Monthly Archives: ‍‍ Tamuz / Menachem Av 5765 - August 2005

Appropriate and Inappropriate Kulos, Good Chumros and Bad

Posted on ‍‍27 Menachem Av 5765 - August 31, 2005 by micha

It is this rupture in the traditional religious sensibilities [caused by the Holocaust and the subsequent displacement in geographic location] that underlies much of the transformation of contemporary Orthodoxy. Zealous to continue traditional Judaism unimpaired, religious Jews seek to ground … Continue reading →

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Did you cry? II

Posted on ‍‍9 Menachem Av 5765 - August 14, 2005 by micha

(This isn’t my usual style or topic for this blog. But as it approaches the deadline, sitting here on Tish’ah beAv afternoon, it would be inhuman not to feel a need to share my thoughts on the subject.)The haftorah for … Continue reading →

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Mas’ei — the Journey as a Name of G-d

Posted on ‍‍6 Menachem Av 5765 - August 10, 2005 by micha

Parashas Mas’ei opens with a description of Benei Yisra’el’s trip through the desert, and lists the forty-two stops made along the way. An oft-quoted Zohar identifies the stops in the desert with each of the letters in Hashem’s forty-two letter … Continue reading →

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Did you cry?

Posted on ‍‍2 Menachem Av 5765 - August 6, 2005 by micha

This morning (Shabbos parashas Mas’ei) we read about the borders of Israel (ch. 34:1-12). We read that the southwest corner of Israel is to be Nachal Mitzrayim, Wadi el-Arish (R’ Saadia Gaon) or the Pelusium arm of the Nile (Rashi).Regardless … Continue reading →

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Defining Anavah

Posted on ‍‍29 Tamuz 5765 - August 5, 2005 by micha

(Copied from a “Der Alter” post of mine, but Der Alter seems defunct. I copied the time-stamp from there. -mi 1/16/2008) Is anavah really “humility”? The basic problem of understanding the difference between the Rambam Hil Dei’os ch 1 and … Continue reading →

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