prison - By Rabbi Akiva Males In 2008, I spent part of Pesach in the oddest of places. At that time, my wife Layala and I lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania wher...4 weeks ago
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The Most Famous Ramban in Chumash – The End of Parshas Bo - The Ramban at the end of Bo is a classic work on Jewish philosophy and probably the most quoted Ramban in Chumash. It’s well worth seeing inside. Here’s ...3 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 ...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...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...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 ...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...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...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 ...
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