Does Faith Lead to Mitzvot or Do Mitzvot Lead to Faith? The Zohar According to Rav Soloveitchik and the Rambam
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Shabbos Replaces our Mishkan... and our Shuls
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Shabbos Replaces our Mishkan... and our Shuls
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When Our Leaders Sin - How Beautiful It is!
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The Rationale for the Prohibition to Eat Blood
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Understanding Moshe's Anger
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The Two Step Purification Process of the Metzora
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Egypt and Canaan - The Challenges of Surrounding Cultures
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V'Chai Bahem: Living According to the Kotzker and the Chiddushei HaRim "Every Man Dies, Not Every Man Truly Lives"
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The Blasphemer - Why Is He So Upset and Why Don't Bnei Yisrael Know What to Do With Him?
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A Mother's Day Drasha
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The Location of Arachin in Sefer Vayikra: Three Approaches
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Gazing at the Aron in the Desert and in Yerushalayim
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Balancing Unity with Uniqueness
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Three Responses to the George Floyd Murder
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Four approaches as to the repetition of the Nesiim's Sacrifices
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Emerging from COVID-19 the Same Way We Have Been During COVID-19
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Was the teshuva of the Maapilim Lacking or Was it Too Little Too Late?
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Stockdale Paradox? Optimism Bias? Two Different Responses to the Anxiety of the Spies and the Anxiety of the Current Pandemic
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Did Moshe Independently Devise the Incense Test or Was He Directed by God? Three Approaches
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Was Bilaam always evil or did he turn to the dark side?
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The Claim of the Daughters of Tzelofchad - Continuity of the Deceased or Equality of the Genders?
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Moshe Versus Bnei Gad & Bnei Reuven - A Misunderstanding or a Legitimate Rebuke?
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Marry an Edomite or an Egyptian But Not an Ammonite or a Moabite?
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Upholding the Torah: Faith, Influence and Jewish Pride
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How Singing this Shira is Critical to Being a Torah Jew
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Anan Hakavod vs. Sukkot Mamash: What is the difference between a sukkah and an ohel?
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The Opening and Closing of Moshe's Blessing - A Return to Eden
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If Cham sinned, why was Canaan cursed?
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Was Sarai Justified in Oppressing Hagar?
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Why did God disclose to Avraham that he was going to destroy Sodom? Three Approaches
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Who was Keturah and why did Avraham marry her?
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The Fights Over the Wells - Five Approaches Why the Plishtim Filled the Wells and Three Contemporary Lessons From this Story
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The Covenant at Galed and the Creation of Yaakov's Nation
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Was Yaakov’s Fear of Esav Justified?
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Chevron, Shechem and Dotan and the Sale of Yosef
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Why did Pharaoh believe Yosef and not his advisers? Did Yosef have supernatural powers of dream interpretation?
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Yaakov's Blessings to Pharaoh
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Where was Rachel buried?
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Moshe's Search for an Identity
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Did God Harden Pharaoh's Heart? The Limits of Free Will - Three Approaches
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What Was the Test of the Manna? Five Approaches
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Yitro's search for God - Was he an idolator or a monotheist?
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The Values Underlying the Rules for a Ganav, Gazlan and for Tavach U'Machar
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A Deeper Dive into the Purpose of the Mishkan - Six Approaches
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Was the Mizbai'ach Hazahav an afterthought?
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Who Taught Betzalel to be an Architect?
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A Deeper Dive into the Purpose of the Korbanot
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Korban Todah - When must we say thank you? And is it obligatory or voluntary?
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Aaron's Final Step Towards Teshuva in the Nadav Va'Avihu Story
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The Sin-Offering of the New Mother - Did She Do Anything Wrong?
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Is Revenge Ever Justified?
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Are Kohanim Holier Than Non-Kohanim?
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The Essence of Shemitta and the Essence of Yovel
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Why Were There So Few Leviim? The Negative Consequences of Overthinking
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How does the Torah feel about the Nazir?
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Yitro's reluctance to travel to Eretz Yisrael
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The Different Accounts of the Mission of the Spies in Parshat Shelach vs. Parshat Devarim
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Moshe's Anger and His Request for an Unusual Punishment
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The War Against Sichon and Og - A New Chapter for a New Generation
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The War Against Sichon and Og - A New Chapter for a New Generation
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Did Bilaam have magical powers?
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Did Bilaam have magical powers?
