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Showing posts with label Jewish Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jewish Life. Show all posts
Friday, August 16, 2013

Bar Mitzvah – The Celebration of Obligation

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An adult Jew is obligated to obey the mitzvos —the commandments—and is held responsible for his or her actions. A child is not. At what poi...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Pinchas - The Miracles of Daily Life

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At the end of Parshas Pinchas , we read of the various communal offerings made in the Temple on the mo'adim  - the special "appoint...
Friday, June 29, 2012

20 Classic Gedolim Pictures

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The following is a series of "traditional" depictions of famous rabbinic figures. Please bear in mind that some of the depictions...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

On Gedolim and "Daas Torah"

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The following was originally written for grade school students (5th-8th grade) as an introduction to a school wide " Gedolim " p...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Teruma - The Path to Holiness (And What is Holiness Anyways??)

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Parshas Terumah deals with the construction of the Mishkan - the desert Tabernacle - and its vessels. The construction of the Mishkan is p...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Cultural Jews in Our Midst - The Pseudo-Chareidim

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Most people are aware of the current controversies surrounding the behavior of certain ostensible members of the chareidi community in Isra...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

What about the Kavod of a Ben Yisroel?

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I just read the article, The Kavod of a Bas Yisroel , by Rabbi Yair Hoffman in which, in my opinion, he fundamentally misses the point. Gran...
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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Asara b'Teves - Mourning the Loss of the Temple

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Asara b'Teves (the 10th of Teves) is one of a series of four fast days through the Jewish year that commemorate the destruction of the ...