Advice July 23, 2025

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Larry “Leibel Berel” laying tefillin while visiting from Tampa On Monday, Chavie celebrated her 41st birthday and I wanted to celebrate my...

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Torah July 23, 2025

Messianics

As I walked to give my Shabbos shiur recently, I spotted an older rabbi walking with his aide, headed in my direction....

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Uncategorized July 22, 2025

Word Is Bond

Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, zt’l, beloved rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaath and one of the gedolei haDor, was respected for his wisdom, sensitivity, and yashrus, unwavering commitment to...

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Torah July 22, 2025

A Significant Peace

The final Mishnah of the first chapter of Pirkei Avot presents three values essential for sustaining the world. The first two are din (judgment) and emet (truth); the third...

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Dating July 22, 2025

DATING FORUM

Question I regularly read your column and I rarely miss a week. When I do, I ask my neighbor to...

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Torah July 22, 2025

The Wormy Place

“Know from whence you came, to where you are going, and before Whom you are destined to give an accounting.”...

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Judaism/Spirituality July 22, 2025

The Story of a German Philanthropist who Financed a Galician Rabbi’s Torah Study

Front page of Pri Megadim, Yoreh De’ah, Berlin, 1772 Pri Megadim, Yoreh De’ah, Berlin, 1772 The Pri Megadim And Daniel Itzig The Story...

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Torah July 22, 2025

The Unpromised Land

For forty years, we wandered the desert, passing through forty-two desolate locations. What was meant to be a short journey...

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Advice July 22, 2025

He Said/She Said

DISCLAIMER: The following column is a composite of several different experiences I have had with clients. It does not depict...

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Letters to the Editor July 22, 2025

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Dear Editor, You indicated that Sharon returned Gaza because he wanted to be known as a man of peace. Medically,...

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Torah July 22, 2025

Siyumim on Amud HaYomi Masechta Eruvin to Be Held in Homes of Senior Gedolei Yisrael

Siyumim at the Homes of HaGaonim HaRav Moshe Sternbuch, HaRav Dov Landau and Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, Shlita By Chaim...

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Uncategorized Judaism/Spirituality July 22, 2025

The OU Women’s Initiative Awards Grants For Creative Tehillim Programming Nationwide

The OU Women’s Initiative, a division of the Orthodox Union that has galvanized women worldwide through its widely popular Torat...

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Torah July 22, 2025

“Your Unique Purpose” Distills Rebbe’s Wisdom Into Personal Purpose Guide

By Tzali Reicher Rabbi Tuvia Teldon’s new book, Your Unique Purpose, began with a simple observation. The regional director of Chabad-Lubavitch...

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Torah July 16, 2025

The Saintly Gaon of Salonica: Rabbi Yosef Taitazak

An interior view of Lechem Setarim– credit The Klau Library, Cincinnati, HUC-JIR From Spain to Salonica: The Resettlement of Spanish Jewry...

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Heard In The Bagel Store July 16, 2025

A Summer Diary

Here is a ragtag and somewhat out-of-order collection of reminiscences of my summers throughout the years, which includes my birthday...

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From the Editor July 16, 2025

The Jewish Vote

By Larry Gordon Are the Jews in New York, who are looked down upon with so much unbridled disdain by...

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Words of Wisdom July 16, 2025

All In The Family

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence I’ve observed more than my fair share of family dynamics over the years—from the one...

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Inside Out July 16, 2025

17 Tammuz At The Ohel

By Yochanan Gordon I know, this might feel a little déjà vu. Just last week, my sister and fellow columnist...

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