The Yishai Fleisher Show
Passover Heroes
In the Judean desert, in a cave which was a hideout for the Bar Kochba rebells two-thousand years ago, Rabbi Mike Feuer and Rabbi Yishai meet to discuss the heroes of Passover past and the challenge of understanding the grandness of our time today. Yishai Fleisher on Twitter: @YishaiFleisher Yishai on Facebook |
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InDepth
Richard Gere Was Right
Stephen M. Flatow
Gere was right – only not quite in the way he intended. It was in fact, a Jew attacked by an Arab mob. Sometimes, reality clashes with the fantasy world of Hollywood. |
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The New Jacobins
Richard L. Cravatts
Free speech does not permit depriving others of their free speech rights – through disruptions, heckling, or other tactics intended to suppress and/or eliminate the speech of those with opposing views |
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Jewish
Date Night…At The Hospital
Naama Klein
At this point I am reasonably happy that he returns home eventually and is still semi-coherent (at least some of the time). |
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Kriyat Yam Suf: Jumping Into Deep Waters
Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Judaism is about new ideas. It is dependent on fresh concepts deeply rooted in its tradition. We must be aware that if we do not apply new remedies we should expect new evils, |
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Chametz Delivery
Rabbi Meir Orlian
After a couple of hours in the kitchen, the meat was on the fire, the chicken in the oven, and some kugels already out on the table. |
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Chol HaMoed: An Oxymoron
Raphael Grunfeld
On Chol HaMoed some work is prohibited and some is permitted. According to some opinions, the work prohibition is biblical; according to others, it’s rabbinical. |
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Jews Have Forgotten How To Pray
Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
To be a Jew is to know how to pray but, alas, it seems most Jews turn to everyone and everything but our Heavenly Father. I would like to offer some practical suggestions to help us grow in prayer |
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Q & A: Attending Weddings During Sefirah (Part I)
Rabbi Yaakov Klass
Question: My friends are getting married on Rosh Chodesh Sivan. I tried to convince them to do otherwise, as many people have a minhag not to attend weddings until three days before Shavuot. They told me they spoke to rabbis who allowed it. Is this right? May I attend? Name Withheld By Request |
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Daf Yomi
Rabbi Yaakov Klass
Rabbi Nechunia’s Prayer ‘ Even So, An Actual Incident Is Greater’ (Bava Basra 83a) |
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Forgiving The Debt (Siman 75:11)
Raphael Grunfeld
In order for an admission of a debt or for the forgiveness of a debt to be effective, it must be accompanied by some overt manifestation of serious intent. |
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Being Like Hashem
Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
He didn’t choose to be kind. He didn’t want to feel the pain of others. In fact, he tried his best to squelch this sensitivity. |
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