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Torah September 9, 2025
The Work Of Everyday Kindness
This Motzaei Shabbat, Ashkenazi communities will begin saying Selichot, joining Sephardim who have already been immersed in these prayers since Elul began. With Selichot, the lead-up...
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Torah September 9, 2025
Multitudes Throughout The World To Unite On Behalf of Klal Yisrael In Dirshu’s Yom Limud And Tefillah
Tens of Thousands of Tinokos Shel Beis Rabban Learn to Go in the Ways of the Chofetz Chaim By Chaim...
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Torah September 9, 2025
The Mystery Of The Missing Talmudic Tractates
The great debate about the compilation of the Talmud Bavli The Mishnah is comprised of between 60 and 63 tractates, but only...
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Torah September 8, 2025
Ki Savo: Zeh Ba, It Is Approaching!
Emerging from the ashes of the Shoah, the Gerrer Rebbe, Rav Yisrael Alter, the “Beis Yisroel,” was a beacon of...
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Torah September 8, 2025
The Cardinal Sins
We all know that the 613 mitzvot consist of two types: mitzvot aseh and mitzvot lo taaseh. In contrast to the mitzvot aseh, which offer positive opportunities, the mitzvot...
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Torah September 8, 2025
A Basket Case
When the Torah speaks about bringing the first fruits to Jerusalem in baskets, it uses a non-standard word for “basket”: tene....
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Torah September 3, 2025
Brought Together By A Soul
By Sivan Rahav Meir When Yisrael Fenigstein speaks about his grandson Ma’oz who fell in Gaza, he says softly: “We...
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Torah September 2, 2025
The Daf, The Price Of Property, And The Pricelessness Of Life
By Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq. Jewish law is so sensitive to the rights of every person that it even...
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Torah September 2, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
One of the hundreds of homes in Urk with an Israeli flag On Sunday, the 7th of Elul, or as...
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Torah September 2, 2025
37th Annual Chai Elul Siyum HaShas, 83rd Celebration RAA/Igud September 16
The Rabbinical Alliance of America invites the community to its 83rd Celebration hosted at the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation, 805 Avenue T,...
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Torah September 2, 2025
“Crossing The Line”: A Milestone of Tefillah, A Moment of Destiny
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon Rabbi Chanan Gordon Rabbi Teddy Neuman, Kehal Chassidim North Woodmere Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff, Cong Bais Tefilah, Woodmere...
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Torah September 2, 2025
Building A Positive Jewish Identity
Memory is identity. This was expressed beautifully by Rabbi Sacks, z’l, in his Haggadah commentary: “There is a profound difference between history and...
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Torah September 1, 2025
Ki Teitzei: Words Are Tearing Us Apart
“For the sin we have committed before You through speech.”—Viduy (Yom Kippur Confessional). Memory is a crucial part of human...
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Torah September 1, 2025
Ki Seitze: Foe And Friend
Beloved Israeli author, Shmuel Yosef “Shai” Agnon, wrote extensively on themes and topics revolving around his Jewish identity, relationship to...
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Torah September 1, 2025
What Our Life Amounts To: Maximizing Our Torah Learning
Our last few pieces have spelled out the great value of talmud Torah. Sadly, many do not appreciate this value. Avot’s sixth perek teaches that...
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Torah September 1, 2025
The Chacham Of Izmir
Rabbi Chaim Benveniste (1603-1673), Author of the Kenesset HaGedolah In 16th and 17th century Turkey, the Sephardic surname Benveniste denotes...
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Torah August 27, 2025
Renewing The Sweetness Of Learning: How We Can Bring More Yidden Back To The Beis Midrash
By Rabbi Yoni Levin, Morah d’Asra of Anshei Emes of Cedarhurst Recently, I was learning with a friend of mine...
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Torah August 27, 2025
Taking Care Of Yourself
By Sivan Rahav Meir Many of us can recite the pre-flight safety instructions by heart, but on my recent trip...
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