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Category Archives: Hirhurim
Turning The Hirhurim Blog Into A Book
Rabbi Gil Student blogs: "Response has been extremely underwhelming. What gives? Is it the choice of material? The price? Will the few thousand of weekly visitors only read if it’s free? I’ve decided to offer a 20% discount to all … Continue reading
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Tagged arnold lustiger, book ships, dovid gottlieb, gil student, hirhurim blog, month of march, ordered copies, rabbi ari kahn, rabbi yitzchok adlerstein, rabbi yosef
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The Blog ‘Hirhurim’ Becomes A Book
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Today marks the end of the Hirhurim blog’s fifth year. I’d like to thank all of the readers and commenters, and all of my fellow posters: the regulars — Steve, Joel and R. Ari; and the … Continue reading
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Tagged dovid gottlieb, fellow posters, gil student, hirhurim blog, michael j broyde, shipping international
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Naming Sources
David writes on Hirhurim: "Maybe the Rambam had a stronger basis on which to be ‘somech’ his methodology of not naming sources, i.e. from Moshe Rabbenu himself. After all, at the beginning of Devari-im when Moshe starts his review of … Continue reading
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Tagged appointment of judges, moshe, rambam, somech, talmud, tempest in a teapot
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The Prophetic Documentary Hypothesis
Biblical scholarship is the single most uncomfortable matter for discussion among Orthodox Jews, particularly those familiar with the unanimous acceptance of the Documentary Hypothesis by university scholars. Orthodox rabbi Gil Student blogs: You might recall the "Jacobs Affair", in which … Continue reading
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Tagged divine authorship, documentary hypothesis, five books of moses, gil student, rabbi jacobs, rav mordechai
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I Want To Be A Rebbe II
Ari writes to Hirhurim: I think this is a bit of a tempest in a teapot. There are some people who think that any mention of their group-identity is inherently offensive. That’s most of what I saw. There was nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged group identity, juxtaposition, rebbe, s books, tempest in a teapot
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Is There A Jewish Political Tradition?
Lawrence Kaplan writes to Hirhurim: "Ruth Bevan’s article "Is there a Jewish Poliitical Tradition?" is exceptionally thin. To cite Tevye from "Fiddler on the Roof" as proof of a Jewish anti-political tradition is embarrassing. At least she might have referred … Continue reading
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Tagged daniel elazar, fiddler on the roof, khm, lawrence kaplan, michael walzer, political tradition
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The Secrets Of Making Converts To Orthodox Judaism
Rabbi Gil student writes: Urim Publications recently published A Circle in the Square, a book that is a combination of a biography of R. Shlomo Riskin until his aliyah in 1983 and the story of the innovation that is Lincoln … Continue reading
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Tagged gil student, lincoln square synagogue, orthodox judaism, shlomo riskin, torah giants, torah portion
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Is There Anything Good About Growing Old?
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Aging forces people to slowly withdraw from their careers, allowing them more time for contemplation of ultimate issues. It also places them face-to-face with their mortality. It gives them the opportunity to see the true, spiritual … Continue reading
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Tagged arei, gil student, priorities in life, spiritual priorities, teshuvah, ultimate issues
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YU’s Transgendered Professor
From Rabbi Gil Student: According to an article in The Commentator (link), my judgment (link) on the subject of a transgender professor at YU matched that of R. Hershel Schachter and R. Hershel Billet. The article quotes the two rabbis … Continue reading
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Tagged gil student, jewish character, rabbinical council of america, riets, secular studies, young israel of woodmere
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