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The Peculiar First Pasuk of Devarim
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Why remind the new generation about maamad Har Sinai?
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The Message of the Golden Calf to the New Generation
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Exemptions from Military Service and the Key to National Survival
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How can God obligate future generations in the covenant of Sinai and Arvot Moav?
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How can God obligate future generations in the covenant of Sinai and Arvot Moav?
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How was the world created? Rashi vs. Ramban
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The Beginning of Jewish Power in Muslim Spain - Hasdai Ibn Shaprut and Shmuel Ha-Nagid
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What is the significance of the Migdal Bavel story? Four approaches
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Why Study Machshavah?
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Why the Early Stories of Avraham are Not Recorded in the Torah
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The Story of the Four Captives: Fact or Fiction?
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The Ethics of Avraham vs. the Ethics of Avimelech
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The Mitzvah to Know God: Philosophy vs. Mysticism
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The Significance of the Purchase of the Me'arat Ha'Machpelah
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Two Ways to Know God: Philosophy and Halacha
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The Significance of the Purchase of the Me'arat Ha'Machpelah
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Did Rabbi Yehuda Halevi Ever Reach Eretz Yisrael?
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Does Esav Get a Bad Rap?
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Ibn Ezra - The Innovative Biblical Commentator
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The Creation of the Modern Yeshiva: Volozhin
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Why did Rachel steal the terafim?
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What did Chazal think about philosophy?
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Rabbi Yitzchak Al-Fasi and his Contributions to our Mesorah
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Was the slaughter of Shechem justified?
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May We Study Secular Philosophy to Help Us Understand God?
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Bahya Ibn Pakuda and Ibn Daud: The Ethicist and the Historian
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The Revolution of the Mussar Movement
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The Bracha on Mezonos Rolls
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Elu Va'elu: Multiple Truths or Multiple Perspectives? Ritva vs. Ran
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Did Yosef Exploit the Egyptians?
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May a Kohen touch a comic that has ink that contains cremated ashes of its editor?
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The Rambam's early life and His Ruling Which Saved Thousands from Martyrdom
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Yaakov's Double Request to be Buried in Eretz Yisrael
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Elu Va'Elu Divrei Elokim Chayim: One Truth, Multiple Truths or the Unity of Opposites?
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Did Yocheved Give Up on Baby Moshe?
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When Can the Torah Be Interpreted Non-Literally?
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Do you need to kasher and can you kasher a used china plate?
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Rambam Part 2: Living in Egypt and Not Accepting a Salary as a Rabbi
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Patterns in the Plagues
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The Torah's View on Evolution
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May I do an Uber eats delivery of non-kosher food to a Jew?
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Rambam Part 3 - Karaites and a Guide to Jewish Law
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Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Screening for Genetic Diseases, Gender and Eye Color
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Why was Darkness the Ninth Plague?
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The Omnipotence Paradox: Can God create a rock that He can't lift and how this impacts our emunah
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Seven Conditions of Permitted Lashon Hara and their Applications in Common Situations
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Rambam Part 4 - Iggeret Teiman and Iggeret Techiyat Ha'meitim
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The Meaning of Marah
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Are Chazal Infallible in the Area of Halacha?
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Rambam Part 5: The Messianic Era and the Moreh Nevuchim
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Finding God in Megillat Esther
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Must I recite a new bracha every time I eat while traveling?
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How direct was the Sinai Revelation?
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Affixing a mezuzah in a store owned jointly by a Jew and a non-Jew
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Eldad the Danite and Ethiopian Jewry: Fact or Fiction?
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The Dual Purpose of the Aron
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Can you be a sandak more than once?
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The Beginning of Ashkenazic Jewry and the Kalonymous Family
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The Hasidic movement that almost created but did not create a schism
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Questionable Tactics by the Heroes of the Megillah
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The mitzvah to supply oil for the mishkan - experiencing adversity with undimmed joy!
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Questionable Tactics by the Heroes of the Megillah
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If I learn from a sefer or exercise for three consecutive days, must I perform התרת נדרים if I wish to stop?
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Aaron and the Golden Calf: Hero or Sinner?
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Do I only recite one bracha if I continue to snack throughout the day in different rooms in one building?
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Rabbenu Gershom Part 1: A New Type of Rabbinic Leader
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The Women's Role in Building the Mishkan - Structure vs. Spontaneity
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Must you use the same mohel for your second son?
