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What kind of peace should we pray for in The North?
What kind of peace should we pray for in Gaza?
1 year, 10 months ago
Haftarah VaYeshev: Amos decries social injustice (at G-d's direction)
History teaches that morality collapses among the very rich and the very poor
1 year, 10 months ago
Parshas VaYeshev: Contrasting the sibling relationships between the 12 brothers of the Joseph story and the 5 brothers of the Macabee story
The trick is not to be jealous of any sibling's special talents, but rather to discover the talents of each, and follow that brother in his area of s…
1 year, 10 months ago
R' Yeshaya Bassan and the Ramchal: The remarkable correspondence between rebbe and talmid
The tight relationship between the two allowed for the frankest exchange of opposing ideas, totally free of rancor or disrespect
1 year, 10 months ago
Shechem - Some of the Brothers Killed, Other Brothers Looted (Parshas VaYishlach)
What exactly is the translation of the חִתַּת אֱלֹ-ים after the massacre in Shechem?
1 year, 10 months ago
Tefilah in the Context of the Current Situation in Syria
There are moments when certain prayers are תְּפִלּוֹת שָׁוְא. This is not one of them!
1 year, 10 months ago
Sefer Ovadiah HaNavi (Haftarah VaYishlach)
Who exactly was Ovadiah? Has his prophecy come true?
1 year, 10 months ago
Parshas VaYishlach: The challenges of Jewish survival in hostile environments
The violation of Dina, the lethal response, and the current war in Gaza
1 year, 10 months ago
An Analysis of the Latest Events on the Israel-Syria Border
Bibi's unilateral military moves there
1 year, 10 months ago
R' Marcus (Mordecai) Jastrow (1829-1903), Pt. 2
A curiously tragic rabbinical figure, whose dictionary ruled the roost for one century
1 year, 10 months ago