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Any <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047923.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047922.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] belief">[Avodah] belief</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="13 January 2025, 1:47 am UTC">13 January 2025</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>. R' Joel Rich asked: > If I understand correctly, R?EW in the Kovetz Maamarim makes > the watchmaker argument to prove God?s existence. He then goes > on to <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047922.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047921.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] Dikduk and the Age of the Chumash">[Avodah] Dikduk and the Age of the Chumash</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="12 January 2025, 8:57 am UTC">12 January 2025</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>R Prof Joshue Berman recently blogged a review of Proc Aaron Kornkohl's work: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/biblical-grammar-enters-the-culture-wars I was interested. When I was a bachur, RSM zt"l pointed out to me the evolution <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047921.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047920.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] zeh haklal">[Avodah] zeh haklal</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="11 January 2025, 7:40 pm UTC">11 January 2025</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>The mishna often provides a number of specific case examples and then says zeh haklal. Is the assumption that these were all included in the original mishna? Anyone posit that <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047920.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047919.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] hagba">[Avodah] hagba</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="10 January 2025, 11:22 am UTC">10 January 2025</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Any historical sources concerning when (and why) the change in how the torah scroll was housed (what most people would call ashkenazi vs sfardi) and how and when hagba/glila was <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047919.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047917.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] technology psak">[Avodah] technology psak</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="8 January 2025, 3:52 am UTC">8 January 2025</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Comment on a shiur: I found your medical ethics class regarding CRISPR and IVF et al very interesting. There?s no doubt in my mind that the micro-halachic issues you discussed <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047917.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047918.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] belief">[Avodah] belief</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="8 January 2025, 3:55 am UTC">8 January 2025</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>If I understand correctly, R?EW in the Kovetz Maamarim makes the watchmaker argument to prove God?s existence. He then goes on to say that this is so obvious that anybody <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047918.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047916.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] eulogy">[Avodah] eulogy</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 January 2025, 7:30 pm UTC">4 January 2025</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>The Gemara uses the following as a proof that eulogizing is for the benefit of the dead. ????? ???? ???? ??????? ?? ?? ???? ? ?? ???, ??? ??? ????: <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2025q1/047916.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><!-- End - Super RSS Reader --></div><div id="super_rss_reader-5" class="widget widget_super_rss_reader"><h3 class="widget-title">Blogs</h3><!-- Start - Super RSS Reader v5.2--> <div class="super-rss-reader-widget"><div class="srr-main"><ul class="srr-tab-wrap srr-tab-style-modern2 srr-clearfix"><li data-tab="srr-tab-360">YGB - יג"ב</li><li data-tab="srr-tab-146">Aspaqlaria</li><li data-tab="srr-tab-964">Rabbi Yaakov Feldman</li><li data-tab="srr-tab-547">| Modern Uberdox</li></ul><div class="srr-wrap srr-style-modern2" data-visible="5" data-speed="4000" data-id="srr-tab-360" ><div class="srr-inner"><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-prohibition-on-eating-before.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The Prohibition on Eating Before Tefillah for Women and Girls">The Prohibition on Eating Before Tefillah for Women and Girls</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="14 January 2025, 5:16 am UTC">14 January 2025</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>The Prohibition on Eating Before Tefillah for Women and Girls[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ey1eTydPH4?si=zlxN1ST3Ff7R8NFc]A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-prohibition-on-eating-before.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2025/01/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-15.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 15: Jimmy Carter: What Did We Want and What Can We Still Get From You?">Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 15: Jimmy Carter: What Did We Want and What Can We Still Get From You?</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="8 January 2025, 7:19 pm UTC">8 January 2025</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p> Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 15:Jimmy Carter: What Did We Want and What Can We Still Get From You?https://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/95592 <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2025/01/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-15.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2025/01/repugnant-toras-avigdor-junior-what.