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The unusual מַחְלֹקֶת רִאשׁוֹנִים re: The אַרְבָּעָה חִלּוּקֵי כַּפָּרָה
The סֵפֶר הָאֶשְׁכּוֹל says that is not how Heaven operates
2 weeks, 3 days ago
שַׁבַּת שׁוּבָה פָּרָשַׁת הַאֲזִינוּ תשפ"ז - Moshe goes out on a rhetorical high
When misfortune strikes, will you intelligent enough to be thoughtfully and constructively self-critical? Or will you be like everyone else in the Mi…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
A Possible History of Yom Kippur
Why does the Torah (i.e., Hashem) permit everything on Yom Kippur except eating and drinking?
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Rabbi Yekusiel Aryeh Kamelhar (1871-1937), life in the Jewish Galicia in the fin de siècle
At different times, a Rav, Rosh Yeshiva, Historian, journalist. Seeking a footing when you are an original thinker but not a member of the "in club" …
3 weeks ago
Major Alfred Mordecai US Army (1804-1887): Can one stay frum at West Point?
Robert E Lee chose the Confederacy. George Thomas chose the Union. Which side did Major Mordecai choose?
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Rosh Hashanah and the Dangers of AI: An interpretation of the theme of Malchiyos
Also: The historical origins of וְכֵן תֵּן פַּחְדְּךָ
3 weeks, 5 days ago
A Historical Introduction to the Drashos HaRamban to Rosh HaShanah, Pt. 2
Ramban, a Sephardi, spars with his Ashkenazic audience
3 weeks, 6 days ago
A Historical Introduction to the דְּרָשַׁת הָרַמְבָּ"ן לְרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה Part 1
A Sephardi take on עִנְיְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה delivered in an Ashkenazi yeshiva (in the Capital of the Crusader Kingdom) in 1267
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Rosh Hashanah 5787: a Suggested History of מַלְכוּיוֹת זִכְרוֹנוֹת וְשׁוֹפָרוֹת in the common liturgy
Did the predecessors of רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ also combine different meanings of תְּקִיעַת שׁוֹפָר that were "out there" into a single standard liturgy for …
1 month ago
Haftarah Nitzavim-VaYelech: Angelology and the Final Redemption
Will Hashem Himself kill Edom? Or will it be the Archangel Michael? Different strands of Jewish Tradition.
1 month ago