Community Blogs

Various members of the AishDas community maintain blogs. Including:

Recent posts from these blogs:

A Revolutionary Take on Yom Tov Sheni, A Teshuvah from the Cairo Genizah...
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2020-01-22
Judaism and Racism Part 5: A disturbing video, Ohr LaGoyim, Edot HaMizrach
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2020-01-21
Coping with the Death of an Infant
From: Aspaqlaria on 2020-01-20
Nephesh Hachaim 1:12
From: Rabbi Yaakov Feldman on 2020-01-19
The Rov (RYBS) on Forgetting of the Brain vs. Forgetting of the Heart
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2020-01-15
Judaism and Racism Part 4: A Dialogue
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2020-01-14
A Revolutionary Take on Yom Tov Sheni, A Teshuvah from the Cairo Genizah...
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2020-01-12
The Rov (RYBS) on Birchas HaTorah (etc.)
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2020-01-08
Judaism and Racism Part 3
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2020-01-07
Judaism and Racism Part 2
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2020-01-07
My grandfather, HG"R Dov Yehuda Schochet zt"l, in a a still from today's Siyum HaShas
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2020-01-02
Star Wars, agenda, and Achdus
From: Modern Uberdox on 2020-01-01
Judaism and Racism Part 1
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-31
Soliciting Material for the Fourth Edition of TCE
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-30
A Revolutionary Take on Yom Tov Sheni, A Teshuvah from the Cairo Genizah...
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-30
My Seventh Siyum on Bavli
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-27
Seforno on the Purpose of Life
From: Aspaqlaria on 2019-12-25
Two Answers to the Beis Yosef's question and Why We Eat Donuts on Chanukah
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-24

truth priority
Rich, Joel: truth priority: A High School student causes a teacher to be fired with false testimony that only his parent can refute. The parent either (a)remains silent or (b)lies to protect the child or (c) tells the truth 1. What percentage of people would take each course? (orthodox vs. non? 2. […]
Using Bein adam leMakom to motivate bein adam lechavero
Anthony Knopf: Using Bein adam leMakom to motivate bein adam lechavero: I've read this recent discussion with great interest. Rebbetzen Katz and Joseph Kaplan are right that there is much that the frum community can be proud of in its bein adam lechavero. This can't simply be attributed to its being a typical middle class […]
Question
Micha Berger: Question: [...] RJR focused on the leining. But I saw the question as being more about the kashrus of the Torah with the blood on it. Ink spills, which are actually black, do not invalidate a sefer Torah -- as long as the letters remain intact. Now that I think of it, although […]
Question
Rich, Joel: Question: A colleague asked me the following question and I had no answer. If the ba’al kore is reading the Torah and either has a nose bleed or a finger cut which causes blood to transfer to the Sefer Torah, what is the halachic response?
Question
Cantor Wolberg: Question: A colleague asked me the following question and I had no answer. If the ba’al kore is reading the Torah and either has a nose bleed or a finger cut which causes blood to transfer to the Sefer Torah, what is the halachic response?
Is Making Kiddush on Schnapps a Problem?
Prof. L. Levine: Is Making Kiddush on Schnapps a Problem?: Please see https://vosizneias.com/2020/01/19/is-making-kiddush-on-schnapps-a-problem/ Is Making Kiddush on Schnapps a Problem? -- Vos Iz Neia By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It can be called the Great "Schnapps vs. Wine" Wars. "Well, my father, […]
Evidence for the identification of Mishkan Shilo
Micha Berger: Evidence for the identification of Mishkan Shilo: Times of Israel <http://bit.ly/2TDGFZ8> or https://www.timesofisrael.com/listen-at-shiloh-archaeologist-finds-artifacts-hinting-at-biblical-tabernacle/ As Mosaic Magazine put it in their teaser (no link, because I am including in full): Altar Horns, Ceramic Pomegranates, and Other Evidence of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary at Shiloh Jan. 17 2020 According to the Bible, the Tabernacle -- […]
Using Bein Adam laMakom to Motivate Bein Adam laChaveiro
Micha Berger: Using Bein Adam laMakom to Motivate Bein Adam laChaveiro: [...] Here's something I hope is NOT an example, but my cynical side was triggered. The gemara on BQ 38a explains the mishnah which says "shor shel Yisrael shenagach shor shel Kenaani -- patur." The gemara says that since they do not keep the […]
Using Bein Adam laMakom to Motivate Bein Adam?laChaveiro
Micha Berger: Using Bein Adam laMakom to Motivate Bein Adam?laChaveiro: [...] Other illustrations: 1- My first grade classroom was decorated with posters by Torah UMesorah of Torah, Avodah uGemilus Chassadim and of VeAhavta leRei'akha kaMokha. And yet I left middle school with the message that my Judaism would be measured by my ability to learn […]
Tochachah until when?
Micha Berger: Tochachah until when?: So, on Eirukhin 17b, R' Yehudah says that if someone doesn't accept your tokhachah, you need to keep at it ad sheyizof bo. Rav says ad haka'ah. And this machloqes carries through to the Rambam (Dei'os 6) who holds like Rav, and the Semag who holds like R Yehudah. […]