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Category Archives: Torah
I’m Studying This Week’s Torah Portion Live On My Cam With Jewcy’s Joey Kurtzman At 3 PM PST
Click here to join the fun. Complete video. From Jewcy.com: Joey Kurtzman is president of Jewcy Partners, LLC, and co-founding editor of Jewcy.com. Prior to joining Jewcy he was an on-air contributor to Ireland’s political and cultural radio program, The … Continue reading
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Tagged book of deuteronomy, Jewcy, mount gerizim, rsquo, torah reading, weekly torah portion
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The Ariz’al and the Interrupted Dance
Rabbi Ari Kahn (c) 2008 The fifth of Av marks the yahrzeit of the Ariz"al, the incomparable Rav Yitzchak Luria’ also known as the Ari (Lion), arguably the greatest mystic of the past millennium. The impact of his short holy … Continue reading
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Tagged lecha dodi, lofty vantage point, rabbi ari kahn, rabbi shlomo, sabbath queen, synagogues around the world
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Using First Names
Rabbi Ari Enkin writes: According to the Talmud, it is forbidden to refer to one’s parents and teachers by their first names and the prohibition remains in place even after their passing.[1] We are taught that addressing teachers by their … Continue reading
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Tagged chief justice of the supreme court, hebrew language, justice of the supreme court, morah, rabbi michael, religious circles
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RUPTURE AND RECONSTRUCTION:THE TRANSFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY ORTHODOXY by Haym Soloveitchik
Published in Tradition, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Summer 1994). Reprinted here with permission. Haym Soloveitchik teaches Jewish history and thought in the Bernard Revel Graduate School and Stern College for Woman at Yeshiva University. This essay is an attempt … Continue reading
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Tagged andunidentified, anti zionist, bernard revel graduate school, religious observance, stern college, zionist enterprise
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Torah Lectures
Rabbi Gil Student writes: I am looking for a volunteer to continue this feature on a weekly basis. Please contact me via e-mail. R. Hanan Balk on "The Abravanel’s Understanding of the Snake and the Fall of Man–The Boundaries … Continue reading
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Tagged dovid gottlieb, gil student, Mussar, shavuos, shmuel marcus, yom yerushalayim
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