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Haftarah Vayikrah: The Three Big Sins of the First Temple Era
a) Idolatry b.) Social Injustice c.) Neglect of sacrifices. Bringing a קרבן means giving to God. And giving something in return allows for a relation…
3 years, 6 months ago
Parshas Vayikrah: Speaking to Moshe From the אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, Not From the Adjacent Mt. Sinai
The "downstairs" model replaces the "upstairs " model. Why?
3 years, 6 months ago
Yeshiva Politics from Nosson HaBavli: The Extreme Formality of the Yarchei Kallah - Gaonic Gossip
A system with it's emphasis on the public manifestation of hierarchy, as reflected in differentials in seating, money and other perks
3 years, 6 months ago
Ramban on Olam Habah as a New Physical World
Imagine a world without war, hatred, jealousy, exploitation. Where G-d is not a matter of faith but of knowledge!
3 years, 6 months ago
Haftarah Vayakhel-Pekudei: Will Korbanos and other Mitzvos Change in the Messianic Era?
Chanaya explained our Haftarah's seeming clashes with the Chumash, but we don't have it today
3 years, 6 months ago
Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei: The Human Logistics of the Fundraising Campaign (Mishkan)
Thd three month agony of Moses waiting for erecting the structure
3 years, 6 months ago
A Frum Cassandra: Zorach Wahrhaftig in 1939-‘40 Lithuania
Mizrachi hatzalah activist and his role in the escape of some Litvish Jews to Japan and Shanghai
3 years, 6 months ago
Haftarah Ki Sisa: Elijah the Religious Radical - “If you are not frum, get out of here!”
He is a forerunner of American Jewish Orthodox sociology in the late 20th century
3 years, 7 months ago
Parshas Ki Sisa: The Second Tablets Contained More Than the First Tablets
After the disaster of the Golden Calf, Moshe needed more futuristic knowledge
3 years, 7 months ago
Ramban's Complicated Description of Gan Eden - The One "Downstairs" and the One "Upstairs"
For 12 months, the soul of the departed צדיק "hangs-around" the downstairs Eden, which is an actual place
3 years, 7 months ago