Community Blogs

Various members of the AishDas community maintain blogs. Including:

Recent posts from these blogs:

Kol Isha, Recorded or on the Radio
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-10
A Revolutionary Take on Yom Tov Sheni, A Teshuvah from the Cairo Genizah...
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-09
Avos d'Rabbi Nosson 1:1
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-09
The Wrong and Right Ways to Write Up a Sechiras Reshus
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-03
Birches HaGomel and Dreams
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-03
A Revolutionary Take on Yom Tov Sheni, A Teshuvah from the Cairo Genizah
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-12-02
Bechira Chofshis - Free Will part 2
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-11-27
Yafeh Sichasan shel Avdei Avos יפה שיחתן של עבדי אבות
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-11-22
Apropos https://rygb.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-disturbing-trend.html: R. Michoel Ber Weissmandl on Honesty and the Holocaust
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-11-22
Bechirah Chofshis - Free Will part 1
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-11-20
A Disturbing Trend
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-11-17
Facebook Group Links
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-11-17
Minhag, Halacha, Chumra What, Which and Changing Them
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-11-17
Parashas Vayeira 5780: Discussions of "Gedolah Hachnassas Orchim" and Avraham Avinu's case for the people of Sdom.
From: Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer on 2019-11-17
Four Types of Perfection
From: Aspaqlaria on 2019-11-15

Fish and Meat eating
Zev Sero: Fish and Meat eating: [...] It's a simple kal vachomer. If simply baking them in the same oven can cause problems, how much more so actually eating them together.
Fish and Meat eating
Micha Berger: Fish and Meat eating: [...] ... because it is "qasheh latzara'as". And I think the tzara'as connection is key. Because now you have both chamira saqanta mei'issura AND the saqana has a spiritual element. [...] Which says the reason is "qashyeh lericha uldavar acheir", where the […]
Rupture and Reconstruction Reconsidered
Rich, Joel: Rupture and Reconstruction Reconsidered: Tradition magazine published a symposium -"Rupture and Reconstruction Reconsidered" (25 years after its original release). Dr. Soloveitchik's article has caused a lot of people to think over the years :-). What follows is my quick summary of the responses. […]
Fish and Meat eating
Rich, Joel: Fish and Meat eating: I’m hoping somebody can help me out with this. We’re looking into the question of eating fish and meat together. The Tur in o”c states that his father, the Rosh, would wash between eating meat and fish. טור אורח חיים הלכות בציעת הפת, סעודה, וברכת המזון סימן קעג […]
Balancing Observance and the Interpersonal
Micha Berger: Balancing Observance and the Interpersonal: By R' Eliezer Eisenberg [...] Thursday, December 05, 2019 Vayeitzei. Reconciling LeChaveiro with LaMakom Overview After Yaakov had a dream where he received nevuas Elokim that told him to leave Lavan, why did he seek Rachel and Leah's advice and consent about leaving? 1. […]
Vayishlach Brotherly Love
Cantor Wolberg: Vayishlach Brotherly Love: One of the most moving scenes in the entire Torah is when Esau and Jacob meet after 20 years. Chapter 33, verse 4, says: "Esau ran toward him, embraced him, fell upon his neck, and kissed him; then they wept." The Netziv points out that all the verbs in this […]
Tonight (Thursday evening) begin Prayer for Rain
Ari Meir Brodsky: Tonight (Thursday evening) begin Prayer for Rain: Dear Friends, It's that time of year again, when I know many of you are expecting my annual friendly reminder.... Jews outside of Israel should include the request for rain in daily prayers, beginning with Maariv tonight (Thursday evening), December 5, […]
R' Osher Katz -- Osher Eliyahu ben Shayna
Toby Katz: R' Osher Katz -- Osher Eliyahu ben Shayna: Dear Friends and Family, I would not normally send out something so personal but my brother-in-law, R' Osher Katz, was diagnosed with cancer three months ago -- Stage 4 -- and he has not yet begun treatment, because, for complicated reasons, he has no insurance […]
Is Thursday Night Chulent Permissible?
Micha Berger: Is Thursday Night Chulent Permissible?: I would strongly dis-recommend chulent before Shabbos lunch. (Be glad I am not yours or anyone's poseiq.) Here is my argument against. The Shabbos daytime meal is supposed to be more important than Friday night's meal. One is supposed to save their favorite dishes for lunch. […]
Thanksgiving Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim?
Micha Berger: Thanksgiving Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim?: Rav Dovid Lifshitz didn't personally eat turkey because of iffyness of saying it fits the requirement for a kosher species of bird to be backed by a mesorah. Not lekhakhah, but as a personal chumerah. And yet R Dovid celebrated Thanksgiving. (Which was a more common […]