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In a recent Q&A session Rav Schachter stated that the Mishna Brura is hard. complicated and not the psak hamkubal. It’s also full of contradictions because sections were written by [...]
- Joel_Rich
A quote attributed to R D Feinstein RDF: No. There is no such thing as “communities” anymore. A person is perfectly justified in following his family’s Minhag. My question to [...]
- YGB
To explore the motivations behind belief and the role of secular knowledge in faith. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://rygb.blogspot.com/2026/11/emunah-reb-elchonons-approach-part-3.html 4 posts - 2 [...]
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by R. Gil StudentMatchmaking is an act of kindness on multiple levels, creating families and relieving individuals and their families of the stress of finding a match. Traditionally, families pay [...]
- Micha Berger
A topic came up in Shiur today… Anyone know the etymology of zerizus? It isn’t in Tanakh. Unqelus uses it, so I am guessing the word is borrowed by Chazal [...]
- Micha Berger
Continuing the discussion from Should We Embrace AI? by R @gil Student We are a very ends-driven society. Too many people learn daf yomi not to learn gemara, but to [...]
- Danny Schoemann
Continuing the discussion from Being Chosheish for Other Shitos: Being Chosheish for Other Shitos Being Chosheish for Other Shitos Personally, I do something that preserves the current Ashkenazi 7-8-11-13 but [...]
- Micha Berger
Continuing the discussion from Being Chosheish for Other Shitos Being Chosheish for Other Shitos Being Chosheish for Other Shitos Personally, I do something that preserves the current Ashkenazi 7-8-11-13 but [...]
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- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
(I am not on this podcast episode.)Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 14 Episode 10:Chamisha Dinim:Five Observations from Israeli Voters on the Recent ElectionsNovember 06, 2026https://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/127359Episode DescriptionThis program includes [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Fathom Summary:Meeting Purpose Discussing the Torah's focus on character development over explicit laws. Key Takeaways Character is paramount: The Torah's lengthy, repeated account of Eliezer's mission in Parasha Chayei Sara [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
8G Sunday Zoom Shiur - November 01VIEW RECORDING - 27 mins (No highlights)Meeting Purpose To explore the motivations behind belief and the role of secular knowledge in faith. Key Takeaways [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac BreuerMeeting Purpose To define the Jewish people's national mission and the nature of the "State of Torah." Key Takeaways The "State of Torah" (Medinat HaTorah) [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
I merged two segments into one. That is why there are two summaries below:Uganda Shiur - October 29 part 1Key Takeaways Winning Defined by Purpose: Judaism defines "winning" as fulfilling [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
This podcast episode is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jerry Noble a"hPlay EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 14 Episode 9:Glory Beyond the Fire:The French Rishonim and The Talmudic [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
8G Sunday Zoom Shiur - October 25Meeting Purpose To explore the psychological roots of disbelief and the nature of divine existence. Key Takeaways God exists outside of time, which is [...]
Torah Im Derech Eretz: Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer's Moriah pt 14: Our System of Justice Forged Our Nation
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer - October 25Meeting Purpose To analyze Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer's philosophy on the nature of the Jewish nation. Key Takeaways Am Yisrael is a [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 14 Episode 8:The Infection of Dangerous Euphoria and Chillul Hashem Per Your Prejudice:with Rabbi Elchanan Poupkohttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/126687 [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Fathom Summary:Meeting Purpose To explore the logical foundations of Jewish faith (Emunah). Key Takeaways The shiur began by posing four paradoxes about Emunah (belief): its emotional vs. intellectual nature, its [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer - October 18VIEW RECORDING - 39 mins (No highlights)Meeting Purpose To analyze Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer's philosophy of the Jewish nation's creation and its [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Fathom Summary:Uganda Shiur - October 16Meeting Purpose Analyzing the sins of Noah and Babel and Abraham's role as a corrective. Key Takeaways Two Opposite Sins: The generation of the Flood [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 14 Episode 7:Flood and Faith:Emunah and Scientific Knowledgehttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/124982 [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer - October 11VIEW RECORDING - 36 mins (No highlights)Meeting Purpose To explore Rabbi Breuer's concepts of history, meta-history, and the Jewish role. Key Takeaways [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Meeting Purpose Exploring the spiritual and inspirational lessons of Bereshit (Genesis). Key Takeaways Creation as a Spiritual Blueprint: Bereshit is an inspirational guide, not a scientific text. Rashi's view holds [...]
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Nephesh Hachaim 1:13 1. T The things we say can also link celestial worlds, rectify this one, and interconnect with the upper worlds, as we’ll now see. After all, we’re [...]
