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Category Archives: Haredi
Why Marc B. Shapiro Won’t Be Giving Any Classes On The Rebbe, The Rav, And Aharon Kotler
In his first class on Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg for Torah in Motion, Professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Let me tell you about who we won’t be discussing — the three most important figures in post-war North American Orthodoxy — … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy
Tagged american hebrew, american orthodoxy, kotler, lubavitcher rebbe, Marc B. Shapiro, professor marc, soloveitchik, torah in motion
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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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Providing Moral Leadership To A Kid At A Chareidi Yeshiva
yeshivaboy: hey luke, i have a quick question, did you find out about the documentary hypothesis before or after your conversion YourMoralLeader: as a child YourMoralLeader: my dad has a phd in bible yeshivaboy: and you converted anyway YourMoralLeader: yep … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, James kugel, Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Personal, Rabbis
Tagged Dennis Prager, documentary hypothesis, James kugel, marc shapiro, orthodox judaism, torah in motion
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Roman Catholics Far More Interested In Truth Than Orthodox Jews
I always laughed inside when I listened to Orthodox rabbis preach about their religion’s great commitment to truth. What’s most interesting to me about a religion is not its theory but how it is practiced. I’ll give you two examples … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Orthodoxy, Rabbis
Tagged european jewry, joseph berger, making of a godol, orthodox judaism, rabbi nathan, torah scholars
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Rav Soloveitchik Predicted There Would Never Be Hasidic Judaism In America
During World War II, there were fewer than 100 Satmar families in the United States. Now the Satmar are the most numerous Hasidic group, about 125,000 presently. In a lecture on the Satmar Rav for Torah in Motion, historian Marc … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Hasidim, Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged chaim herzog, judaism in america, lubavitcher rebbe, Marc B. Shapiro, rav soloveitchik, reb moshe, torah in motion, torah scholar
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