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Special Days of Teves
Why do we fast on the 10th of Tevet?
The Spiritual Legacy of the Holocaust
Several stages of the continuing evolution
Maybe Things Will Change Again
The past situations may yet occur again
- Beit Midrash
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- Jewish Holidays
- The Tenth of Tevet
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Be Thyself
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Kislev 13 5781
The Story We Tell About Ourselves
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Tevet 29 5780
Poetic Controversies
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 1 5777
How Many Eggs Should be Boiled Together?
When making hardboiled eggs, may one cook one or two eggs or must there be at least three? Also, does it make a difference if there is an even or odd number
Rabbi Daniel Mann
The Kavanah in the prayer
Chapter one- part three
What should I do if I can't concentrate at the prayer?
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Historical View of Rav Mordechai Yaakov Breish (Chelkat Yaakov)
Various Rabbis | 5775
The Sin of the Spies - Today
The Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael) is not the problem of Jewish existence – the Land of Israel is the solution.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Blessing for Rain for those travelling to the Land of Israel
Praying for a Rainy Day When Traveling to or from Eretz Yisroel in November
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771
Hatzalah and Radios
May one carry a Shabbat Radio on Shabbat when no emergency exists in order to be available if one does? The differences between kli she'me'lachto l'heter and kli she'me'lachto l'issur. Carrying the radio on shabbat where there is no Eruv.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769
The Halacha and History of the Gid Hanosheh
The mitzvah of gid hanosheh forbids us from eating the sciatic nerve, a sinew that runs from the lower back over the top of the hip and down the leg. Another Mitzvah is not eating the Cheylev, some fats in an animal.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | kislev 5769
The Rights of a Copyright Holder
What is the halachic background to copyright law? Does the Torah have a concept of intellectual property rights, meaning that someone who creates or invents an item is owner of his invention? May a rav prevent people from taping his shiur? May one copy computer software or music disks?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Iyar 5768
Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk: The Pioneering Rebbe
It would appear that his thirst for closeness to God, and his great longing for the Holy Land - the land wherein the Divine Presence rests - shook his inner being so strongly that no worldly enjoyment could compare to living in the land of Israel.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Iyar, 5763
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