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On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 04:59:40PM +0200, Ilana Elzufon via Avodah wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 9:26AM Meir Shinnar via Avodah wrote: > > 1. the [...]

Is kol d?alim a permanent tug of war as in (Let That Be Your Last Battlefield - Wikipedia) or is whoever prevails first now the permanent owner? KT Joel Rich [...]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 06:11:34AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote: > Is initiating a conversation with someone who is baduk that he will > speak lashon hara [...]

In a recent Q&A session Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst mentioned that while there is no requirement to cover your tfillin shel yad, the practice is to do so by pulling down [...]

 Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 20:138th Yartzheit Special:Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch1. RSRH on Medinas Yisroel2. RSRH as a Halachisthttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/113611 [...]

I think this was a particularly good one! [...]

There were two different episodes of Rischa this past week, an American and an Israeli version.The American version is Rabbi Schiller and myself on the current events of Protests and [...]

RSRH zt"l zy"a Yahrzeit Webinar  [...]

 Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 12 Episode 17:Donors, Draft and Demarcation Dialoguehttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/112837you can watch the raw video for this episode at:https://youtu.be/KWAuAHPpJJk [...]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhYlGVtIOa8KYeCVztC0GWRtvc2s2jR3The full (750 recordings) playlist/podcast of audio shiurim from the 1997-2001 cycle of the Daf Yomi Yerushalmi as recorded live at the HTC Frumi Noble Night Kollel in Chicago, converted [...]

Over Rav Kook zt"l's chair at Beit HaRav:"I write not because I have the strength to write, but because I no longer have the strength to remain silent."  [...]

Ben Yeshiva: Pathway of Aliyah - Jewish ActionBen Yeshiva: Pathway of AliyahReviewed by Rabbi Yosef Gavriel BechhoferBy Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky Eshel Publications 2024 388 pages Reviewed by Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer  Baruch Hashem, the yeshiva population has grown immensely, and the [...]

In Nusach Ashkenaz, there are two versions of the last berakhah of the Amidah — in the mornings we say “Sim Shalom” and Minchah and Maariv we say “Shalom Rav.”* [...]

Or: Modim, part III In the last installment, I noted how in Modim we thank Hashem “al …”, for, four things. And how this is an example of something we [...]

The next berakhah of Shemoneh Esrei, the center of the closing berakhos about gratitude is Modim. In this post we will look at the meaning of the opening word, “Modim“, [...]

Shema Qoleinu usually ends either“כִּי אַתָּה שׁוֹמֵֽעַ תְּפִלַּת עַמְּ֒ךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּרַחֲמִים – because You Listen to the prayers of Your nation Israel with Compassion” (Ashkenaz),“כִּי אַתָּה שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלַּת כָּל־פֶּה – [...]

This week’s parshah, VaYeishev, this second Tefillah Meanings post for the week as well. Today’s topic: The closing pasuq of Mizmor shir leYom haShabbos. Many pesuqim in Tehillim say nearly [...]

ShehaKol is said so often, we kind of take it for granted. But for a number of years now, ShehaKol on my morning cup of coffee has been one of [...]

The next berakhah I found a relationship to requires skipping ahead to “VelaMalshinim… — And for the informers, let there be no hope”. I think we need a little historical [...]

I relate to the second set of requests as being for the nation’s physical well-being as individuals. This follows the prerequisite three requests, for our spiritual well-being. First we need [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]