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Category Archives: Hirhurim
The Torah Is A Great Guide For Finding Balance In Life
One of the things that I love about a Torah life is the guidance you get. You get time allocated to holy things and to being social and to study and most of the rest is devoted to work. I … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim, Torah
Tagged narrow bridge, personal prayer, prayer and meditation, Rebbe Nachman, torah life, torah studies
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Celebrating Lag B’Omer With Bonfires
"How is that good for Los Angeles?" I thought when I was reading a press release for a Lag B’Omer bonfire Monday night. "We have bad air pollution in LA and bonfires will only add to it. What will the … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Hasidim, Hirhurim, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged air pollution, bonfires, chasam sofer, chopped liver, goyim, jerusalem post, lag b omer, lag baomer, unnecessary pollution
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Jewish Medical Ethics Conference
From Hirhurim: Torah in Motion, The Orthodox Union and Yeshiva University, invite you to The International Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics August 20th to 23rd, 2009 At the foot of the Majestic Laurentian Peaks at the inspired mountain chateau Fairmont … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Hirhurim
Tagged avraham steinberg, emory university atlanta, hematology oncology, interested laymen, jewish medical ethics, torah in motion
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Christianity Broke With Judaism Over Conversions
Charlie Hall posts to Hirhurim: I don’t think it can be used as a halachic source for us (well, maybe for the leftmost part of the left wing?) but in the New Testament, Chapter 15 of Acts makes it quite … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim
Tagged charlie hall, first break, judaism and christianity, new testament, Rabbis
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‘Transforming Identity: The Ritual Transition From Gentile To Jew – Structure and Meaning’
From Hirhurim: In the latest issue of Tradition (link), hot off the presses and available online, R. Michael J. Broyde publishes a review of Avi Sagi and Zvi Zohar’s book about conversion, Transforming Identity: The Ritual Transition from Gentile to … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Hirhurim, Marc B. Shapiro, Orthodoxy, R. Michael J. Broyde
Tagged avi sagi, conversion controversy, Hirhurim, jewish legal system, mainstream approach, Marc B. Shapiro, michael j broyde, professor shapiro, rabbinic tradition, talmudic sources
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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
Posted in Hirhurim
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
Posted in Hirhurim
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
Posted in Hirhurim
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
Posted in Hirhurim, Kashrut
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
Posted in Hirhurim
Tagged baal teshuva, marc shapiro, orthodox judaism, ovadia yosef, torah in motion
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