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Category Archives: Modern Orthodox
Yisroel Pensack: None Dare Call It Conservadox
Practically around the corner from where I live is a big old synagogue called Congregation Chevra Thilim that describes itself as “San Francisco’s oldest Orthodox congregation.” Chevra Thilim is currently undergoing a $1.6-million, months-long renovation, upgrade and expansion of its social hall building, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Conservative Judaism, Conservatives, Dovid Eliezrie, Judaism, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, San Francisco, Synagogue, Torah, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged "politically incorrect" blessings, $1.6 million, building on shabbos, burials, chabad lubavitch, congregation beth sholom, Congregation Chevra Thilim, Conservadox, David Kimel, gil student, kohanim, meis mitzvah, R. David Eliezrie, R. Shimon Margolin, R. Shlomo Zarchi, R. Yosef Langer, social hall, yetzer hara
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Modern Orthodox Demographics
In his fifth lecture on the Steipler for Torah in Motion, professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Modern Orthodox is larger than haredim. Modern is larger in Israel, about 20-25% of the population. The haredim are about 11%. The Modern are … Continue reading
Posted in England, Haredi, Israel, Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
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Modern Orthodox Always In For A Party
In his fifth lecture on the Steipler for Torah in Motion, professor Marc B. Shapiro says: “In the last ten years, upsherin (party to cut for the first time a three year old boy’s hair) has become popular in the … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Hasidim, Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox
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Why Is Luke Not Married?
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, On the last Torah Talks at the end you asked, “Why am I not married?” Obviously, you were bouncing off the obscenity comedy that you were advancing prior to the question. I don’t know whether … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Personal
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How Much Secular Learning Does A Rabbi Need?
At the Hungarian Jewish Congress of December 14, 1868, German Modern Orthodox rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer said it would not be a problem if the government required rabbis to have a secular degree. That would be the law of the land … Continue reading
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