Saturday, January 26, 2019

Divrei Yatziv on Leket Yosher

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[Note:  I obviously am no longer actively blogging but noticed that this has been sitting in draft form for over five years (originally sch...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Minchas Asher on Vaccinations

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"A person is obligated to make sure he and his family are properly vaccinated." the opinion of HaRav Asher Weiss shlita. http:...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

An Arbitrary Patchwork

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Originally Posted on Sept. 1, '09: Please do not point, in reply, to the current efforts to reform Judaism. There indeed, everything...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Tvunah: Slavery in the Torah

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An interesting question and answer from HaRav Asher Weiss shlita via his interesting new project Tvunah : Shalom Aleichem, From a com...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Has Amalek been Destroyed?

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While I have been ruminating on the following idea and its consequences for a number of years, particularly around Purim, a question over a...
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Friday, May 3, 2013

Rivevos Ephraim: On is required to imagine as if the Shechinah is before him the entire day.

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רבבות אפרים חלק א סימן א צריך לחשוב כאילו שכינה כנגדו כל היום נראה במה שכתב המחבר בסימן צ"ח המתפלל צריך שיכון וכו' ויחשוב ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Olive Seedlings on Emunah Peshuta

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After checking out the Blog of someone whose comments I found refreshing I was pleased to come across the following post  at Olive Seedlings...
Monday, April 15, 2013

"Who is the "son unto Me"?

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2 Samuel 7:14, 1 Chronicles 17:13 --Hebrews 1:5 "I shall be a Father unto him and he shall be a son unto Me" The ...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Who is "David's Fallen Sukkah"?

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On that day I will raise up the fallen booth [i.e. sukkah ] of David; I will repair their breaches and raise up its ruins, and i will build...
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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Why would a Good Person make a Bad Argument (Supporting a True Conclusion)? (Recycled)

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Originally posted   9/5/08 5:20 PM: We encounter a similar situation in poetry. The goal of those who teach mechanics and construction ...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

Who is Chemdath?

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A few days back a user going by the name of Ali posted a series of leading questions over at Mi Yodeya  one of which seemed to be an attemp...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Circular Fulfillment

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There was once a novel infamous among Evangelical Christians for portraying the Nazarene and his disciples as orchestrating events to fulf...
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Bishul

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Exod. 12:9 commands the Israelites: "Do not eat any of it [the Passover lamb sacrifice] raw, or boiled/cooked [ bsl ] in any way with ...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Would God truly dwell on earth? Behold, the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain You

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Would God truly dwell on earth? Behold, the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain You, and surely not this Temple that I hav...

"Bodily Form" means "Bodily Functions"

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I would, straightaway, like to apologize for the following content, but I do think it is necessary for us to touch on this topic in a mor...
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