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Toras Avigdor Junior Vayigash">Toras Avigdor Junior Vayigash</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="5 January 2025, 7:42 pm UTC">5 January 2025</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>The truth is, I don't think Rabbi Miller himself would ever have gone this far. But this adaptation is what people get from his hashkafah. I am making a mecha'ah, <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2025/01/repugnant-toras-avigdor-junior-what.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-relationships-between-jews-and-non.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The Relationships Between Jews and Non-Jews">The Relationships Between Jews and Non-Jews</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="5 January 2025, 4:54 am UTC">5 January 2025</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Rabbi Avrohom A. Elias שליט"א of the Mechina of South Florida is doing incredible work clarifying authentic Torah perspectives on the relationships between Jews and non-Jews.True תיקון עולם במלכות ש-די and קידוש שם שמים.Here are <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-relationships-between-jews-and-non.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-14.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 14: "Happy Chanukah! And to all our Christian Friends, we say........"">Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 14: "Happy Chanukah! And to all our Christian Friends, we say........"</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="31 December 2024, 7:15 pm UTC">31 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 14:"Happy Chanukah! And to all our Christian Friends, we say........"https://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/95201Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air: https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat With <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-14.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/iggeres-drav-sherira-gaon-part-12.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Iggeres D'Rav Sherira Gaon, part 12: Babylonian Baraisos, Ancient Yeshivos, Tanya vs. Tanu Rabbanan">Iggeres D'Rav Sherira Gaon, part 12: Babylonian Baraisos, Ancient Yeshivos, Tanya vs. Tanu Rabbanan</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="30 December 2024, 2:33 am UTC">30 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Iggeres D'Rav Sherira Gaon, part 12: Babylonian Baraisos, Ancient Yeshivos, Tanya vs. Tanu Rabbanan[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V68P9T-TRic?si=vvUVLMQfRIVFXSDH]Fundamental and fascinating stuff about the traditions in Bavel, the order of learning in yeshivos during the <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/iggeres-drav-sherira-gaon-part-12.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/join-us-for-second-cycle-of-arukh.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Join us for the Second Cycle of Arukh HaShulchan Yomi Starting Tuesday February 11th 2025">Join us for the Second Cycle of Arukh HaShulchan Yomi Starting Tuesday February 11th 2025</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="29 December 2024, 3:34 am UTC">29 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Join us for the Second Cycle of Arukh HaShulchan YomiStartingTuesday February 11th 202513 Shevat 5785We will cover:All of Orach Chaim Most of Yoreh Deah Excerpts from Even HoEzer Excerpts from Choshen Mishpat over the course <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/join-us-for-second-cycle-of-arukh.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/first-cycle-of-arukh-hashulchan-yomi.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="First Cycle of Arukh HaShulchan Yomi Culmination">First Cycle of Arukh HaShulchan Yomi Culmination</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="24 December 2024, 9:04 pm UTC">24 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Anyone interested in getting together in the greater NY area for an event in honor of the culmination of the first cycle of Arukh HaShulchan Yomi, please contact me ASAP. <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/first-cycle-of-arukh-hashulchan-yomi.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-13.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 13: Sheva Brochos Standoff: The Ba'al Mussar vs. The Halachist: Panim Chadashos according to Rav Isaac Scher zt"l vs. The Chazon Ish zt"l">Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 13: Sheva Brochos Standoff: The Ba'al Mussar vs. The Halachist: Panim Chadashos according to Rav Isaac Scher zt"l vs. The Chazon Ish zt"l</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="24 December 2024, 5:26 am UTC">24 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 13:Sheva Brochos Standoff:The Ba'al Mussar vs. The Halachist:Panim Chadashosaccording to Rav Isaac Scher zt"l vs. The Chazon Ish zt"lhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/94873 <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-13.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/eating-and-drinking-before-lighting.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Eating and Drinking Before Lighting the Menorah, Including At Chanukah Parties">Eating and Drinking Before Lighting the Menorah, Including At Chanukah Parties</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="24 December 2024, 2:23 am UTC">24 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Eating and Drinking Before Lighting the Menorah,Including At Chanukah Parties[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rr73tMZeB8?si=XgvUxw-88N3ej3-G]A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/eating-and-drinking-before-lighting.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/i-added-shorts-to-my-youtube-channel.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="I Added Shorts to My YouTube Channel (& Instagram and Facebook)">I Added Shorts to My YouTube Channel (& Instagram and Facebook)</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="22 December 2024, 10:29 am UTC">22 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>I added shorts to my YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/@YosefGavrielBechhofer/shortsYou can also find them on my Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yosefgavriel/and some of them on my Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/bigdei.shesh/reels/ <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/i-added-shorts-to-my-youtube-channel.