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Tag Archives: torah sages
Historian Marc B. Shapiro: “Luke Ford reports all of the ‘juicy’ quotes, and has been doing it for years.”
History professor Marc B. Shapiro emails FailedMessiah: The conversation in my class was not designed to be broadcast all over the world so people can join in and heap abuse on a great Torah sage (and I have to say … Continue reading
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Tagged elyashiv, haredi world, luke ford, Marc B. Shapiro, torah in motion, torah sages
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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Says Women Can Lead Israel
From Ynetnews.com: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Shas’ spiritual leader, said last week that in principle, a woman could be the prime minister of Israel. The halachic ruling was given in response to a question sent to the rabbi, and clearly stated … Continue reading
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Tagged halacha yomit, rabbi ovadia yosef, rabbi ovadiah yosef, rabbi yosef, torah sages, ynetnews com
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Who’s The Yossi Sharashefsky Who Provided A Jet For ‘Rescuing’ Isaac Hersh?
He’s a guy who’s withheld a get (Jewish divorce) from his wife for more than a decade. He also married off his daughter while she was still a child. Here’s more on the Isaac Hersh saga. Rabbi Sharashefky worked with … Continue reading
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Tagged agudath israel of america, borough park, charles hynes, debra nussbaum cohen, district attorney, divorce decree, foremost experts, gita, israel goldstein, jewish divorce, jewish law, jewish telegraphic agency, jewish world, ketana, legal word, minor daughter, rabbi shlomo, rabbi yossi, torah sages, zalman
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Sage Sucking On Lollipop
I was at a Torah lecture the other day and I saw a sage sucking on a lollipop (it’s the best way to enjoy sugar without putting on weight) and it disturbed me. It didn’t seem right. Until that moment, … Continue reading
Four Torah Sages Died This Month
Shlomo Greenwald writes for The Jewish Press: The Orthodox Jewish world mourns the loss of four prominent figures who passed away in recent days, Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum, Mr. Bentzion Dunner, Rabbi Moshe Fuller, and Rabbi Yitzchok Chinn, each of whom … Continue reading
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Tagged bais medrash, brilliant song, chemed international, chinn, classroom storytelling, grave dangers, jewish press, laptop computers, living nightmare, mishnayos, music records, rabbi eli teitelbaum, rabbi eliezer, rabbi moshe, rabbi teitelbaum, rsquo, torah communications network, torah sages, traditional jewish music, yeshiva torah temimah
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