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Category Archives: Hirhurim
Jewish News
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Gary Rosenblatt argues for government subsidies of secular studies in Jewish day schools (Jewish Week). Now that Solomon Schechters are struggling and not just yeshivas, he cares. The Maharat makes it to the list of Jews … Continue reading
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Tagged bernie madoff, Gary Rosenblatt, gil student, government subsidies, orthodox jews, resident scholar, student posts, yahrtzeit
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Who’s Your Rebbe?
The other day, I was disciplining a wrongdoer while screaming, "Who’s Your Rebbe?" I then proceeded to give a very complicated Talmudic discourse inspired by this blog post on HirHurim: It seems that R. Yehudah assumes that you can only … Continue reading
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Tagged 19a, conflicts of interest, gemara, Hirhurim, logical issues, rebbe, zarah
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Taking Hirhurim To Facebook
Rabbi Gil Student writes: In this post (link), I outlined how I was going to try to bring the Hirhurim blog to Facebook. It kind of fizzled out because I couldn’t find anything new to bring to it. However, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, gil student, haloscan, hirhurim blog, open fashion
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Refusing To Eat In Other People’s Homes
Rabbi Gil Student writes: "There is a practice among some to refrain from eating at the home of others on Passover (what I believe some call "mishing"). While it is difficult to pin down a label of permissible or forbidden … Continue reading
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Tagged gil student, kashrus, kosher standards, pesach, shomer shabbos
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I Am In Torah-Drunk Ecstasy
Go here for a link and code to download all the Torah you want for free from Torah In Motion. I’ve been downloading Marc Shapiro all morning. Dr. Shapiro tells a story of a secular Sephardic girl in Israel who … Continue reading
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Tagged baal teshuva, marc shapiro, orthodox judaism, ovadia yosef, torah in motion
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