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High Anxiety
I got up at 6:30 this morning, took a shower, cooked some oatmeal and turned on my computer. As I was reading the New York Times, my monitor shut off with the message, “Monitor is going to sleep!” Nooooo! I … Continue reading
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Rabbis At An Exhibition
In a 1996 lecture on Exodus 20, Dennis Prager says: There was a great hesitation to use art for anything but worshipping God [in the Jewish tradition]. The rabbis didn’t sit down, generally speaking, and paint. We didn’t have Hillel … Continue reading
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Today Was Great Because…
* I studied a page of Talmud. * I talked to people. I let them know my situation. I want to get married. It’s weird being the only one in shul not wearing a prayer shawl (never married men in … Continue reading
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Naming Sources
David writes on Hirhurim: "Maybe the Rambam had a stronger basis on which to be ‘somech’ his methodology of not naming sources, i.e. from Moshe Rabbenu himself. After all, at the beginning of Devari-im when Moshe starts his review of … Continue reading
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Judaism’s Balance Between Individual Freedom & Communal Needs
My dad would say: "In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, charity." Judaism has this balance down. It records minority opinions in the Talmud. Full video here.