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Torah October 28, 2025

A Lichtigeh Velt

An anecdote: Professor Eli Weisel, zy’a, was once “speaking in learning” with one of his teachers, the brilliant professor, Rabbi Saul...

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Torah October 28, 2025

Avodah As Work

Our last piece studied Shimon HaTzaddik’s listing of avodah as one of the world’s three pillars. Though Shimon HaTzaddik’s mention of avodah refers to korbanot and tefillah,...

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Torah October 28, 2025

Alone, But Not Lonely

Written in the aftermath of October 7th, this piece, like so many others by Rabbi Hauer zt’l, provides hope and...

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Torah October 28, 2025

Prime Property

The Hebrew word rechush (“property”) and its variants appear seven times in parashat Lech Lecha, making it the parashah with the highest concentration of such instances. It...

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Torah October 22, 2025

It’s Not Only The Hostages—It’s Us Too

Several days have gone by since the return of the last living hostages from Gaza, and the relief and elation...

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Torah October 22, 2025

What I Learned From Rabbi Moshe Hauer, zt’l

Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman I keep hearing Rabbi Hauer’s, zt’l voice. Not in sound, but in thought—the pauses between words, the care...

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Torah October 22, 2025

One More Conversation With Rabbi Hauer, z’l

Coming off a joyous Simchas Torah, the excitement of the yom tov heightened with gratitude for the return of the twenty living...

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Torah October 21, 2025

The Gift And The Duty

araThe world was engulfed by a torrential flood. Humanity vanished beneath the waves and the world was reshaped. Never before...

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Torah October 21, 2025

Noach: Rebuilding After Destruction

[Editor: Rabbi Hauer, zt’l, passed away during yom tov. The following article was written two years ago in the aftermath...

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Torah October 21, 2025

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Gal and his sons Ilai and Eden at Sushi and Scotch in the Sukkah It’s early Sunday morning, two hours...

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Torah October 21, 2025

The Post-Tishrei Shofar Blowing

Hostages released. The dead returned to kevurah Yisrael. Tehillim discontinued? After two years of dread, horror, hope, and prayer, we have witnessed the...

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Torah October 21, 2025

Noach: Second Chances

Reb Shlomo Lorincz was known to Klal Yisrael as a brilliant shtadlan, a respected member of the Knesset for more than thirty years, and...

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Torah October 21, 2025

Avodah: How We Serve

We have seen that, in Avot’s second Mishnah, Shimon HaTzaddik presents the world’s three pillars, starting with the pillar of Torah...

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Torah October 21, 2025

Why Noah Failed: A Lesson In Healing

We can learn some of life’s most valuable lessons from mistakes that others make. Take Noah. The Torah calls him...

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Torah October 17, 2025

Darwin, AGI, And The Tree of Knowledge

In 1903, mankind took to the skies for the first time in a powered flight, lifting itself twelve seconds into...

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Torah October 16, 2025

The Tishrei Trilogy

Rabbi Moshe ibn Chaviv and his remarkable work, “Sheimos B’Aretz Rabbi Moshe ibn Chaviv was born to greatness. He was born in...

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Torah October 16, 2025

Torah: Divine Fire And National Legacy

Simchat Torah, which we have just finished observing, celebrates the role of Torah in the history of Am Yisrael. This chag is not...

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Torah October 16, 2025

Assembly Required

We finally made it. It is over. Solemn Days. Days of Faith. Celebratory Days. We have made it through Elul, Rosh...

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