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The Imprisonment of the Tosafos Yom Tov in the Historical Context of the Thirty Years War
Worthy of its own miniseries: Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller, Jacob Bassevi, Albrecht von Wallenstein and The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Some Original Thoughts about the Original Elul
Moshe was up on the Mountain for the third time with two blank tablets waiting for writing to appear...
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Haftarah Shoftim: Don't give up hope for a Glorious Future!
Isaiah endeavors to inspire hope in a Jewish People suffering (understandably) from depression and hopelessness because of so much persecution. The f…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Parshas Shoftim: Moses Shifts Gears From Mussar Schmooze to Practical Directions for Government
Also, Rambam vs. Ramban re: whether the Canaanites must be exterminated or not
1 month, 3 weeks ago
פְּשַׁט vs. דְּרַשׁ in Judaism and Christianity: A Tale from the שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה
כָּל פָּסוּק בְּלָשׁוֹן עִבְרִי סוֹבֵל כָּל צוּרָה שֶׁיִּרְצֶה הַמְּצַיֵּר, אֲבָל הַצּוּרָה הָאֲמִתִּית בְּמָה יִתְאַמֵּת הֲלֹא הוּא אִם נִמְשְׁכוּ ש…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Rabbi Abraham Bing of Frankfurt and Wurzburg (1752-1841), the most influential modern German Gadol you never heard of
The Rebbe of all the German Gedolim (in Germany and elsewhere) you ever heard of. Really
1 month, 3 weeks ago
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת רְאֵה תשפ"ו - A בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ constructed out of diamonds? Literally?
Only in the Messianic Era will Israel be totally free of terror. Sigh
2 months ago
Parshas Re’Eh: Are you Bonim or are you Avodim?
The difference between living in the desert "panopticon" vs. living scattered on farms in Israel with the privacy (and therefore the option) to make …
2 months ago
The fight in Israel over who exactly is being פּוֹרֵשׁ מִדַּרְכֵי הַצִּבּוּר?
Similarities between the current antisemitism and that of the era of Theodore Herzl
2 months ago
The current Moroccan "invasion" of Spanish Ceuta and Melilla and its possible effect on Israel
Is Spain dumping on Israel in order to kiss-up to the Muslim world and thereby get a pass and avoid criticism for the fact that Spain still coloniall…
2 months ago