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-12.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 12: "Barber"ous Outrage, "UnFair"Lawn Vilification: The Dangers of Selective Explanatory Narratives">Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 12: "Barber"ous Outrage, "UnFair"Lawn Vilification: The Dangers of Selective Explanatory Narratives</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="17 December 2024, 4:32 pm UTC">17 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 12:"Barber"ous Outrage,"UnFair"Lawn Vilification:The Dangers of Selective Explanatory Narrativeshttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/92310Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air: https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat With downloads approaching the <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-12.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-11-ode.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 11: An Ode to Breslover Bitachon: What the Controversy over the Rav Shalom Arush Megahit Reveals">Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 11: An Ode to Breslover Bitachon: What the Controversy over the Rav Shalom Arush Megahit Reveals</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="10 December 2024, 4:34 pm UTC">10 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p> Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 11:? עוד יותר טובAn Ode to Breslover Bitachon: What the Controversy over the Rav Shalom Arush Megahit Revealshttps://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/91882Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rischa-daraisa-season-10-episode-11-ode.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/where-does-chatan-light-chanukah.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Where Does a Chatan Light Chanukah Candles On the Night of His Wedding?">Where Does a Chatan Light Chanukah Candles On the Night of His Wedding?</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="10 December 2024, 5:14 am UTC">10 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Where Does a Chatan (or Chosson 😁) Light Chanukah Candles On the Night of His Wedding?[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2lo_I68vY4?si=DpbeLKbdsjpodeXw]A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/where-does-chatan-light-chanukah.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rabbi-meyer-fendel-ztl.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rabbi Meyer Fendel zt"l">Rabbi Meyer Fendel zt"l</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="8 December 2024, 4:04 am UTC">8 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400366Rabbi Meyer Fendel zt"lMy friend Barry Jacobson has written movingly about Rabbi Fendel zt"l, whose levayah will be today:A very great man. Rabbi Fendel ran a top-notch school, as HANC excelled in both Limudei Kodesh and <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rabbi-meyer-fendel-ztl.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rabbi-avrohom-eliyahu-kaplan-episode-15.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 15: On Herzl, part 2">Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 15: On Herzl, part 2</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="6 December 2024, 3:31 am UTC">6 December 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>One of Reb Avrohom Elya's most famous pieces, concluded. Why Zionism and not, on the one hand, some universal ideal, nor, on the other hand, simply Torah and Mitzvos?Text below.Podcast version <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/12/rabbi-avrohom-eliyahu-kaplan-episode-15.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="srr-wrap srr-style-modern2" data-visible="5" data-speed="4000" data-id="srr-tab-146" ><div class="srr-inner"><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2025/01/05/bribery/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Bribery">Bribery</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="5 January 2025, 6:37 am UTC">5 January 2025</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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. <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2025/01/05/bribery/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/07/14/sim-shalom/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Sim Shalom">Sim Shalom</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="15 July 2024, 3:05 am UTC">15 July 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">admin</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Rav Dovid Lifshitz zt”l (whose 31st yahrzeit is today) often spoke about the connection between shaleim as wholeness, and that of another conjugation, “shalom“, peace. Shalom is not simply a cessation of violence. That <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/07/14/sim-shalom/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/30/behar-money-and-human-dignity/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Behar: Money and Human Dignity">Behar: Money and Human Dignity</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="30 May 2024, 8:52 pm UTC">30 May 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">admin</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/30/behar-money-and-human-dignity/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/27/tiqanta-shabbos/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Tiqanta Shabbos">Tiqanta Shabbos</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="27 May 2024, 8:27 pm UTC">27 May 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>This week I’d like to discuss three seemingly unrelated questions about the words of the tephillah: The focus of Shabbos Mussaf davening is the paragraph that begins “Tiqanta Shabbos…” What <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/27/tiqanta-shabbos/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/01/the-possible-origin-of-the-schlissel-challah/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The Possible