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Rabi via Avodah wrote: > Please tell us more about Tosafos's definition (Chullin 95a "sefeiqo > assur") that qavua <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047809.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047808.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] rosh chodesh av">[Avodah] rosh chodesh av</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 September 2024, 6:54 pm UTC">4 September 2024</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 05:50:20PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > What is the proper attitude to have onrosh chodesh av given it's the start > of <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047808.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047806.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] Tzedaka allocations">[Avodah] Tzedaka allocations</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 September 2024, 6:48 pm UTC">4 September 2024</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 05:52:46PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Tzedaka is an area that I've found fascinating for a while. IMHO > halacha/hashkafa provides general <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047806.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047810.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] Murder a Chok or Logically Compelling also KaVuA, OBriens Meat">[Avodah] Murder a Chok or Logically Compelling also KaVuA, OBriens Meat</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 September 2024, 2:24 pm UTC">4 September 2024</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 01:58:01PM +1000, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote: > R Micha, you wrote - Consequentialism - the best outcome for the most people <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047810.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047807.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] Every Bullet Has Its Address">[Avodah] Every Bullet Has Its Address</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 September 2024, 3:26 pm UTC">4 September 2024</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>"They" say that every bullet has a predestined name and address. Unfortunately, I don't know who "they" are, and Google wasn't any help either. Nevertheless, I found pasuk 19:5 in <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047807.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047802.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] Tzedaka allocations">[Avodah] Tzedaka allocations</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="3 September 2024, 9:52 pm UTC">3 September 2024</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Tzedaka is an area that I?ve found fascinating for a while. IMHO halacha/hashkafa provides general guidelines, but leaves a lot up to the individual. I?ve often thought that the process <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047802.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047804.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="[Avodah] Murder a Chok or Logically Compelling also KaVuA, OBriens Meat">[Avodah] Murder a Chok or Logically Compelling also KaVuA, OBriens Meat</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 September 2024, 3:58 am UTC">4 September 2024</time></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>R Micha, you wrote - Consequentialism - the best outcome for the most people - but not in all circumstances only where someone is anyway going to die, the boat <a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/2024q3/047804.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><!-- End - 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<cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p> <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/09/blog-post.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/09/rabbi-avrohom-eliyahu-kaplan-episode-7.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 7: Shtaim She'Hein Achas Part 1">Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 7: Shtaim She'Hein Achas Part 1</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 September 2024, 4:29 pm UTC">4 September 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Podcast format at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/https://www.aishdas.org/raek/2shehein1.pdf[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR4og2NWoVg?si=TuH-v-woTxM3QYGL] <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/09/rabbi-avrohom-eliyahu-kaplan-episode-7.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/09/zohar-al-pi-pshat-day-99-12b-fourth.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Zohar Al Pi Pshat Day 99. 12b: The Fourth Commandment, An Amazing Ralbag as Pshat in the Zohar">Zohar Al Pi Pshat Day 99. 12b: The Fourth Commandment, An Amazing Ralbag as Pshat in the Zohar</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 September 2024, 11:12 am UTC">4 September 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Zohar Al Pi Pshat Day 99. 12b: The Fourth Commandment:An Amazing Ralbag as Pshat in the ZoharThe Ralbag on והייתם כאלקים.I don't think the Ralbag ever learned Zohar, but it <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/09/zohar-al-pi-pshat-day-99-12b-fourth.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/09/knock-your-socks-off-history-of-churban.