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"More Judaico" - The humiliating oath Jews were required to utter when they were sworn into gentile courts in pre-modern times
The historical background to the Noda BiYhudah's famous responsum to the Austrian Government ( יוֹרֶה דֵּעָה ע"א ) re: Jews swearing in non-Jewish Co…
1 year, 4 months ago
Is it possible to calculate which mitzvos count more than others? Which aveiros are worse than others?
The capitalist approach to Judaism? Rambam vs. Meiri on הֱוֵי מְחַשֵּׁב הֶפְסֵד מִצְוָה כְּנֶגֶד שְׂכָרָהּ
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1 year, 4 months ago
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת נָשׂוֹא תשפ"ה - פָּרָשַׁת שִׁמְשׁוֹן - Was Samson an actual Nazir (Rambam)?
Was he "hit" by prophecy? Or by a sudden rush of strength? Did the rush extend to his mnd and discombobulate him mentally and emotionally?
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1 year, 4 months ago
פָּרָשַׁת נָשׂוֹא תשפ"ה The Sotah and Structurally flawed marriages
What would lead a wife to "live dangerously" after being warned by the husband in front of witnesses?
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1 year, 4 months ago
Different types of Judaism in the era of the Amora'im: Some thoughts on a controversial article re: queen Zenobia of Palmyra and the Amora'im
Rabbinic Judaism vs. Non-Rabbinic, Traditional (Hellenistic?) Judaism in the late Roman Empire (3rd century)
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Rabbi Katz's schedule for Shavuos night in his shul
Also, annual Shavuos shiur for women at R Katz's home Tuesday 6:15 PM
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הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת בַּמִּדְבָּר תשפ"ה - The promiscuous wife and the husband who neverheless wants to stay married to her
Can a marriage work with a checkered past? Yes, if both are committed to looking ahead and not back
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1 year, 4 months ago
שָׁבוּעוֹת תשפ"ה - Why count 50 days if the Torah was actually given on day 51?
"Moshe added a day" - Is this the first instance of לֹא בַּשָּׁמַיִם הִיא?"
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מְגִלַּת רוּת A Controversial Book? Did she convert? When? How many times?
Not everyone reads The Book ofRuth in thesynagogue? Why not?
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1 year, 4 months ago
The Martyrs of Lvov (1728) - Tortured to Death by the Catholic Church on Erev Shavuos (this is not Count Potocki)
Chaim and Yehoshua Reitzes endured horrible tortures rather than save themselves by conversion
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1 year, 4 months ago