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R. Yair Hayyim Bachrach as a Writer of Romance?, A Non-Jewish Song Made Holy,...
R. Yair Hayyim Bachrach as a Writer of Romance?, A Non-Jewish Song Made Holy, Love (and More) Before and After Marriage, and Memoirs that Maybe Tell Too MuchMarc B. ShapiroContinued from hereThere is...
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As The Kohen Exits The Sancta: A New Edition of Reb Zadok ha-Kohen of...
:As The Kohen Exits The SanctaA New Edition of Reb Zadok ha-Kohen of Lublin’s Tzidkat ha-TzadikBy Josh RosenfeldJosh Rosenfeld is the Assistant Rabbi at Lincoln Square Synagogue and on the Judaic...
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Daily Birkat Cohanim in the Diaspora *By Rabbi Daniel SperberQuestion: May Cohanim outside the Land of Israel give the priestly blessing (Birkat Cohanim, or Nesiat Kapayim) on weekdays and on regular...
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אמירת פיוטי 'אקדמות'ו'יציב פתגם'בחג השבועות
אמירת פיוטי 'אקדמות'ו'יציב פתגם'בחג השבועותby Eliezer BrodtThe following post tracing many aspects of the famous Piyut Akdamot originally appeared in my recently completed doctorate פרשנות השלחן...
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Book week 2016By Eliezer BrodtBook week just began in Eretz Yisrael. As I have written in previous years every year in Israel, around Shavous time, there is a period of about ten days called Shavuah...
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Engaged Couples, צעירים, and More
Engaged Couples, צעירים, and MoreMarc B.ShapiroContinued from here1. Regarding engaged couples having physical contact, this is actually the subject of a section of the book Penei Yitzhak by R....
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אין חכמה לאשה אלא בפלךמאת דוד פרקש*במדבר רבה (ט:מח)מטרונה שאלה את ר"א מפני מה חטייה אחת בעגל והם [בני ישראל] מתו בה ג'מיתות, אמר לה אין חכמה לאשה אלא בפלכה דכתיב וכל אשה חכמת לב בידיה טוו. אמר לו...
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Rav Avraham Chai Reggio Brings A Sefer To Life
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Who can discern his errors? Misdates, Errors, Deceptions, and other...
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עוד שמועות נדירות, ופנינים וסיפרים מדור שעבר ששמעתי ממו"ר הרב שמרי'שולמאן שליט"א בעמ"ס באר שרים ועוד, ומשיירי כנסת הגדולהמאת: אברהם י. וילנרPart twoContinued from hereא] מו"ר נפגש פעם עם רבי דוד...
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The Meaning of the Word Hitpallel (התפלל)By Mitchell First[1]MFirstAtty@aol.comIt is clear from the many places that it appears in Tanakh that התפלל connotes praying. But what was the original meaning...
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Text Manipulation on the Left – A Recent Incident
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Jews in Wonderland
Jews in WonderlandJohn M. EfronJohn M. Efron is the Koret Professor of Jewish History at the University of California-Berkeley and author of German Jewry and the Allure of the Sephardic (Princeton...
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Rav Kook's Attitude towards Keren Hayesod – United Israel AppealBy Rav Eitam Henkin, Hy"d (Translated into English by Rachelle Emanuel)This article originally appearedin Hebrew in HaMayan 51:4 (2011),...
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New book by Gabriel Wasserman on Karaite Judaism
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The American Yekkes
The American Yekkes[1]By Yisrael KashkinAs I march around town grasping my Hirsch Siddur, I sometimes am asked, “Are you a Yekke?” to which I answer, “I am an American Yekke.”[2] This statement draws...
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The Power of Tefilah during Aseret Yemei TeshuvahBy Eliezer BrodtThe following is a chapter from my sefer Ben Kesseh Le’assur [still available for purchase, for more information contact me at...
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Hitzei Giborim, Tzitzit, and R. Meir Mazuz
Hitzei Giborim, Tzitzit, and R. Meir MazuzMarc B. Shapiro1. In 1969 the journal Moriah appeared, published by Makhon Yerushalayim. From its beginning, this journal published manuscript material from...
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