Tag Archives: traditional judaism

This Week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43)

I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs Mondays at 7:00 pm PST on the Rabbi Rabbs cam and on YouTube. Facebook Fan Page. This week we study Parashat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43). Rabbi Rabbs emails: Here is the link to … Continue reading

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Women’s Prayer Groups Are Passe

In a 2010 lecture on R. Joseph Messas and R. Avraham Shapiro, Marc B. Shapiro (no relation) says that the Sephardim have always had a positive view of the return to Israel. Sephardim have never been anti-Zionist. Rav Messas wrote … Continue reading

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Making God Look Bad To The World

In his fifth lecture on Rabbi Joseph Elijah Henkin (the leading posek in America during the 1940s and 1950s) for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: Rav Henkin says Jews must be careful about how they speak about … Continue reading

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Jewish News

From Hirhurim: R. Alan Yuter defends Post-Orthodoxy on the Union for Traditional Judaism website: link R. Michael J. Broyde and R. Shlomo Brody: Homosexuality and Halacha: link Video on Rav Kook: link Christie seeks to repeal Bergen County blue laws: … Continue reading

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Will My Beard Hurt My Job Prospects?

Most of the people close to me hate my beard. They say it will hurt my job prospects. That people don’t like beards. I know there are jobs that require a person to be clean-shaven, but I am not so … Continue reading

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