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פָּרָשַׁת נִצָּבִים תשפ"ו "הַנִּסְתָּרוֹת וְהַנִּגְלוֹת" לְמַה בְּדִיּוּק מִתְכַּוֵּן הַתּוֹרָה?
Are courts, shul-rabbis, teachers, roshei-yeshiva and mashgichim, principals etc. obligated to organize spies and snitches in the institutions under …
1 month ago
רַבִּי יְשַׁעְיָהוּ דִּטְרַנִי - הַ"תּוֹסְפוֹת רי"ד " (1150s-1240s) THE Gadol of Italy & the Byzantine Empire
Classic case of a Rishon (among the greatest, according to his contemporaries) whose writings were forgotten for centuries and then rediscovered in t…
1 month ago
What is the exact history of the practice of 30 shofar blasts? Part 2
A Hasidic-Kabbalistic metahistorical narrative from the בְּנֵי יִשָּׂשכָר
1 month ago
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תָבֹא תשפ"ו - The Nations of the World "See the Light"
In the Messianic Era, will the Jews influence the gentiles to respect Judaism, or will the gentiles' respect for Judaism influence the Jews to value …
1 month, 1 week ago
תְּקִיעַת שׁוֹפָר as part of anti-Karaite/Sadduceean Rabbinic Judaism
Aspects of the laws of תְּקִיעַת שׁוֹפָר reflect anti-heretical practices which are such an interesting part of Rabbanite Judaism
1 month, 1 week ago
Did World War Two end widespread antisemitism in America?
Already in 1945 organizations like the ADL & Co. feared some future technology (like the internet) which would empower antisemitic groups and even en…
1 month, 1 week ago
Rabbi Aharon of Narbonne (Luniel), late 1200s-early 1300s, the אָרְחוֹת חַיִּים
Thoughts on the social-history of rabbinic literature: How come some seforim take-off (like the Tur), while others remain obscure, despite their qual…
1 month, 1 week ago
What is the exact history of the practice of 30 shofar blasts? Part 1
Talmud Bavli, Rambam, Zohar
1 month, 1 week ago
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא תשפ"ו - The Childless woman discovers she has children!
The sharp (and deep) conversation between בְּרוּרְיָה and the Jew for J
1 month, 2 weeks ago
פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא תשפ"ו - Moshe switches from Musar to Halacha
Do these laws originate with Moshe, just Hashem confirms them? Were they told to him at an earlier time?
1 month, 2 weeks ago