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Tag Archives: gemara
Did I Pass Orit’s Test?
Here’s the big moment in our interview when Orit tests me, much in the same way God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac. Luke: “Do you believe that God is separate from the universe?” Orit: “Wow!” … Continue reading
Posted in Orit Arfa, Personal
Tagged gemara, gentle reader, hovel, isaac luke, mitzvot, moral demands, test amy
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Who’s Your Rebbe?
The other day, I was disciplining a wrongdoer while screaming, "Who’s Your Rebbe?" I then proceeded to give a very complicated Talmudic discourse inspired by this blog post on HirHurim: It seems that R. Yehudah assumes that you can only … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim
Tagged 19a, conflicts of interest, gemara, Hirhurim, logical issues, rebbe, zarah
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Contamination From The Goyim
Joe emails: "KBY had to fire a number of their teachers after the Rabin assasination, but still seems to have an unfortunate racist bent. I was stunned to see this up, and on Hirhurim as well." From Rosh Hayeshiva Harav … Continue reading
Posted in Race, Torah
Tagged anan, carcass, divine presence, gemara, goyim, hashem, Hirhurim, imperfection, kby, kook, length of days, mordechai, natan, one hundred years, pure soul, rabin assasination, sanhedrin, source of life, tzara, yavneh
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A Hillel For Our Times
????? ????? Doron Maharta Z"L The oldest (age 26) among the 8 Yesivah student who were massacred last week at M’rkaz HaRav: He wanted to be a Rabbi and studied at M’rcaz HaRav any free moment he had from the army. … Continue reading
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Tagged ashdod, chassidim, code of jewish law, dish washer, ethiopians, frocks, gemara, gerrer, Hillel, kippot, martyr, mercaz harav, mess hall, Rabbis, rosh yeshiva, shabbat, shul, talmud, yeshiva students, yeshivas
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