Origin of the Schlissel Challah">The Possible Origin of the Schlissel Challah</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="1 May 2024, 6:13 pm UTC">1 May 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/01/the-possible-origin-of-the-schlissel-challah/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/01/08/compassionate-moshe/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Compassionate Moshe">Compassionate Moshe</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="8 January 2024, 9:32 am UTC">8 January 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">admin</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>והיה רגיל להוכיח אותי על שראה שאינני משתתף בצערא דאחרינא. וכה היה דברו אלי תמיד שזה כל האדם. לא לעצמו נברא רק להועיל לאחריני ככל אשר ימצא בכחו לעשות. [My <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/01/08/compassionate-moshe/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/12/28/intro-to-trop/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Guest Post: An Introduction to Trop">Guest Post: An Introduction to Trop</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="29 December 2023, 4:45 am UTC">29 December 2023</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Rabbi Seth Mandel PhD zt"l</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/12/28/intro-to-trop/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/11/07/looking-to-future/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Looking to the Future">Looking to the Future</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="7 November 2023, 11:21 am UTC">7 November 2023</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>(I put these thoughts together for a reply for my daughter Gavi, who pointed me to a medrash that “everyone in her neighborhood” were talking about, but I then was <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/11/07/looking-to-future/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/10/27/to-name-the-creator/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="To Name the Creator">To Name the Creator</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="27 October 2023, 6:38 pm UTC">27 October 2023</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>“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 <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/10/27/to-name-the-creator/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/09/07/poseiqgpt/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="PoseiqGPT?">PoseiqGPT?</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="8 September 2023, 1:13 am UTC">8 September 2023</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Dear R Dr Broyde (Cc: Avodah), Over Shabbos, I read your article about getting ChatGPT to discuss whether a kohein in a same-sex marriage may go up to duchen. I <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/09/07/poseiqgpt/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="srr-wrap srr-style-modern2" data-visible="5" data-speed="4000" data-id="srr-tab-964" ><div class="srr-inner"><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2020/03/30/nephesh-hachaim-113/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:13">Nephesh Hachaim 1:13</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="30 March 2020, 8:54 pm UTC">30 March 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2020/03/30/nephesh-hachaim-113/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2020/02/17/daat-tevunot-37-%C2%B6-118-middle/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:7 (¶ 118 [middle])">Da’at Tevunot 3:7 (¶ 118 [middle])</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="17 February 2020, 8:57 pm UTC">17 February 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Da’at Tevunot 3:7 (¶ 118 [middle]) 1. We’d do well to take something into consideration, Ramchal adds here. It’s that just because something or someone is imperfect doesn’t mean <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2020/02/17/daat-tevunot-37-%C2%B6-118-middle/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2020/01/28/derech-hashem-264/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Derech Hashem 2:6:4">Derech Hashem 2:6:4</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="28 January 2020, 9:48 pm UTC">28 January 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2020/01/28/derech-hashem-264/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2020/01/19/nephesh-hachaim-112/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:12">Nephesh Hachaim 1:12</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="19 January 2020, 9:44 pm UTC">19 January 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Nephesh Hachaim 1:12 1. R. Chaim already spoke 1 of the fact that we could only link celestial worlds, rectify this one, and interconnect with those upper worlds after we’d <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2020/01/19/nephesh-hachaim-112/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/10/24/daat-tevunot-36-%C2%B6-118-beginning/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:6 (¶ 118 [beginning])">Da’at Tevunot 3:6 (¶ 118 [beginning])</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="24 October 2019, 8:29 pm UTC">24 October 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/10/24/daat-tevunot-36-%C2%B6-118-beginning/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/08/15/derech-hashem-263/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Derech Hashem 2:6:3">Derech Hashem 2:6:3</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="15 August 2019, 7:58 pm UTC">15 August 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>The Way of G-d 2:6:3 1. Given the above, the fact is that G-d doesn’t judge the world according to His foreknowledge but rather according to the way He wants <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/08/15/derech-hashem-263/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/07/30/nephesh-hachaim-111/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:11">Nephesh Hachaim 1:11</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="30 July 2019, 7:44 pm UTC">30 July 