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Moshe Feiglin open debate at Kikar Tzion: Convince Me! (video) - I always think an open conversation and sharing of ideas is a good idea.. I do think this is mostly an attempt to ride the Charlie Kirk wave and take on...
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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...2 days ago
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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...2 days ago
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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 &...
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Daily Reyd - Article summaries generated by AI: • RM Taragin – Sukkot: Walking with strength – even with human mastery, we remain God-dependent; Sukkot reinforces that ...2 days ago
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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 ...2 days ago
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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...4 weeks 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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