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Adar 23 5781 | Rabbi Shlomo Katz
Chassidic Tales with Rav Shlomo Katz A Zonenfeld Recommendation
In the time that the great Chief Rabbi, Reb Yosef Chaim Zonenfeld, was approached by a new school for a letter of recommendation and he asked them a deep and insightful question, if they felt that their institution could produce Moshiach?
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Adar 23 5781 | Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
based on ruling 80099 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts Refund for Bar Mitzva Cancelled Due to Covid – part I
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Igrot Hare’aya, Letter #18 – part I The Need to Be Connected to our Past
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Adar 23 5781 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
The Great People Who Could
It would have been wise for the Egyptians,to have developed some of our forefathers into fine craftsmen who could have contributed to society. This would have come in handy for us, especially when we had the necessity to build the Mishkan. I Yet, I am unaware of statements of Chazal that speak of the artisans of the Mishkan having such training, and the p’sukim imply the opposite.
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Adar 23 5781 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Adding a Shabbat Candle after Forgetting
I am a man living alone. Last week, I forgot to light Shabbat candles. Must I light an extra one from now on?
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