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis II & the Bar Kokhba Rebellion part 5, The Real Third Mikdash">Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis II & the Bar Kokhba Rebellion part 5, The Real Third Mikdash</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="1 September 2024, 7:20 pm UTC">1 September 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis II & the Bar Kokhba Rebellion part 5, The Real Third MikdashThe evidence that there was a functioning third Beis HaMikdash at the time of <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/09/knock-your-socks-off-history-of-churban.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/new-facebook-page-for-daily-zohar-al-pi.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="New Facebook Page for Daily Zohar Al Pi Pshat">New Facebook Page for Daily Zohar Al Pi Pshat</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="21 August 2024, 12:11 pm UTC">21 August 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>A new Facebook page for theDailyZohar al pi PshatRecordings is at:Daily Zohar Al Pi Pshat | FacebookAll past recordings are posted there, and IYH it will be updated daily. <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/new-facebook-page-for-daily-zohar-al-pi.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/knock-your-socks-off-history-of-churban_18.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis II and the Bar Kokhba Rebellion part 4, Changes to the Rules of War">Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis II and the Bar Kokhba Rebellion part 4, Changes to the Rules of War</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="18 August 2024, 7:39 pm UTC">18 August 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis II and the Bar Kokhba Rebellion Part 4:Changes to the Rules of WarHow the rules of war changed over time from not allowing even defensive war <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/knock-your-socks-off-history-of-churban_18.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/my-number-in-israel-through-august-28th.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="My number in Israel through August 28th">My number in Israel through August 28th</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="15 August 2024, 8:17 am UTC">15 August 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p> My number in Israel for the next two weeks is 055-331-0940. <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/my-number-in-israel-through-august-28th.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/tisha-bav-proram-and-kinnos-at-cong.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Tisha b'Av Program and Kinnos at Cong. Anshei Palisades. Tisha b'Av 5784/2024">Tisha b'Av Program and Kinnos at Cong. Anshei Palisades. Tisha b'Av 5784/2024</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="13 August 2024, 11:08 pm UTC">14 August 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Tisha b'Av Proram and Kinnos at Cong. 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<cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis Sheni and the Bar Kokhba Rebellion Part 3, Churban and AftermathThe first two of the ten martyrs (Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel and Rabbi Yishmael Kohen <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/knock-your-socks-off-history-of-churban_11.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/parashat-devarim-teshuvah-out-of-fear.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Parashat Devarim: Teshuvah Out of Fear Does Not Cancel Punishments">Parashat Devarim: Teshuvah Out of Fear Does Not Cancel Punishments</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="9 August 2024, 2:15 am UTC">9 August 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>A BHP Productions video on the Parasha.Parashat Devarim:Teshuvah Out of Fear Does Not Cancel Punishments[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U71Y65ckTLw?si=i7MH-9o2630Dt4kN] <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/parashat-devarim-teshuvah-out-of-fear.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/rabbi-avrohom-eliyahu-kaplan-episode-6.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 6: Chokhmas HaUmos VeYisrael Part 2">Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 6: Chokhmas HaUmos VeYisrael Part 2</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="5 August 2024, 7:47 pm UTC">5 August 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Podcast format at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/85050https://www.aishdas.org/raek/chokhmasHaUmosVeYisrael.pdf[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buHn-TN6ENM?si=Kf_rF11SEWAkruzG] <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/rabbi-avrohom-eliyahu-kaplan-episode-6.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/rischa-daraisa-season-9-episode-24.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 24: Explosive Season Finale: Fielding your Questions and Critiques">Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 24: Explosive Season Finale: Fielding your Questions and Critiques</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="5 August 2024, 5:19 pm UTC">5 August 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p> Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 24:Explosive Season Finale:Fielding your Questions and Critiqueshttps://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/84714Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air: https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat With downloads approaching the <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/rischa-daraisa-season-9-episode-24.