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Priorities in Mikvah Building
I was privileged to give an adult ed class over Shavuot on the topic of the relative prioritization of building a mikvah as compared with building a shul or school. The shiur also dealt with the relative importance of a … Continue reading
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Blame Rav Aharon Lichtenstein: A Response to Marom Zour
I came across an eye-opening item in a friend’s Facebook trough late last week. She was re-posting something which had come across her inbox from an irate secular Israeli with whom she is not personally acquainted. (The first words below … Continue reading
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Tagged Aharon Lichtenstein, Gush, Gush Etzion, Har Etion, Israel, Modern Orthodox, Yeshiva University
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The Millennia-Old Problem of Yom Ha’atzmaut in America
I asked a friend tonight if he could identify the most recent time in Jewish history that every single Jew was in the Land of Israel at the same time. He noticed that it wasn’t the time of Yehoshua, because … Continue reading
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Parshat Pinchas: Advocacy and Partnership in Zealotry
This past week we read one of rarest of all Haftarot (thanks to Shlomo for this link), one that has not been read since 2005 and will not be read again until 2035. What makes the Haftarah so rare is … Continue reading
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Frum … or Krum?? – Hiding Bread Before Bedikat Chametz
And now, once again, it is time for our all-too-infrequent consideration of trends and whispers in the Jewish community as seen through the rarified light of actual Halachic analysis. Is it Frum, or is it Krum? As always, there can … Continue reading
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I Totally Live This: Reflections on the Upcoming Israeli Civil War
As background to this post, one might benefit from reading the actual new Israeli Draft Law (link). I am working on a separate post which will serve as a guide to reading this law, which will appear foreboding to us … Continue reading
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The Night Time is the Right Time: A Selichot Chronology
I gave a Shiur yesterday (sources are at this link) on what the right time is to say Selichot. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the lively give-and-take. Some thoughts that came out of the Shiur: 1) … Continue reading
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Parsha Perspicacities 