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On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 at 04:08, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: ... I don't know about ancient cultures, but in medieval Europe crimes such a treason would [...]

>>at simple reading, the torah death techniques seem very severe (barbaric, horrific), overly painful, etc I am particularly troubled by the torture that is involved in Misa d'Rabbanon (Rabbinic Capital [...]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 11:43:59AM -0500, mcohen--- via Avodah wrote: > at simple reading, the torah death techniques seem very severe > (barbaric, horrific), overly painful, etc > [...]

In a recent discussion concerning whether a specific rabbi was within the pale of orthodox theology, I wondered what percentage of the rank and file think about theology and what [...]

Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 24:Purim Meshulash Mash-Up:Diplomatic Dress Downgrades- with Vladymir Z "Bear"-ly Daveningin your Purim Costume- with Rav Vozner and Rav Yaakov zt"lhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/98425 [...]

ספר אסתר פרק א (ז) וְהַשְׁקוֹת בִּכְלֵי זָהָב וְכֵלִים מִכֵּלִים שׁוֹנִים וְיֵין מַלְכוּת רָב כְּיַד הַמֶּלֶךְ: ספר ליקוטי תורה - פרשת בחקותי והנה השס"ה ל"ת הן להפריד את הרע אבל [...]

Extremely Significant Section:Municipal Shechitah TakkanosVery fundamental stuff on Shechutei Chutz; the Takkanos of Shechitah in Novardock; the difference between individual and communal Shavyah Anafshei Chatichah D'Issura; different types of Takkanos, [...]

 Due to technical difficulties, this past Erev Shabbos's Rischa was not recorded. We therefore bring you a reframed previous episode for your edification and listening pleasure.Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode [...]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4tV84nvhoA?si=dL6uAZhDcp0-sANJ]A BHP Productions Video on the Parasha for Parashas Mishpatim [...]

Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 21:נהמת הגאוןA Talmudic Reading of the Transcript of Rav Dov Landau shlita against the Medinahhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/97531 [...]

 Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 20:Mourning theLast American Chief Rabbi:Elizabeth'sRav Elazar Mayer Teitz zt"lhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/97226Also listen to another Yeshiva of Newark podcast:Rav Elazar Mayer Teitz zt"l:Guardian of the Mesorah, Ohaiv YisroelA conversation [...]

Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferis inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: Sha'arei Ramchal: Klalei Has'chalas HaChochmoTime: Feb 11, 2025 10:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)        Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us04web.zoom.us/j/72436955267?pwd=DX62waXEyaf8MFU3tsT2pwkPrTRh1F.1Meeting ID: 724 [...]

This past week I learned a piece in Or haTzafun (Shemos #30 “ההשתתפות שבין אדם לחבירו”) which focuses on the insidious nature of bribery, and from there, negi’os in general. [...]

Parashas Behar is a list of mitzvos. The first section is all about shemittah and yovel. A family’s ancestral land cannot be sold into perpetuity. Instead, if someone is forced [...]

Here’s my theory about the origin of this minhag. My point here is not really about advocating for the minhag. I just feel a need to push back when people [...]

Micha’s note: The following was a post written to the Mesorah email list by Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel zt”l, a rebbe-chaver of mine (more: a rebbe who insisted on treating [...]

“Poteach et Yadekha“, oil on canvasHaim Masliach, 2021 A comment by Ilana Elzafun* brought this Seforno to my attention. This week’s parashah (Lekh Likha), Bereishis 16:13, describes Hagar’s prayer to [...]

Nephesh Hachaim 1:13 1. T The things we say can also link celestial worlds, rectify this one, and interconnect with the upper worlds, as we’ll now see. After all, we’re [...]

The Way of G-d 2:6:4 1. G-d allowed for a prosecutor in His court, famously known as satan 1. His role is to argue against the accused, which them enables [...]

Da’at Tevunot 3:6 (¶ 118 [beginning]) 1. Ramchal reiterates here 1 that wrong is a created entity 2 that was only designed to last for as long as G-d wanted [...]

Nephesh Hachaim 1:11 1.                Following up on the thought offered in the last chapter that despite our being connected to physicality we’re nevertheless superior to angels, R’ Chaim now [...]

The Way of G-d 2:6:2 1.               G-d appears in each Sanhedrin and court, influences it, and sees to it that justice is served 1.               Now, in some instances [...]

Da’at Tevunot 3:4 (¶ 116 [beg.]) 1.             Ramchal is about to offer something that will serve as a prelude to what’s to follow 1. It’s that even though G-d [...]

Nephesh Hachaim 1:9 1. Following through on the discussion of the previous chapter, R’ Chaim contrasts the situation of the generation that dwelt in the Sinai Desert 1 with that [...]

Da’atTevunot 3:2 (# 98 – 102)  1. Ramchal starts to explain the role of wrong and injustice in the world with a proposition derived from Rambam1. It’s that when G-d [...]

The website 18FORTY has a fantastic and thoughtful multimedia post on OTD that is worth watching, reading, and listening to. If you are reading this then you know I don’t [...]

I checked my recent writing history today and the last legit post of mine was really 3.5 years ago. For some that’s a long chunk of time. In that time [...]

When today comes around I usually think about things my father missed since he has been gone. I decided that this year I’ll attempt to list a number of things [...]

I have started this post about 2 dozen times over the past 3 years and I never seem to get more than about 300 words written about why I stopped [...]

So, tonight’s the 6th yahrtzeit for my dad, Avraham ben Zorach a”h (Al, of blessed memory). Like everyone else that has lost a parent I lit my 24 hour yahrzeit [...]