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/knock-your-socks-off-history-of-churban_5.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis Sheni and the Bar Kokhba Rebellion part 2, Overview">Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis Sheni and the Bar Kokhba Rebellion part 2, Overview</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="5 August 2024, 4:58 am UTC">5 August 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis Sheni and the Bar Kokhba Rebellionpart 2OverviewAn Overview of the Mind-Blowing Historical Bombshells that we shall see IYH in depth in the rest of the <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/knock-your-socks-off-history-of-churban_5.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/knock-your-socks-off-history-of-churban.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis Sheni and the Bar Kokhba Rebellion part 1, Sanhedrins">Knock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis Sheni and the Bar Kokhba Rebellion part 1, Sanhedrins</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 August 2024, 10:36 pm UTC">5 August 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>see https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/אפרים_דב_לאפKnock-Your-Socks-Off History of Churban Bayis Sheni and the Bar Kokhba Rebellionpart 1Sanhedrins(Yes, There Were More Than One)From the preface to the sefer Zivchei Ephraim by Rabbi Ephraim Dov HaKohen <a href="http://rygb.blogspot.com/2024/08/knock-your-socks-off-history-of-churban.html" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="srr-wrap srr-style-modern2" data-visible="5" data-speed="4000" data-id="srr-tab-772" ><div class="srr-inner"><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/07/14/sim-shalom/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Sim Shalom">Sim Shalom</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="15 July 2024, 3:05 am UTC">15 July 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">admin</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Rav Dovid Lifshitz zt”l (whose 31st yahrzeit is today) often spoke about the connection between shaleim as wholeness, and that of another conjugation, “shalom“, peace. Shalom is not simply a cessation of violence. That <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/07/14/sim-shalom/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/30/behar-money-and-human-dignity/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Behar: Money and Human Dignity">Behar: Money and Human Dignity</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="30 May 2024, 8:52 pm UTC">30 May 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">admin</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Parashas Behar is a list of mitzvos. The first section is all about shemittah and yovel. A family’s ancestral land cannot be sold into perpetuity. Instead, if someone is forced <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/30/behar-money-and-human-dignity/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/27/tiqanta-shabbos/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Tiqanta Shabbos">Tiqanta Shabbos</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="27 May 2024, 8:27 pm UTC">27 May 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>This week I’d like to discuss three seemingly unrelated questions about the words of the tephillah: The focus of Shabbos Mussaf davening is the paragraph that begins “Tiqanta Shabbos…” What <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/27/tiqanta-shabbos/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/01/the-possible-origin-of-the-schlissel-challah/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The Possible Origin of the Schlissel Challah">The Possible Origin of the Schlissel Challah</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="1 May 2024, 6:13 pm UTC">1 May 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Here’s my theory about the origin of this minhag. My point here is not really about advocating for the minhag. I just feel a need to push back when people <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/05/01/the-possible-origin-of-the-schlissel-challah/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/01/08/compassionate-moshe/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Compassionate Moshe">Compassionate Moshe</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="8 January 2024, 9:32 am UTC">8 January 2024</time> - <cite class="srr-author">admin</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>והיה רגיל להוכיח אותי על שראה שאינני משתתף בצערא דאחרינא. וכה היה דברו אלי תמיד שזה כל האדם. לא לעצמו נברא רק להועיל לאחריני ככל אשר ימצא בכחו לעשות. [My <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2024/01/08/compassionate-moshe/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/12/28/intro-to-trop/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Guest Post: An Introduction to Trop">Guest Post: An Introduction to Trop</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="29 December 2023, 4:45 am UTC">29 December 2023</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Rabbi