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Rabbenu Gershom Part 2: Accepting Jews Who Converted to Christianity and Wanted to Return to Judaism
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The Timing and Significance of the Seven days of miluim
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Feasting in the Megillah and on Purim
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Why doesn't Parshat Zachor require a bracha?
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The Korban Minchah: A Poor Man's Sacrifice or a Rich Man's Sacrifice?
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Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch and the Neo-Orthodox Movement
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Listening to non-Jewish religious music
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Clash of the Titans: Moshe vs. Aaron in the Aftermath of the Death of Nadav and Avihu
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Clash of the Titans: Moshe vs. Aaron in the Aftermath of the Death of Nadav and Avihu
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Why is the Metzora Quarantined?
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The Tochacha of Netzavim Following the Tochacha of Ki Tavo
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When is Shabbat Not Shabbat - The Sefirat Ha'Omer Controversy
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Should Torah-Observant Publicly Weigh in on Roe v. Wade
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Withdrawing and Withholding Treatment in End of Life Situations
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Yovel - A Response to Onaah
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Parshat Bechukotai: Was Bayit Sheni a Time of Geulah?
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The Kedusha of the Kotel and the Kotel Controversy
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The Kedusha of the Kotel and the Kotel Controversy
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Parshat Bamidbar: Gazing at the Aron: Arrogance or a Lack of Modesty?
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The Permissibility of a Ger Katan in a Non-Halachically Observant Family: Five Approaches
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Kivrot Ha'Taavah - How to Combat a Bad Attitude
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Parshat B'Haalotcha Shabbat drasha: Hakarat Hatov to our YI Oceanside Lay Leadership
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Engaging in Risky Medical Procedures
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Three Lashon Hara Ethical Dilemmas
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Tzitzit as a Pathway to a Personal Encounter with God
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Organ Transplantation to Save Lives and Limbs
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When is Lying Permitted, Forbidden and Encouraged? Five Common Fact Patterns
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When Secular Law Says No: Halachic Obligations When Milah, Shechitah and Abortion are Illegal
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Egg Donation in Halacha: Who is the Preferred Egg Donor and Who is the Mother?
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The Torah's View on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
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Living in Eretz Yisrael: Mitzvah or Promise
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A Deeper Dive into the Rav Moshe Feinstein/Tzitz Eliezer Abortion Debate
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Ammon's, Moab's and Esav's Conquest of their Territory: TMI?
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When Shabbat and Tisha B'Av Collide
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Stories of Spiritual Heroism During the Holocaust
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Theological Responses to the Holocaust
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What is Love... When it Comes to God?
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Can We Prove that God Exists and He Gave the Torah to Moshe at Sinai? If Yes, Then Why Doesn’t Everyone Believe? If Not, Then Why Do We Believe?
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Cities of Refuge: Punishment or Protection?
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Are You Allowed to Take Advantage of a Price Mistake?
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Why does Rav Soloveitchik believe that teshuva is so painful?
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Why does Rav Kook believe that teshuva is so joyous?
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Answering amen and participating in kedusha when I am not davening with a minyan
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Five Messages from the Ben Sorer U'Moreh
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The humbling transformative experience of bikkurim
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Teshuva According to Rabbi Sacks: How to live an ethical life despite the guilt
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Must a tenant build a maakeh?
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Is teshuva an obligation or a promise?
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The impact of Hakhel on our daily lives
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Is it proper to encourage children to fast in front of adults on Yom Kippur?
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Shabbat shuva drasha: The Power of Regret
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Wearing golden jewelry on Yom Kippur: Is it really forbidden?
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Neila: The afikoman of Yom Kippur or the Shmini Atzeret of Yom Kippur?
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The Uniqueness of Moshe Rabbenu
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Etz Ha'Chayim Pre-Sin and Post-Sin
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Teshuvot that Changed Jewish Life: The Ethics of Recreational Hunting
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The Message of the Rainbow
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Must a divorcee keep her ex-husband's customs?
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Can you recite kiddush on mezonot on Friday night?
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Avraham Avinu's Deepest Fear
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Can you fulfill the mitzvah of bikur cholim via the telephone?
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Avraham Avinu Walking with Angels
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Can you change the nusach tefilla that you grew up with?
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Did the Avot Keep the Torah?
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Erasing pesukim from a whiteboard
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Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Rav Kook - A New Category of Halacha Called Hilchot Tzibbur
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Modeh ani and al netillat yadayim in the morning
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The Sale of the Birthright - Was it Enforceable?