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/07/30/nephesh-hachaim-111/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/07/10/daat-tevunot-35-%C2%B6s-116-end-117/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:5 (¶s 116 [end] – 117)">Da’at Tevunot 3:5 (¶s 116 [end] – 117)</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="10 July 2019, 8:40 pm UTC">10 July 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Da’at Tevunot 3:5 (¶s 116 [end] – 117) 1. Ramchal says that he’s going to expand upon things he’d said above 1 and reveal things that are “deep” about <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/07/10/daat-tevunot-35-%C2%B6s-116-end-117/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/06/06/derech-hashem-262/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Derech Hashem 2:6:2">Derech Hashem 2:6:2</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="6 June 2019, 8:55 pm UTC">6 June 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/06/06/derech-hashem-262/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/06/03/nephesh-hachaim-110/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:10">Nephesh Hachaim 1:10</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="3 June 2019, 7:17 pm UTC">3 June 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Nephesh Hachaim 1:10 1. Given all of the above concerning our makeup and capacities, it’s reasonable to wonder whether angels are loftier than we are or we’re loftier than they. <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/06/03/nephesh-hachaim-110/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/05/22/daat-tevunot-34-%C2%B6-116-beg/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:4 (¶ 116 [beg.])">Da’at Tevunot 3:4 (¶ 116 [beg.])</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="22 May 2019, 8:35 pm UTC">22 May 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/05/22/daat-tevunot-34-%C2%B6-116-beg/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/04/04/derech-hashem-261/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Derech Hashem 2:6:1">Derech Hashem 2:6:1</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 April 2019, 7:26 pm UTC">4 April 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Derech Hashem 2:6:1 In the course of His interactions with the world 1, G-d arranged it so that phenomena that affect both the things that humankind brings about 2 and <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/04/04/derech-hashem-261/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/04/04/nephesh-hachaim-19/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:9">Nephesh Hachaim 1:9</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 April 2019, 7:15 pm UTC">4 April 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/04/04/nephesh-hachaim-19/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/01/03/daat-tevunot-33-%C2%B6s-103-115/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:3 (¶’s 103- 115)">Da’at Tevunot 3:3 (¶’s 103- 115)</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="3 January 2019, 10:29 pm UTC">4 January 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Da’at Tevunot 3:3 (¶’s 103- 115) 1. It seems logical, doesn’t it, that goodness would be a product of something that emanates goodness while wrongfulness would be a product of <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/01/03/daat-tevunot-33-%C2%B6s-103-115/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2018/12/31/daattevunot-32-98-102/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’atTevunot 3:2 (# 98 – 102)">Da’atTevunot 3:2 (# 98 – 102)</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="31 December 2018, 9:35 pm UTC">31 December 2018</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2018/12/31/daattevunot-32-98-102/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2018/12/07/nephesh-hachaim-18/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:8">Nephesh Hachaim 1:8</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="7 December 2018, 11:05 am UTC">7 December 2018</time> - <cite class="srr-author">bf61cd94975385fed8cbdd16766a3ee4</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Nephesh Hachaim 1:8 1. R’ Chaim offers a rather complex discussion here about the positioning of the Cherubs in the Tabernacle and Holy Temple in order to illustrate his point <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2018/12/07/nephesh-hachaim-18/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="srr-wrap srr-style-modern2" data-visible="5" data-speed="4000" data-id="srr-tab-547" ><div class="srr-inner"><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2020/06/address-otd-the-right-way" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Addressing OTD the right way">Addressing OTD the right way</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="2 June 2020, 7:47 pm UTC">2 June 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2020/06/address-otd-the-right-way" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2020/01/star-wars-agenda-and-achdus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Star Wars, agenda, and Achdus">Star Wars, agenda, and Achdus</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="1 January 2020, 8:45 pm UTC">1 January 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Spoiler, there isn’t much substance to I what have to say. Also, I am spoiling the end of the Skywalker saga. After reading an excellent essay by Rabbi Harry Maryles <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2020/01/star-wars-agenda-and-achdus" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2019/06/time-moves-faster-than-me" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Time moves faster than me">Time moves faster than me</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="14 June 2019, 9:42 pm UTC">15 June 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2019/06/time-moves-faster-than-me" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2018/10/just-one-dance" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Just One Dance">Just One Dance</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="17 October 2018, 10:24 pm UTC">18 October 2018</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>My wife’s comment on Simchas Torah pretty much summed it up, “I feel like this is the biggest tease