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The Lishkas HaParvah in the Avodah of Yom Kippur- Who was הַפַּרְוָה? Why does the High Priest purify himself there?
Was he an Iranian spy? A Zoroastrian clergyman? A Jewish BT who repented?
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The Pros and Cons of Publicly Confessing Your Sins to the Rest of the Congregation
The Ancient Debate and the Concerns for the Social Consequences on the Community. What if everyone did the sin?!
https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/s…
1 year ago
Yonah: Compare and contrast with Akeidas Yitzchok
The Tragedy of Jonah after he saves Nineveh. What did he do with the rest of his life?
1 year ago
Late Antiquity in Eretz Yisroel (300-600 C.E.): The Early History of the Yom Kippur Liturgy
Jewish religious creativity in Israel under the oppressive Christian regime of the Byzantine Empire: Piyutim!
https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/supp…
1 year ago
Haftarah Ha'azinu: Victory Middle Eastern Style
What does complete victory look like to King David? Contrast it with Israel's current war situation.
1 year ago
Parshas Ha'azinu:זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָם, אֲבָל בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דּוֹר וָדוֹר
A historian (and the Jewish People!) must know the facts of their past, but then they must properly analyze them in order to use the knowledge correc…
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שַׁבַּת שׁוּבָה 2025 - Primordial or Mosaic?
If you don't fix your בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ, does it prevent forgiveness for the sins of בֵּין אָדָם לַמָּקוֹם?
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?"הַפְטָרָה שַׁבַּת שׁוּבָה תשפ"ו "שׁוּבָה עַד?" אוֹ "שׁוּבָה אֶל
One expectation from the elites, a different expectation from the masses
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Some famous cases of Penance (not repentance!) in סֵפֶר חֲסִידִים and שׁוּ"ת מַהַרַ"ם לוּבְּלִין
The mindset of the person who soclcits the Penance from the בֵּית דִּין
1 year ago
"פָּרָשַׁת וַיֵּלֶךְ תשפ"ה "הֶסְתֵּר פָּנִים
What is the actual meaning of "הֶסְתֵּר פָּנִים"? What is the meaning of הַשְׁגָּחָה כְּלָלִית as opposed to הַשְׁגָּחָה פְּרָטִית?
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