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Entering a Church for the funeral of a co-worker's relative
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Teshuvot that Changed Jewish Life: Rav Kook and the Halachic Status of a Jewish Government in Eretz Yisrael
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Lighting the Menora in Dangerous and Not So Dangerous Times: A Halachic, Hashkafic and Historical Analysis
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Why was there geneivat da'at whn Yaakov tricked Lavan and not when he tricked Yitzchak?
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Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: The Rosh and the Mashiv Ha'ruach U'morid Ha'geshem controversy
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What is the bracha on overnight oatmeal?
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Why Do Chazal in the Gemara Celebrate the Miracle of Lights and Not the Military Victory or the Rededication of the Mikdash in the Chanuka Story?
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19th Century Attempts to Unite American Jewry
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Yehuda, Tamar and Yibum Before Matan Torah
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Must you wait six hours after eating french fries in a meat restaurant before eating dairy?
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Why doesn't Yosef tell his father that he was in Egypt: Three approaches
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Yehudit, the Daughter of Yochanan Kohel Gadol, the Heroines of Chanuka: When Two Stories Become One
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Is there such a thing as a kosher shaver?
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Who was the 70th Soul, if any, that went down to Egypt? Four approaches
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Teshuvot the changed Jewish life: Rav Yaakov Ettlinger and the status of Jews who publicly violate Shabbat
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Are you permitted to go skydiving?
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Yehuda's blessing of leadership
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If I write with my left hand but perform all other activities with my left hand, am I a lefty or righty for purposes of tefillin?
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Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Rav Zerachya Halevi's introduction to the Sefer Ha'Ma'or and the justification to argue on previous generations
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Why did Hashem first reveal Himself to Moshe by a ×¡× ×”: Four approaches
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Recharging hearing aid batteries on Shabbat and Yom Tov
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Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: When the Rema officiated a wedding ceremony on Friday night
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Can you ask a Kohen to leave shul so that two Yisraelim can get an aliya on a Monday or Thursday?
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Is Tu B'Shevat a religious Zionist holiday? Halacha, Hashkafa and History
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The Circuitous Route of the Bnei Yisrael out of Egypt
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The American Jewish Community: United or divided? The 20th Century Attempt to Unite Conservative and Orthodox Judaism
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Can you make toast on Shabbat?
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Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: The Maharik - May a son marry a young woman against his father's wishes?
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The epilogue to the Aseret Ha-dibrot
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When do I recite a bracha after drinking a cold and a hot beverage?
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Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Chavot Yair - May a Torah scholar be a musician at a wedding?
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The Torah's Treatment of Non-Jewish Slaves
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The identity and purpose of the keruvim: Four approaches
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Can I watch Israeli TV in America on Friday afternoon?
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Can I feed non-kosher food to homeless non-Jews?
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Bigdei Kehuna - do the clothes make the man?
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Rav Aharon Kotler and Rav Soloveitchik: The Dream of Lakewood and the Dream of YU
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Can I fulfill the mitzva of megilla with a megilla that is written in English?
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Why did Moshe break the luchot? Seven approaches
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Teshvuot that changed Jewish life: The Sridei Aish and Coed Youth Groups and Mixed Singing
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Can you mourn the death of a relative who commanded before he died to be cremated after death?
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The Holiness of Work
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Can you hire a non-Jew to do construction on your home during Chol Ha-moed?
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Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Radbaz - Must I give up a limb to save someone's life?
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The "Suffering" Bird Offering
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Can a first-born eat on erev Pesach if he is not present at a siyum?
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Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: The Rivash - What is semicha?
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Short divrei Torah for the seder
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Shabbat Hagadol Drasha: When our Pesach narrative may not reflect what actually happened
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Best halachic practices for kitniyot and non-kitniyot eaters to dine together
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Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Rav Yosef Caro and the Chacham Zvi - Does a diaspora Jew who visits Eretz Yisrael during the shalosh regalim observe two days of Yom Tov?
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The inner meaning of tzaraat begadim
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U'v'chukoteichem lo tailaichu: Three approaches
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Onaat devarim: When can you say what you REALLY think?
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The Relationship Between Kiddush Hashem and Chillul Hashem
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Our relationship with wild animals in messianic times: no fear!
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When kibbud av va'aim impacts my life choices, my nuclear family and my sanity
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Did the Leviim completely replace the firstborns?
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Hochai-ach tochiach et amitecha - Best Practices For Influencing Others
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Birkat Kohanim: Who blesses whom? Why do we need Kohanim?
