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Category Archives: Torah
New Torah Lectures
Joel Rich writes (my favorites are anything by Marc B. Shapiro): Dr. Ya’akov Elman – Historical Context & Background of the Talmud: link Understanding history helps you understand Talmud. There are assumptions that “everyone knows” at the time but later … Continue reading
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Tagged dynamic tension, Marc B. Shapiro, norman lamm, rosh hayeshiva, seeming contradiction, sefirat haomer
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This Week’s Torah Portion Tazria-Metzora 5769
Steve Brizel writes: Yom HaShoah R. Aharon Lichtenstein reminds and exhorts us to respond , but not to offer theodicy-based explanations for the Holocaust: link R. Tamir Granot explores various hashkafic perspectives on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust: link R. Hershel … Continue reading
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Tagged aharon lichtenstein, berel wein, bris milah, jonathan sacks, observant jew, shlomo riskin
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Can Converts Become Rabbis?
It doesn’t bother me that there is a substantial case in Jewish law against converts such as myself becoming rabbis. I never knew this until I read this post. I have fantasized about becoming a rabbi because I am obviously … Continue reading
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Tagged gil student, jewish communities, jewish family, jewish law, knowledgable, orthodox jews
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The Nechama Leibowitz Biography
Rabbi Gil Student writes: In discussing the new 600-page biography by Yael Unterman, Nehama Leibowitz: Teacher and Bible Scholar, a friend remarked that he didn’t like it at all because it is just a collection of ma’aselakh, stories. I told … Continue reading
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Tagged cafes in berlin, joseph b soloveitchik, menachem schneerson, menahem mendel, nechama leibowitz, nehama leibowitz
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No One Is Above The Law – A Lesson From This Week’s Torah Portion
Dr. Mark H. Kirschbaum writes for Tikkun: In this, the last perasha in Sefer Shemot, we are going to deal with one of the more ostensibly uninteresting passages in the Torah, and some quite interesting possible readings of it. This … Continue reading
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Tagged jerusalem talmud, kirschbaum, mishkan, monetary standard, shemot, torah portion
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