for you.” You see, my mom a”h was niftar right before <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2018/10/just-one-dance" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/11/the-8th-yahrtzeit-of-my-dad-ah" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The 8th Yahrtzeit of my Dad a”h">The 8th Yahrtzeit of my Dad a”h</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="5 November 2017, 4:26 pm UTC">5 November 2017</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/11/the-8th-yahrtzeit-of-my-dad-ah" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/10/back-to-normal" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Back to normal">Back to normal</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="1 October 2017, 4:31 pm UTC">1 October 2017</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Walking out of shul, the morning after Yom Kippur, a follow early Sunday morning riser casually said to me, “Back to normal, right?” I was taken off guard (and also <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/10/back-to-normal" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/05/the-elephant-in-the-room" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The elephant in the room">The elephant in the room</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="12 May 2017, 3:47 am UTC">12 May 2017</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/05/the-elephant-in-the-room" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2016/04/the-avodah-of-pesach" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The Avodah of Pesach">The Avodah of Pesach</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="22 April 2016, 2:16 pm UTC">22 April 2016</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>I want to share something that Rav Efraim Twerski said at his Shabbos HaGadol drasha. After starting off with 10 questions Rav Twerski said over an amazing Torah from Rav <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2016/04/the-avodah-of-pesach" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2015/10/my-dads-6th-yahrtzeit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="My Dad’s 6th Yahrtzeit">My Dad’s 6th Yahrtzeit</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="29 October 2015, 3:26 am UTC">29 October 2015</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2015/10/my-dads-6th-yahrtzeit" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2015/09/brief-review-of-warmed-by-the-fire-of-aish-kodesh" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Brief review of “Warmed by the Fire of Aish Kodesh”">Brief review of “Warmed by the Fire of Aish Kodesh”</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="25 September 2015, 7:03 pm UTC">25 September 2015</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>“WARMED BY THE FIRE OF THE AISH KODESH– Torah from the Hilulas of Reb Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piaseczna” by Rav Moshe Weinberger and adapted by Binyomin Wolf is more <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2015/09/brief-review-of-warmed-by-the-fire-of-aish-kodesh" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><!-- End - Super RSS Reader --></div> </div><!--/.sidebar-content--> </div><!--/.sidebar--> </div><!--/.main-inner--> </div><!--/.main--> </div><!--/.container-inner--> </div><!--/.container--> <footer id="footer"> <section class="container" id="footer-bottom"> <div class="container-inner"> <a id="back-to-top" href="#"><i class="fas fa-angle-up"></i></a> <div class="hu-pad group"> <div class="grid one-half"> <div id="copyright"> <p></p> </div><!--/#copyright--> <div id="credit" style=""> <p>Powered by <a class="fab fa-wordpress" title="Powered by WordPress" href="https://wordpress.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a> - Designed with the <a href="https://presscustomizr.com/hueman/" title="Hueman theme">Hueman theme</a></p> </div><!--/#credit--> </div> <div class="grid one-half last"> <ul class="social-links"><li><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="social-tooltip" title="Email us!" aria-label="Email us!" href="mailto:info@aishttps://www.facebook.com/AishDasGrouphdas.org" target="_blank" ><i class="fas fa-envelope-square"></i></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="social-tooltip" title="Follow us on Facebook" aria-label="Follow us on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/AishDasGroup" target="_blank" ><i class="fab fa-facebook-square"></i></a></li></ul> </div> </div><!--/.hu-pad--> </div><!--/.container-inner--> </section><!--/.container--> </footer><!--/#footer--> </div><!--/#wrapper--> <script src="https://c0.wp.com/c/6.7.1/wp-includes/js/underscore.min.js" id="underscore-js"></script> <script id="hu-front-scripts-js-extra"> var HUParams = {"_disabled":[],"SmoothScroll":{"Enabled":true,"Options":{"touchpadSupport":false}},"centerAllImg":"1","timerOnScrollAllBrowsers":"1","extLinksStyle":"","extLinksTargetExt":"","extLinksSkipSelectors":{"classes":["btn","button"],"ids":[]},"imgSmartLoadEnabled":"","imgSmartLoadOpts":{"parentSelectors":[".container .content",".post-row",".container .sidebar","#footer","#header-widgets"],"opts":{"excludeImg":[".tc-holder-img"],"fadeIn_options":100,"threshold":0}},"goldenRatio":"1.618","gridGoldenRatioLimit":"350","sbStickyUserSettings":{"desktop":true,"mobile":true},"sidebarOneWidth":"340","sidebarTwoWidth":"260","isWPMobile":"","menuStickyUserSettings":{"desktop":"stick_up","mobile":"stick_up"},"mobileSubmenuExpandOnClick":"1","submenuTogglerIcon":"<i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\"><\/i>","isDevMode":"","ajaxUrl":"https:\/\/www.aishdas.org\/?huajax=1","frontNonce":{"id":"HuFrontNonce","handle":"7ec8cdc5d8"},"isWelcomeNoteOn":"","welcomeContent":"","i18n":{"collapsibleExpand":"Expand","collapsibleCollapse":"Collapse"},"deferFontAwesome":"","fontAwesomeUrl":"https:\/\/www.aishdas.org\/wp-content\/themes\/hueman\/assets\/front\/css\/font-awesome.min.css?3.7.27","mainScriptUrl":"https:\/\/www.aishdas.org\/wp-content\/themes\/hueman\/assets\/front\/js\/scripts.min.js?3.7.27","flexSliderNeeded":"","flexSliderOptions":{"is_rtl":false,"has_touch_support":true,"is_slideshow":false,"slideshow_speed":5000}}; 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