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Torah August 11, 2025

The Berachah of Satisfaction

There is a word that is found in the Torah a total of four times, three of them in this...

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Torah August 11, 2025

The Great Wall Of Israel

“The wall was not built for the builders, but for those who would come after, who might never see it...

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Torah August 11, 2025

A Real [Baba] “Metziah”

I am in a foreign country for a short while, far from my place of residence and far from my...

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Torah August 11, 2025

The Life and Works of Italy’s Great Kabbalist and Philanthropist

Rabbi Menachem Azaryah of Fano (1548-1620) The Life and Works of Italy’s Great Kabbalist and Philanthropist Rabbi Menachem Azaryah of...

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Torah August 11, 2025

Eikev: To See The Land

From a young age, the tzaddik, Rebbe Mordechai Shlomo of Boyan, was singularly focused on spiritual growth and Talmud Torah. His father, Rebbe...

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Torah August 11, 2025

How We Raise Ourselves: The Greatness Of Torah Learning

How We Raise Ourselves: The Greatness Of Torah Learning Masechet Avot originally consisted of five perakim. To continue its study on the sixth...

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Torah August 6, 2025

Gentle Speech

By Sivan Rahav-Meir Even in the heat of an argument, we must pay attention to what we say and how...

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Torah August 6, 2025

Why Did You Stay Alive?

By Sivan Rahav Meir It was a moment I don’t think I’ll ever forget. This past Simchat Torah, hundreds of...

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Torah August 6, 2025

The New Normal: Shabbos Nachamu And Tishah B’Av Reflections

By Dr. Chaim Y. Botwinick Last year during Tishah B’Av, we held our breaths, fearing an imminent attack on Israel by...

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Torah August 6, 2025

A Time To Whistle

The prophets have long consoled the Jewish People by stressing that even after the difficult period of exile and destruction,...

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Torah August 5, 2025

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Sunset in Bozeman on the 6th of Av, activating our love for Hashem I don’t like turbulence. Actually, it freaks...

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Torah August 5, 2025

Wanting What We Don’t Have

Even if you can’t have it, you should still want it. That may sound like the opposite of the tenth...

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Torah August 5, 2025

The Bar Kochba Revolt

The Bar Kochba Revolt A Ray of Hope in the Shadows of Darkness The Bar Kochba Revolt, commanded by the...

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Torah August 5, 2025

Sands of Time And Times Of Sand 

  While surveying the Tishah B’Av kinos lamentations on Sunday, trying to extract some illumination while struggling to insert emotion and fervor,...

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Torah August 5, 2025

Memory’s Reach

All five books of the Torah were authored by Hashem and transmitted through Moshe Rabbeinu. Yet the final book, Devarim, is...

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Torah August 4, 2025

Nachamu: This Place

Few have made a mark on the spiritual and literal landscape of our generation as Rav Shlomo Riskin. The legendary...

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Torah August 4, 2025

The Three Pillars

Pirkei Avot’s second Mishnah presents a foundational statement of Shimon HaTzaddik that is critical to our worldview. Unlike most of Avot, which advises how to live...

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Education Torah August 4, 2025

Exploring Jewish History And Learning In The City Of Seven Hills

Touro University’s summer trip to Rome connected students to Jewish life past and present By Mordechai Cywiak This summer I...

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