Seth Mandel PhD zt"l</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Micha’s note: The following was a post written to the Mesorah email list by Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel zt”l, a rebbe-chaver of mine (more: a rebbe who insisted on treating <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/12/28/intro-to-trop/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/11/07/looking-to-future/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Looking to the Future">Looking to the Future</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="7 November 2023, 11:21 am UTC">7 November 2023</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>(I put these thoughts together for a reply for my daughter Gavi, who pointed me to a medrash that “everyone in her neighborhood” were talking about, but I then was <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/11/07/looking-to-future/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/10/27/to-name-the-creator/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="To Name the Creator">To Name the Creator</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="27 October 2023, 6:38 pm UTC">27 October 2023</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>“Poteach et Yadekha“, oil on canvasHaim Masliach, 2021 A comment by Ilana Elzafun* brought this Seforno to my attention. This week’s parashah (Lekh Likha), Bereishis 16:13, describes Hagar’s prayer to <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/10/27/to-name-the-creator/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/09/07/poseiqgpt/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="PoseiqGPT?">PoseiqGPT?</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="8 September 2023, 1:13 am UTC">8 September 2023</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>Dear R Dr Broyde (Cc: Avodah), Over Shabbos, I read your article about getting ChatGPT to discuss whether a kohein in a same-sex marriage may go up to duchen. I <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/09/07/poseiqgpt/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/08/23/who-am-i/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Who Am I?">Who Am I?</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="23 August 2023, 7:03 pm UTC">23 August 2023</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Micha Berger</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>I am only trying to start a conversation about whether this definition of who I am is one we should really promote. As for who “I” am, that’s a matter <a href="https://aspaqlaria.aishdas.org/2023/08/23/who-am-i/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="srr-wrap srr-style-modern2" data-visible="5" data-speed="4000" data-id="srr-tab-190" ><div class="srr-inner"><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2020/03/30/nephesh-hachaim-113/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:13">Nephesh Hachaim 1:13</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="30 March 2020, 8:54 pm UTC">30 March 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2020/03/30/nephesh-hachaim-113/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2020/02/17/daat-tevunot-37-%C2%B6-118-middle/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:7 (¶ 118 [middle])">Da’at Tevunot 3:7 (¶ 118 [middle])</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="17 February 2020, 8:57 pm UTC">17 February 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2020/02/17/daat-tevunot-37-%C2%B6-118-middle/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2020/01/28/derech-hashem-264/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Derech Hashem 2:6:4">Derech Hashem 2:6:4</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="28 January 2020, 9:48 pm UTC">28 January 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2020/01/28/derech-hashem-264/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2020/01/19/nephesh-hachaim-112/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:12">Nephesh Hachaim 1:12</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="19 January 2020, 9:44 pm UTC">19 January 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2020/01/19/nephesh-hachaim-112/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/10/24/daat-tevunot-36-%C2%B6-118-beginning/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:6 (¶ 118 [beginning])">Da’at Tevunot 3:6 (¶ 118 [beginning])</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="24 October 2019, 8:29 pm UTC">24 October 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/10/24/daat-tevunot-36-%C2%B6-118-beginning/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/08/15/derech-hashem-263/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Derech Hashem 2:6:3">Derech Hashem 2:6:3</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="15 August 2019, 7:58 pm UTC">15 August 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/08/15/derech-hashem-263/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/07/30/nephesh-hachaim-111/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:11">Nephesh Hachaim 1:11</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="30 July 2019, 7:44 pm UTC">30 July 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/07/30/nephesh-hachaim-111/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/07/10/daat-tevunot-35-%C2%B6s-116-end-117/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:5 (¶s 116 [end] – 117)">Da’at Tevunot 3:5 (¶s 116 [end] – 117)</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="10 July 2019, 8:40 pm UTC">10 July 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/07/10/daat-tevunot-35-%C2%B6s-116-end-117/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/06/06/derech-hashem-262/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Derech Hashem 2:6:2">Derech Hashem 2:6:2</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="6 June 2019, 8:55 pm UTC">6 June 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/06/06/derech-hashem-262/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/06/03/nephesh-hachaim-110/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:10">Nephesh Hachaim 1:10</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="3 June 2019, 7:17 pm UTC">3 June 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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. <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/06/03/nephesh-hachaim-110/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/05/22/daat-tevunot-34-%C2%B6-116-beg/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:4 (¶ 116 [beg.])">Da’at Tevunot 3:4 (¶ 116 [beg.])</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="22 May 2019, 8:35 pm UTC">22 May 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/05/22/daat-tevunot-34-%C2%B6-116-beg/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/04/04/derech-hashem-261/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Derech Hashem 2:6:1">Derech Hashem 2:6:1</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 April 2019, 7:26 pm UTC">4 April 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/derechhashem/2019/04/04/derech-hashem-261/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/04/04/nephesh-hachaim-19/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:9">Nephesh Hachaim 1:9</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="4 April 2019, 7:15 pm UTC">4 April 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2019/04/04/nephesh-hachaim-19/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/01/03/daat-tevunot-33-%C2%B6s-103-115/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’at Tevunot 3:3 (¶’s 103- 115)">Da’at Tevunot 3:3 (¶’s 103- 115)</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="3 January 2019, 10:29 pm UTC">4 January 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2019/01/03/daat-tevunot-33-%C2%B6s-103-115/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2018/12/31/daattevunot-32-98-102/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Da’atTevunot 3:2 (# 98 – 102)">Da’atTevunot 3:2 (# 98 – 102)</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="31 December 2018, 9:35 pm UTC">31 December 2018</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/daattevunot/2018/12/31/daattevunot-32-98-102/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2018/12/07/nephesh-hachaim-18/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Nephesh Hachaim 1:8">Nephesh Hachaim 1:8</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="7 December 2018, 11:05 am UTC">7 December 2018</time> - <cite class="srr-author">68ae324f7fa7d37a4fc5ffd2006fc91b</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="http://rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org/nephesh-hachaim/2018/12/07/nephesh-hachaim-18/" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="srr-wrap srr-style-modern2" data-visible="5" data-speed="4000" data-id="srr-tab-269" ><div class="srr-inner"><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2020/06/address-otd-the-right-way" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Addressing OTD the right way">Addressing OTD the right way</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="2 June 2020, 7:47 pm UTC">2 June 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2020/06/address-otd-the-right-way" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2020/01/star-wars-agenda-and-achdus" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Star Wars, agenda, and Achdus">Star Wars, agenda, and Achdus</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="1 January 2020, 8:45 pm UTC">1 January 2020</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2020/01/star-wars-agenda-and-achdus" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2019/06/time-moves-faster-than-me" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Time moves faster than me">Time moves faster than me</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="14 June 2019, 9:42 pm UTC">15 June 2019</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2019/06/time-moves-faster-than-me" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2018/10/just-one-dance" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Just One Dance">Just One Dance</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="17 October 2018, 10:24 pm UTC">18 October 2018</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2018/10/just-one-dance" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/11/the-8th-yahrtzeit-of-my-dad-ah" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The 8th Yahrtzeit of my Dad a”h">The 8th Yahrtzeit of my Dad a”h</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="5 November 2017, 4:26 pm UTC">5 November 2017</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/11/the-8th-yahrtzeit-of-my-dad-ah" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/10/back-to-normal" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Back