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Inside Out October 28, 2026
The Power Of The Vote
Election Day in Israel was on Tuesday, October 27, followed exactly one week later by the American midterm elections on...
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Inside Out October 21, 2026
Tatte Avraham
There is a Chassidic aphorism which says that Parashas Bereishis contains the sin of Adam and Chava and the murder of Hevel....
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Inside Out October 14, 2026
Finding Faith
“V’Noach matza chein b’einei Hashem.” “And Noach found favor in the eyes of Hashem.” These words conclude last week’s parashah, Bereishis, but...
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Inside Out October 8, 2026
Yehuda And Shomron Are Calling
There are names that identify a person, and then there are names that seem to anticipate a mission. The Gemara relates that...
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Inside Out September 23, 2026
G-d’s Name
Singer-songwriter Gabe Bauman wrote a song that went viral about G-d knowing each of our names and feeling each of...
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Inside Out September 9, 2026
Showing Up On The Day Of Judgment
“Like a shepherd who directs his sheep beneath his staff, so too You cause to pass, count, and enumerate every...
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Inside Out August 26, 2026
Protecting The Head
Last year I merited the following chiddush: The word Elul is a conjunction of the letter aleph, which is a reference to Alufo Shel Olam, Master of...
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Inside Out August 12, 2026
Every Letter A Beginning
There is a unique phenomenon when it comes to the month of Elul, and that is the plethora of roshei teivos associated with...
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Inside Out August 5, 2026
On 58 Years
The truth is that erev Rosh Chodesh Elul marks the 57th yahrzeit of my great-grandfather and namesake, Reb Yochanan ben Reb Yisrael Gordon of Dokshitz. Yet,...
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Inside Out July 29, 2026
Divine Satiety
With most of our kids away in camp over the summer, I’ve been trying to focus on something that I’ve...
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Inside Out July 21, 2026
G-d’s Shidduch Résumé
By the time you read this, we will find ourselves between Tishah B’Av and Tu B’Av—the two holidays that stand...
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Inside Out July 15, 2026
The Happy Eichah
Rabbi Chaim Zimmerman of Skokie, Illinois, a nephew of Reb Boruch Ber Leibowitz of Kaminetz and one of the Torah...
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Inside Out July 8, 2026
What Is A Mivtza?
By Yochanan Gordon No, it’s not a typo. This article isn’t meant to define what a mitzvah is, but rather a mivtza. Mivtza is...
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Inside Out July 1, 2026
Holy Zeal
“Pinchas the son of Elazar, the son of Aharon HaKohen, has turned back My wrath from upon the Children of Israel by...
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Inside Out June 24, 2026
The Dude And The Dudelah
I said I was done writing about basketball two weeks ago, but there was one lesson I could not overlook....
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Inside Out June 17, 2026
The Price Of Growth
School is out, and the struggle to get our kids out of the house and on their way to sleepaway...
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Inside Out June 17, 2026
Gimmel Tammuz: Absence As Presence
This year marks 32 years since Gimmel Tammuz 5754. Thirty-two years is not merely a passage of time. It is an entire...
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Inside Out June 10, 2026
Return To The Garden
Someone mentioned to me in passing that I’ve been writing a lot about the Knicks lately. That’s a bit disingenuous....
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