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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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Torah October 16, 2025

Why light?

“And the L‑rd said, ‘Let there be light.’” —Bereishis 1:3 Light has always been the most favored metaphor for all...

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Torah October 3, 2025

My Indignant Three-Year-Old

I wanted to begin by wishing everyone a gmar chasima tova and a gut yur. The time period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom...

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Torah October 3, 2025

Approbations And Deadly Amulets: The Life And Works Of Rabbi Dovid Oppenheim (1664-1736)

The Serpent Infiltrates the Rabbinate in Prague Rabbi Dovid Oppenheim (1664 – 1736) was the chief rabbi of Nikolsburg and...

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Torah October 3, 2025

Made In The Shade

When I was a little boy, an occasional treat was when my friends and I would sleep out on a...

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Torah October 3, 2025

Sukkot: Walking With Strength

Jewish holidays commemorate milestones in Jewish history. They recall the touchstone moments when Hashem descended into our world and intervened...

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Torah October 3, 2025

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Rabbi Chaim with Menny at Sukkos 2017 Sukkos is upon us and it’s my favorite yom tov. There’s something unique about...

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