Various members of the AishDas community maintain blogs. Including:
- Aspaqlaria
- Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhoffer
- Rabbi Yaakov Feldman‘s classes:
- Modern Uberdox by Neil Harris
Recent posts from these blogs:
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Intimate Knowledge of G‑d
Compassion Toward People
Splendor in Mind and Heart
Avodah
. R' Joel Rich asked: > From a pure halachic viewpoint ISTM there is no benefit for an > avel to lead services up to, but not including, yishtabach (some [...]
>From a pure halachic viewpoint ISTM there is no benefit for an avel to lead services up to, but not including, yishtabach (some minyanim have no one leading that potion). [...]
The S?A in O?C 149 discusses the procedures for returning the sefer torah after kriat hatora but in O?C 134 he seems to assume it?s already out in discussing kriat [...]
When rabbis discuss in a public shiur (vs in yeshiva) the need to observe yom tov sheini shel galiyot ISTM I often hear ?hizharu bminhag avoteichem byadeichem? but not the [...]
The rambam uses the expression ?vchen? thousands of times in the yad. Any insights as to what goes before vchen and what goes after and why? (eg avel 14:1 listing [...]
. In the thread "birchat cohanim", R' Joel Rich asked if Ashkenazim in chu"l should go out of their way to attend a Sefardi minyan in order to be blessed [...]
Below is my (abbreviated) conversation with Rabbi Idan Scher. My analysis in Avodah Digest, Vol 43, Issue 59 was correct. (See also Isaac Balaban's post) His reply is published with [...]
. R' Aryeh Frimer suggested that "eirusin and nissuin were placed back-to-back because of the Crusades", and R' Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer commented: > This makes a lot of sense. The [...]
Blogs
- YGB - יג"ב
- Error
- Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
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- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Rischa D'Araisa Season 6 Episode 7Unbox Your Soul:Suggested Hisbonenus for this Year'sHoshanhah RabbahandShemini Atzereshttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/108219Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This Episode [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
New Series!Sefer HaZichronosReb Tzadok's Work on Emunah and Kabbalah part 1Subsequent episodes in the series will be linked in the comments here. [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Rischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 6:An Exercise in Apologetics?Bakashas Mechilah and Forgivinghttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/107978Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This Episode [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Examining an EsrogWith a Magnifying GlassTouching also on related halachos (niddah, eruvin). As someone wrote me after watching the clip:There is certainly a strong mussar message there. Judge others without [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Saw this over Yom Tov, from the Alter from Kelm zt"l's Pinkas HaKabbolos:How to do the mitzvah of Ahavas Hashem on a level that's accessible to regular people.A follow up [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Gedaliah is killed while eating with Ishmael and his men, Jan Luyken, 1704Rischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 5:Reclaiming the Tzom of Gedaliah:Lessons for Our Timehttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/107678Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This Episode [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Rischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 4:אימת הדיןDesperate Directives Due to MamdaniMourning Charlie Kirkhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/107435Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This Episode [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
My answers are in bold. The material is more or less self explanatory.Shalom Harav Bechhofer Shlit''a I have seen the profound divrei torah of the Rav on aish das and seeing [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Rischa D'araisa Season 12 Episode 3:"Torah Only" in Eretz Yisroel?The Trap of Perfectionismhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/107082Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This Episode [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
First, see our post from some ten years ago on the pouring of lead: Blei Gissen.https://rygb.blogspot.com/2015/01/finally-soure-for-blei-gissen.htmlA person who is involved in these lead procedures explained their perspective to me (in [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
My review article published inJournal of Modern Jewish Studies Volume 24, 2025 - Issue 2https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14725886.2025.2468231?scroll=top&needAccess=trueBuilding communities. A history of the eruv in Americaby Adam Mintz, Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2023, 187pp., $26.95, [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
https://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/106909Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 2: Crossing the Red Line Into Cancellation:The Bais HaVaadRav KookProf. Shaul LiebermanRav Yosef Blau [...]
New Series! The Medieval Cherem including Cherem d'Rabbeinu Gershom, part 1: Rabbeinu Tam's Charamim
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
New Series! The Medieval Cherem including Cherem d'Rabbeinu Gershom Part 1: Rabbeinu Tam's CharamimThe Medieval Institution of Cherem, including Cherem d'Rabbeinu Gershom: Local, Regional and Global enactments (takkanos) from the times of [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
What if You Made a Beracha Without a Kippa? and,Do Married Women Have to Cover their Heads to Make a Beracha? A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GSA [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
From Sefaria, some the of the creatures from the aggadata of Rabba bar ChanaDecoding the Aggadah: Literal vs. Metaphorical Interpretations #shorts - YouTubehttps://youtube.com/shorts/d-GnVbhiRQ0?feature=shareThis clip captures in brief a basic approach [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Dear Yeshivat Sha’alvim Alumni (1970–1985), We are excited to share a meaningful project undertaken by fellow alumnus Rav Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer shlit”a. Rav Bechhofer has digitized and made available 43 rare [...]
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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 [...]