Q: What do righteous, learned Torah scholars and newly observant Jews, or baalei teshuva, have in common?
A: The way they recite blessings.
No, it's not …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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8/13/08
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Enjoy, enjoy!
By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of August 15, 2008
The Talmud (Taanit 30b) quotes the Mishnah when it says there were no holidays (literally "good days") on the Jewish calendar …
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8/13/08
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A Tisha B'Av exploration
By Judah S. Harris
Issue of August 8, 2008
Tisha B’Av all over the world is observed through fasting, expressions of mourning, the reading of Megillat Eicha …
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8/7/08
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of August 8, 2008
This optimistic/pessimistic outlook is an embodiment of what Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik would call a “dialectic.” Tisha B’Av is the …
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8/7/08
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A happy family shares the true story of a spontaneous decision
By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 8, 2008
Back in 2005, looking to make some extra money while I finished my great American …
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8/7/08
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Turbulence in our lives
By David Seidemann
My flight back from points South last week was uneventful, if you don’t count the first 30 seconds or so.
Immediately upon takeoff, we …
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8/7/08
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“...With All Your Heart...”
A Torah tribute to a true hero on Tisha B’Av
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of August 8, 2008
Grenade! Grenade! The very mention of this …
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8/6/08
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By Chananya Weissman
ISSUE OF AUGUST 1, 2008
Rachel used to enjoy learning Torah. Her report cards could be rubber-stamped with A’s and her teachers crowed about her intelligence, …
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7/30/08
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Issue of August 1, 2008
It was on a quick trip home to New York from a yeshiva in Israel that a post-high school student noticed something odd: he felt reluctant, scared even, about descending …
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7/30/08
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“Nine Out of Ten” by Moshe Katz
The heroic story of a family’s determination to outlive and survive the Nazis
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of August 1, 2008
Of one thing …
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7/30/08
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