Monthly Archives: ‍‍ Iyar / Sivan 5768 - June 2008

Types of Thought: Gender Differences, part II

Posted on ‍‍16 Sivan 5768 - June 19, 2008 by micha

In the previous post we spoke of gender difference in terms of extending society’s reach vs developing what we have – R’ Aharon Soloveitchik’s “kibush vs yishuv” (as discussed in this devar Torah for parashas Chayei Sarah), and R’ SR … Continue reading →

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Gender Differences

Posted on ‍‍15 Sivan 5768 - June 18, 2008 by micha

(I had more to say on the each of yesterday’s post’s two topics, so it is being replaced with this and the next post.) In a post on parashas Chayei Sarah, I included R’ Aharon Soloveitchikzt”l‘s take on gender differences … Continue reading →

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Types of Thought: Progressions

Posted on ‍‍3 Sivan 5768 - June 6, 2008 by micha

The first of the requests of the Shemoneh Esrei is Birchas haDa’as, the blessing on understanding. We first state “Atah chonein le’adam da’as – You grant humanity understanding, umelameid le’enosh binah – and teach man comprehension.” What is da’as that … Continue reading →

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Three Modes of Tefillah

Posted on ‍‍3 Sivan 5768 - June 6, 2008 by micha

From Avodah v24 n215, submitted by R’ Moshe Y. Gluck: R’ Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz explained the Zohar that says that there are three types of Tefillos: Tefillah L’Ani [the prayer of the poor] is the Tefillah that comes from the … Continue reading →

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