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
- joelirarich
On Beitza 32a Rashi defines a certain utensil as a flat blank plate. Tosfot does not like that definition because of a concern of a contradiction with a different gemara. [...]
- joelirarich
Hilchot Teshuvah 10:1 “One should not say: I will fulfill the commandments of the Torah and engage in its wisdom in order to receive all the blessings written therein… or [...]
- joelirarich
I was somewhat confused by a recent talk where R’ M Willig stated that one must follow his rebbi’s psak. Yet he also said that R’Moshe was the poseik hador [...]
- joelirarich
From https://vinnews.com/2026/05/05/five-ways-of-reading-a-gemara-that-no-longer-matches-the-world-and-how-the-baalei-hatosafos-read-theirs/ R Y Hoffman The Rabbis were wrong. This is the most controversial of the five. Its earliest and most famous proponent is Rabbeinu Avraham ben HaRambam in his [...]
- joelirarich
https://traditiononline.org/reconceiving-conceptualism/ Itamar Rosensweig-Reconceiving Conceptualism An interesting discussion of approaches to Talmud study. I was stopped short at the beginning of the article where R’ Rosensweig makes the case that one [...]
- joelirarich
Anyone aware of any shiurim or write ups of the concept of Lfnim Mshurat Hadin (what are the parameters applications)? Not looking for a list of cases where gemara applies [...]
- joelirarich
I recently heard a rabbi mention a “family minhag” of finding out the sex of a baby in utero and then lying about knowing that information. I’m curious about your [...]
- joelirarich
I recently heard a rabbi mention that it was obvious that a local school administrator could authorize confiscation of scooters banned to be brought to school, even if they were [...]
Blogs
- YGB - יג"ב
- Aspaqlaria
- Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
- | Modern Uberdox
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Fathom Summary: To trace the historical evolution of religion's relationship with the state. Key Takeaways Ancient Religion: A nationalized, state-sanctioned force with no conflict between religious and secular justice. Christianity: [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FGQsM6rgF/ Image from the Forward article that sparked the conversation: [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
DafYerushalmi.com wishes Mazel Tov on the completion of Seder Moed this coming Shabbos! Click here for the FREE DOWNLOAD of the Schottenstein English Edition & Hebrew Edition Yerushalmi on the ArtScroll [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Fathom Summary:Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer Meeting Purpose Reviewing Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer's philosophy on the modern state. Key Takeaways The Sovereign State as a "Tower of Babel": Modern states [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Rischa Audio version:Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Summer Special:The Charedi Bein HazmanimThe Battle Weary Bochur on "Military" Leavehttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/121021Fathom Summary:Meeting Purpose Analyze recent Haredi rabbinic statements and their underlying worldview. [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
A BHP Productions video on the Parasha. https://chat.whatsapp.com/I4CFQwInPXNATfQSMNOeRV [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 13 Finale:From Micro to Macro:Forgoing and Forgivingin our interpersonal relationships can change our whole societyhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/120764 [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Uganda Shiur - July 27VIEW RECORDING - 34 mins (No highlights)Meeting Purpose To explore the historical significance and customs of Tu B'Av. Key Takeaways Tu B'Av (15th of Av) was [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer: Part 6, State vs Land & People, State Above AllMeeting Purpose To analyze Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer's philosophy of nation and state. Key Takeaways Nation [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Meeting Purpose Analyze the Book of Job's theological debate on suffering. Key Takeaways The Core Problem: The Book of Job challenges the mida k'neged mida (measure-for-measure) principle by depicting the [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
This playlist has last year's (5785) introductions (audio) and this year's (5786) introductions (video) by Rabbi Eliyahu Wincelberg, the Mara d'Asra, and myself.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhYlGVtIOa_00zsMYbaYaCIuu2g2mfGB [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
mentioned at the end of this video, as a conclusion to Kinnos 5786: [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Tisha b'Av Shiur:The Ramban's Synopsis of the Book of Iyov (Job) Tisha B'Av 5786, Jul 23, 2026part 1 (40 minutes): 4:00 pm EDTpart 2 (40 minutes): 6:30 pm EDTZoom links below:In his [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS [...]
- Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Uganda Shiur - July 20Meeting Purpose To study Gemara stories about the destruction of the Second Temple. Key Takeaways God's Power is Absolute: The story of Titus's death by a [...]
- Micha Berger
How a message for Cyrus the Great has meaning for us Cyrus the Great (“Koreish”, in Hebrew) was important to Jewish History. He conquered Bavel, ended the Babylonian Exile, and [...]
- Micha Berger
Last post I said that I find Devarim shebiQdushah to consistently be prayers that speak of Hashem’s inherent Holiness, and trying to bring ourselves and our world to a place [...]
- Micha Berger
Pivoting from Shemoneh Esrei to Qaddish to Shema and its berakhos, I will start with Borkhu. The segue raises the question of something Qaddish and Borkhu have in common. Both [...]
- Micha Berger
I was going to post something about “the fours” and about how I relate to numbers as symbols altogether. But as I am still in sheloshim, here’s something more on [...]
- Micha Berger
This post original began with the words “Last week”. However, two weeks ago we lost our son, Yehoshua Asher, generally known as Shuby. A 27 year old man with a [...]
- Micha Berger
The Amidah for Shabbos and Yom Tov end the day-specific berachah with a paragraph that includes: קַדְּ֒שֵֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ וְתֵן חֶלְקֵֽנוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶֽךָ …שַׂבְּ֒עֵֽנוּ מִטּוּבֶֽךָ וְשַׂמְּחֵנוּ בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ … וְטַהֵר לִבֵּֽנוּ לְעָבְדְּ֒ךָ בֶּאֱמֶת [...]
- Micha Berger
I left off back in March, so here is a reminder of where we were up to:We were looking at Shabbos Minchah, and noted that Atah Echad follows the same [...]
- Micha Berger
The first thing you may notice about the middle, Shabbos-related, berakhah of Shabbos Minchah is that the opening parallels the berakhah immediately before it. אַתָּה קָדושׁוְשִׁמְךָ קָדושׁ!וּקְדושִׁים בְּכָל יום יְהַלְּלוּךָ [...]
- Micha Berger
Current events here in Israel have meant that I haven’t gotten a good night sleep between alarms and sirens, which translated to not writing here as often as I had [...]
- Micha Berger
The gemara on Berakhos 6a states something very intriguing: אָמַר רַבִּי אָבִין בַּר רַב אַדָּא, אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: מִנַּיִן שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַנִּיחַ תְּפִילִּין שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״נִשְׁבַּע ה׳ בִּימִינוֹ וּבִזְרוֹעַ עֻזּוֹ״. [...]
- Micha Berger
Esther 8:16: לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן וִיקָֽר׃ The Jews enjoyed light and joy, happiness and glory. The gemara (Megillah 16b) explains that each item on the list refers to [...]
- Micha Berger
Shabbos Mussaf The middle berakhah of Shabbos Mussaf begins with a rare acrostic — the Alef-Beis, but in reverse order: starting with ת and ending with א: תִּכַּנְתָּ שַׁבָּת רָצִיתָ [...]
- Micha Berger
Shabbos Morning Last time we looked at the opening of Friday night’s Amidah, today, the next Shacharis. (We will deal with the common portion of the middle berakhah for Shabbos [...]
- Micha Berger
Or: Starting Shabbos Now that I covered “the thoughts I have while davening Shemoneh Esrei the times I think while davening”, let’s move on to the Amidah for Shabbos. The [...]
- Micha Berger
The Torah only uses the phrase “לֹא־טוֹב / it is not good” twice:Once when Hashem created Adam before Chavah — “לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ / It is not good for [...]
- Micha Berger
:רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר הַקַּפָּר אוֹמֵר: הַקִּנְאָה וְהַתַּאֲוָה וְהַכָּבוֹד מוֹצִיאִין אֶת הָאָדָם מִן הָעוֹלָם Rabbi Elazar haKappar said: envy, desire and [the pursuit of] honor take a person out of the world. [...]
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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 [...]