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Rabbi Katz's new lecture series in Baltimore: May 12, 14, 19, 21, and 26
Five lecture covering the history of Baltimore Jewry and their various "Judaisms." History of a rather unique Jewish community, whose history is both…
1 year, 5 months ago
Donald Trump's Reported Deal with the Houthis
Arab Piracy: Pay them off? Fight them? The machlokes between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
1 year, 5 months ago
הַפְטָרַת פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת - קְדוֹשִׁים תשפ"ה - Destruction and then Restoration
Would you like to be a prophet of doom?
1 year, 5 months ago
Parshas Achrei Mos-Kedoshim: Why is the Yom Kippur Ritual associated with the deaths of Nadav and Avihu?
Was their sin בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ? If so, what does that have to do with Yom Kippur, which does not atone for that?
1 year, 5 months ago
Rambam and Korbanos Part 3
The World stands on תּוֹרָה, עֲבוֹדָה, וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים. Each one individually? Or the combination of all three?
1 year, 5 months ago
R Chaim Kohen Rapoport of Lvov (1699-1771) Part 2: Internal machlokes
The Underside of Jewish Kehilah politics in the "Old World"
1 year, 5 months ago
הַפְטָרָה תַּזְרִיעַ-מְצֹרָע תשפ"ה - Gechazi is "attacked" by the יֵצֶר הַטּוֹב
Though he was no saint, Gechazi redeems his character by eschewing revenge
1 year, 5 months ago
פָּרָשַׁת תַּזְרִיעַ-מְצֹרָע תשפ"ה - Biblical Leprosy and its role in Promoting Sincere Social Relations
Why is itso easy to get Biblical Leprosy and So Hard (Complicated Ritual) to become purified from it?
1 year, 5 months ago
Rav Chaim Kohen Rappaport of Lvov (1699-1771) Part 1. A Great Gadol You Probably never heard of
One of the Greatest Gedolim of the 18th century. The Noda BIyhudah and the Hafla'ah sent him THEIR שְׁאֵלוֹת! Classic lomdus of the "Old School"
1 year, 5 months ago