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Category Archives: R. Yitzhock Adlerstein
Random Thoughts On The Torah Scroll Dispute
* Rita Pauker interview. Rabbi Samuel Ohana interview. * In an offer attached as Exhibit B to R. Ohana’s first pleading filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court in this case, R. Ohana offered to give Rita Pauker all four … Continue reading
Posted in R. Avraham Teichman, R. Gavriel Cohen, R. Nachum Sauer, R. Samuel Ohana, R. Sholom Tendler, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein, RCC, Steven Friedman
Tagged absolute confidentiality, confidentiality clause, los angeles superior court, sifrei torah, torah scroll, torah scrolls, torah torah
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The Rabbi Orlofsky Mess
Background Rav Adlerstein posts: “When Rabbi Weinreb (to whose ankles in Torah R. Orlofsky will never rise)…” Rav Adlerstein blogs on another topic: Unlike many New Yorkers I know, I do not have an easy time listening to Michael Savage. … Continue reading
Posted in R. Dovid Orlofsky, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein
Tagged beautiful people, Chabad, cross currents, genuineness, michael savage, stardom
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow Gives Up The Jews’ Special Claim To The Land Of Israel
Rav Adlerstein blogs: Rabbi Waskow could have left it at that, but struck out on his own to reassure the indignant Muslim cleric that pigs and monkeys could sometimes take on human-like features There is growing amongst the Jewish people … Continue reading
Posted in R. Yitzhock Adlerstein
Tagged grain of salt, land of israel, muslim cleric, rabbi arthur waskow, reexamination, special relationship
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Hormonal Judaism Vs Mind Judaism
Rabbi Yitzhock Adlerstein writes: There is good kiruv and there is bad kiruv. After reading ‘You’ve been Aish’d…’ in the Jerusalem Post, even the bad kiruv starts to look better. It is a piece that alternates between silliness and shallowness. … Continue reading
Posted in R. Yitzhock Adlerstein
Tagged declarative sentences, jerusalem post, kiruv, lilly foundation, orthodox world, term efficacy
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The Conversion Controversy
Rav Yitzhock Adlerstein writes: Several weeks into the current conversion fracas, and I have participated in a webcam debate, read two of Rabbi Sherman’s piskei din, plus teshuvos both modern and pre-modern, several articles in Techumin, a few chapters of … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein
Tagged conversion controversy, gerus, rabbinate, religious forces, rsquo, texas chainsaw massacre
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Success In Dallas For Rav Adlerstein
Rav Adlerstein blogs: If buildings could speak, the message of Dallas’ new Ohr HaTorah shul is one of pride, confidence, and inclusiveness. Simply put, it is – architecturally – the most impressive building of a right-of-Orthodox-center shul I have ever … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Orthodoxy, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein
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Spinka Scandal
The blogger Orthodonomics posts to Cross-Currents: I might be one of the few bloggers who has the tax notes sitting on my nightstand. I would not use insularity as the description to describe the basis for this scheme, but arrogance. … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein, Spinka
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Rabbi Yitzhock Adlerstein Says We Shouldn’t Read Blogs That Traffic In Personal Destruction
Every time I see Rav Adlerstein, I am mortified because 16 years ago I was writing him heartfelt letters about how I wanted to live for God. Now look at me. I snuck into Helkeinu Wednesday night and taped Rabbi … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Blogging, Orthodoxy, R. Yitzhock Adlerstein, Rabbis
Tagged code of jewish law, fellow jew, halachah, jewish authorities, public menace, rsquo
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