Monthly Archives: ‍‍ Marcheshvan / Kislev 5771 - November 2010

Holiness and Carrying the Yoke with the Other

Posted on ‍‍23 Kislev 5771 - November 29, 2010 by micha

(The following is based on a class I gave on Shabbat at Mussar Kallah IX, and is the further development of a number of ideas R’ Gil Student and I wrote for Mesuqim MiDevash.) The question of holiness is central … Continue reading →

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On Nets and Pieces

Posted on ‍‍18 Kislev 5771 - November 25, 2010 by micha

The story so far: In the first post, I suggested that it was Rav Yehudah, founder of the Yeshiva in Pumbedisa, who really developed the style of shaqla vetarya (dialectic) that we find in the Talmud Bavli. Which implied that … Continue reading →

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What defines greatness

Posted on ‍‍12 Kislev 5771 - November 19, 2010 by micha

From R’ Gil Student’s blog “Hirhurim“, a sad quote about the underlying greatness of my rebbe: When I was a bochur in yeshivah I had a scary experience. I had the zekhus of assisting a gadol ba-Torah in his last … Continue reading →

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In one sentence, what Yeshiva chinuch is all about

Posted on ‍‍5 Kislev 5771 - November 12, 2010 by micha

(Cut-n-paste from R’ Chaim Brown’s blog, Divrei Chaim.) Thursday, November 11, 2010 “In public school, they’ll ask you at the end, ‘Well, what have you learned?’ But here at Rice, the question is, ‘What kind of person have you become?” … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Daas Torah: Child and Domestic Abuse

Posted on ‍‍3 Kislev 5771 - November 9, 2010 by micha

Now available by R’ Dr Daniel Eidensohn and Dr Baruch Shulem! Daas Torah: Child & Domestic Abuse, vol 1 & 2 This book is divided into two volumes – each of which is a complete work and yet they clearly … Continue reading →

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Invoking Tradition

Posted on ‍‍1 Kislev 5771 - November 7, 2010 by micha

So, I recently described Rav Yehudah’s trip down to Pumbedisa, where he founded a yeshiva where learning was based on the dialectic method, the style of shaqla vetarya (question and answer) that typifies the gemara. So what was happening back … Continue reading →

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