to normal">Back to normal</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="1 October 2017, 4:31 pm UTC">1 October 2017</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/10/back-to-normal" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/05/the-elephant-in-the-room" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The elephant in the room">The elephant in the room</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="12 May 2017, 3:47 am UTC">12 May 2017</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2017/05/the-elephant-in-the-room" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2016/04/the-avodah-of-pesach" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="The Avodah of Pesach">The Avodah of Pesach</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="22 April 2016, 2:16 pm UTC">22 April 2016</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2016/04/the-avodah-of-pesach" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item "><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2015/10/my-dads-6th-yahrtzeit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="My Dad’s 6th Yahrtzeit">My Dad’s 6th Yahrtzeit</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="29 October 2015, 3:26 am UTC">29 October 2015</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2015/10/my-dads-6th-yahrtzeit" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div><div class="srr-item srr-stripe"><div class="srr-item-in srr-clearfix"><div class="srr-title"><a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2015/09/brief-review-of-warmed-by-the-fire-of-aish-kodesh" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" title="Brief review of “Warmed by the Fire of Aish Kodesh”">Brief review of “Warmed by the Fire of Aish Kodesh”</a></div><div class="srr-meta"><time class="srr-date" title="25 September 2015, 7:03 pm UTC">25 September 2015</time> - <cite class="srr-author">Neil Harris</cite></div><div class="srr-summary srr-clearfix"><p>“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 <a href="https://uberdox.aishdas.org/2015/09/brief-review-of-warmed-by-the-fire-of-aish-kodesh" title="Read more" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="srr-read-more">[...]</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><!-- End - Super RSS Reader --></div> </div><!--/.sidebar-content--> </div><!--/.sidebar--> </div><!--/.main-inner--> </div><!--/.main--> </div><!--/.container-inner--> </div><!--/.container--> <footer id="footer"> <section class="container" id="footer-bottom"> <div class="container-inner"> <a id="back-to-top" href="#"><i class="fas fa-angle-up"></i></a> <div class="hu-pad group"> <div class="grid one-half"> <div id="copyright"> <p></p> </div><!--/#copyright--> <div id="credit" style=""> <p>Powered by <a class="fab fa-wordpress" title="Powered by WordPress" href="https://wordpress.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a> - Designed with the <a href="https://presscustomizr.com/hueman/" title="Hueman theme">Hueman theme</a></p> </div><!--/#credit--> </div> <div class="grid one-half last"> <ul class="social-links"><li><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="social-tooltip" title="Email us!" aria-label="Email us!" href="mailto:info@aishttps://www.facebook.com/AishDasGrouphdas.org" target="_blank" ><i class="fas fa-envelope-square"></i></a></li><li><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="social-tooltip" title="Follow us on Facebook" aria-label="Follow us on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/AishDasGroup" target="_blank" ><i class="fab fa-facebook-square"></i></a></li></ul> </div> </div><!--/.hu-pad--> </div><!--/.container-inner--> </section><!--/.container--> </footer><!--/#footer--> </div><!--/#wrapper--> <script src="https://c0.wp.com/c/6.6.1/wp-includes/js/underscore.min.js" id="underscore-js"></script> <script id="hu-front-scripts-js-extra"> var HUParams = {"_disabled":[],"SmoothScroll":{"Enabled":true,"Options":{"touchpadSupport":false}},"centerAllImg":"1","timerOnScrollAllBrowsers":"1","extLinksStyle":"","extLinksTargetExt":"","extLinksSkipSelectors":{"classes":["btn","button"],"ids":[]},"imgSmartLoadEnabled":"","imgSmartLoadOpts":{"parentSelectors":[".container .content",".post-row",".container .sidebar","#footer","#header-widgets"],"opts":{"excludeImg":[".tc-holder-img"],"fadeIn_options":100,"threshold":0}},"goldenRatio":"1.618","gridGoldenRatioLimit":"350","sbStickyUserSettings":{"desktop":true,"mobile":true},"sidebarOneWidth":"340","sidebarTwoWidth":"260","isWPMobile":"","menuStickyUserSettings":{"desktop":"stick_up","mobile":"stick_up"},"mobileSubmenuExpandOnClick":"1","submenuTogglerIcon":"<i class=\"fas fa-angle-down\"><\/i>","isDevMode":"","ajaxUrl":"https:\/\/www.aishdas.org\/?huajax=1","frontNonce":{"id":"HuFrontNonce","handle":"092e09f7fe"},"isWelcomeNoteOn":"","welcomeContent":"","i18n":{"collapsibleExpand":"Expand","collapsibleCollapse":"Collapse"},"deferFontAwesome":"","fontAwesomeUrl":"https:\/\/www.aishdas.org\/wp-content\/themes\/hueman\/assets\/front\/css\/font-awesome.min.css?3.7.25","mainScriptUrl":"https:\/\/www.aishdas.org\/wp-content\/themes\/hueman\/assets\/front\/js\/scripts.min.js?3.7.25","flexSliderNeeded":"","flexSliderOptions":{"is_rtl":false,"has_touch_support":true,"is_slideshow":false,"slideshow_speed":5000}}; 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