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Da’at Tevunot 3:7 (¶ 118 [middle]) 1. We’d do well to take something into consideration, Ramchal adds here. It’s that just because something or someone is imperfect doesn’t mean [...]
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The Way of G-d 2:6:4 1. G-d allowed for a prosecutor in His court, famously known as satan 1. His role is to argue against the accused, which them enables [...]
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Nephesh Hachaim 1:12 1. R. Chaim already spoke 1 of the fact that we could only link celestial worlds, rectify this one, and interconnect with those upper worlds after we’d [...]
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Da’at Tevunot 3:6 (¶ 118 [beginning]) 1. Ramchal reiterates here 1 that wrong is a created entity 2 that was only designed to last for as long as G-d wanted [...]
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The Way of G-d 2:6:3 1. Given the above, the fact is that G-d doesn’t judge the world according to His foreknowledge but rather according to the way He wants [...]
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Nephesh Hachaim 1:11 1. Following up on the thought offered in the last chapter that despite our being connected to physicality we’re nevertheless superior to angels, R’ Chaim now [...]
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Da’at Tevunot 3:5 (¶s 116 [end] – 117) 1. Ramchal says that he’s going to expand upon things he’d said above 1 and reveal things that are “deep” about [...]
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The Way of G-d 2:6:2 1. G-d appears in each Sanhedrin and court, influences it, and sees to it that justice is served 1. Now, in some instances [...]
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Nephesh Hachaim 1:10 1. Given all of the above concerning our makeup and capacities, it’s reasonable to wonder whether angels are loftier than we are or we’re loftier than they. [...]
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Da’at Tevunot 3:4 (¶ 116 [beg.]) 1. Ramchal is about to offer something that will serve as a prelude to what’s to follow 1. It’s that even though G-d [...]
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Derech Hashem 2:6:1 In the course of His interactions with the world 1, G-d arranged it so that phenomena that affect both the things that humankind brings about 2 and [...]
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Nephesh Hachaim 1:9 1. Following through on the discussion of the previous chapter, R’ Chaim contrasts the situation of the generation that dwelt in the Sinai Desert 1 with that [...]
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Da’at Tevunot 3:3 (¶’s 103- 115) 1. It seems logical, doesn’t it, that goodness would be a product of something that emanates goodness while wrongfulness would be a product of [...]
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Da’atTevunot 3:2 (# 98 – 102) 1. Ramchal starts to explain the role of wrong and injustice in the world with a proposition derived from Rambam1. It’s that when G-d [...]
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Nephesh Hachaim 1:8 1. R’ Chaim offers a rather complex discussion here about the positioning of the Cherubs in the Tabernacle and Holy Temple in order to illustrate his point [...]
- Neil Harris
The website 18FORTY has a fantastic and thoughtful multimedia post on OTD that is worth watching, reading, and listening to. If you are reading this then you know I don’t [...]
- Neil Harris
Spoiler, there isn’t much substance to I what have to say. Also, I am spoiling the end of the Skywalker saga. After reading an excellent essay by Rabbi Harry Maryles [...]
- Neil Harris
I checked my recent writing history today and the last legit post of mine was really 3.5 years ago. For some that’s a long chunk of time. In that time [...]
- Neil Harris
My wife’s comment on Simchas Torah pretty much summed it up, “I feel like this is the biggest tease for you.” You see, my mom a”h was niftar right before [...]
- Neil Harris
When today comes around I usually think about things my father missed since he has been gone. I decided that this year I’ll attempt to list a number of things [...]
- Neil Harris
Walking out of shul, the morning after Yom Kippur, a follow early Sunday morning riser casually said to me, “Back to normal, right?” I was taken off guard (and also [...]
- Neil Harris
I have started this post about 2 dozen times over the past 3 years and I never seem to get more than about 300 words written about why I stopped [...]
- Neil Harris
I want to share something that Rav Efraim Twerski said at his Shabbos HaGadol drasha. After starting off with 10 questions Rav Twerski said over an amazing Torah from Rav [...]
- Neil Harris
So, tonight’s the 6th yahrtzeit for my dad, Avraham ben Zorach a”h (Al, of blessed memory). Like everyone else that has lost a parent I lit my 24 hour yahrzeit [...]
- Neil Harris
“WARMED BY THE FIRE OF THE AISH KODESH– Torah from the Hilulas of Reb Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piaseczna” by Rav Moshe Weinberger and adapted by Binyomin Wolf is more [...]