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Rabbi Fingerer has inspired and educated audiences of various backgrounds

Heshy Fried posts to FB: “Rabbi Fingerer has got to be one of the worst Jewish names ever, almost as bad as nutkis, schmuckler and dick.” From TorahAnyTime.com: Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer is an internationally renowned lecturer and author. Rabbi Fingerer … Continue reading

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Yisroel Pensack: Today’s Self-Appointed Chareidi Tznius Police Lack Support in Halacha

In 2001, “The Edah Journal” ran what it said was the first publication in English of a 1920 responsum (opinion on Jewish law) regarding women’s electoral rights by Rav BenZion Meir Hai Uziel, who was Sephardic chief rabbi of Jaffa … Continue reading

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Rabbi Yitzhock Adlerstein Says We Shouldn’t Read Blogs That Traffic In Personal Destruction

Every time I see Rav Adlerstein, I am mortified because 16 years ago I was writing him heartfelt letters about how I wanted to live for God. Now look at me. I snuck into Helkeinu Wednesday night and taped Rabbi … Continue reading

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