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May I attend the wedding of a close relative who is marrying a non-Jew and may I honor a public Shabbat violator at a communal fundraiser? The parameters of chanufa
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Lessons in Leadership: The Seventy Elders
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Of sticks and stones: The Mekoshesh
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Chassidut and Neo-Chassidut in our Communities
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Was the war against Og necessary and why was Moshe afraid?
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Can AI Be a Posek? Four Approaches
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Menashe joining Reuven and Gad on the eastern side of the Jordan River
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Should we recite Sachem on Tisha B'Av 2023?
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Fearing God and Loving God: Our Motivation or our Ultimate Purpose
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Steak from a 3D printer? Is it kosher? Is it meat?
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How long must a child wait between eating meat and milk?
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Rabbi Rosensweig's Two Levels of Teshuva
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Ki Ha-mitzvah Hazot: No Fear and Resilience - Two Keys to Religious Growth
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Should I recite a borei pri ha'etz or borei pri ha'adama on the simanim that I eat on Rosh Hsshana during a meal?
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Ani l'dodi v'dodi li: The Special Relatioinship Between Hashem and the Bnei Yisrael
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Ki Shem Hashem Ekra - Three Ways to Create Community in Judaism
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Shabbat Shuvah Drasha: Beyond Self-Actualization: Embrace Self-Transcendence for the Ultimate Teshuva
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Simchat Beit Ha-Shoevah: Accompanying Nisuch Ha-mayim or a Function of Simchat Ha-Chag?
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Anan Ha-Kavod vs. Sukkot Mamash: What's the difference between a sukkah and an ohel?
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Best halachic practices for an expectant mother to go to the hospital on Shabbat
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Eating in the sukkah when it's raining: When are halachic stringencies appropriate?
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What does it mean to be human?
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Does God give up on mankind after the flood?
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Ethics of War: How Much to Avoid Civilian Casualties
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Using the phone and radio during a time of war
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Avraham's Journey vs. Terach's Journey to the Promised Land
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Volume 16 #1: Cruises and Elective Surgery: Restrictions Three Days Before Shabbat
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May soldiers return home on Friday afternoon when they must return to the base on Shabbat?
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Halachic dilemmas in redeeming hostages for terrorists, money and weapons
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What was the real test of Avraham at the akedah?
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Taking trains and subways on Shabbat when no money is exchanged; when your plane lands after Shabbat begins; and the mitzvah to prepare for Shabbat
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Terumat Ha-Deshen and davening maariv and accepting Shabbat before plag mincha
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Should the bracha for rain in shemona esrei be amended to ask that rain doesn't hinder Israel's Gaza operations?
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Searching for a Soulmate for Yitzchak
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Volume 16 #2: Preparations for Shabbat: Laundry on Friday? What comes first, davening or shopping for Shabbat? Must every member of the household prepare?
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May a Jew and non-Jew hold a joint prayer service?
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Does Esav deserve a blessing?
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Volume 16 #3: Eating, Working and Traveling on Erev Shabbat
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Taking spoils from the war against Hamas
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Famous Responsa: Rambam and the Status of Islam
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The Rambam and the Status of the Convert
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Why did Yaakov not grant Rachel's dying wish to name her son Ben-oni?
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Volume 16 #4: Hadlakat Ner Shabbat - reasons and how many candles
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Must I wake someone up to light ner chanuka with a bracha?
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Can you bring a sefer torah in an army base from a tent to a soldier who is standing guard at the edge of the base?
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Was Yosef a Man of hishtadlut or bitachon?
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Volume 16 #5: Shabbat candles - type of oil and wick, electric lights, where to light, lighting in an already lit room
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When should a soldier on the battlefield recite birkat ha-gomel?
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Releasing prisoners in order to free hostages: Entebbe The Jibril Agreement
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Does Yosef forgive his brothers?
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Volume 16 #6: Hadlakat Nerot - Who is obligated to light, lighting candles away from home, in Yeshiva and in dormitories
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Volume 16 #7: Hadlakat Nerot by a non-Jew and accepting Shabbat when lighting candles
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Moshe's Near Death Experience En Route to Egypt
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May we affix a mezuzah for a non-Jew for his home?
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Volume 16 #8: Tosefet Shabbat - Issur Melacha or Transforming the Day?
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When we imitate our enemy
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Volume 16 #9: Tosefet Shabbat - How? Can you daven mincha afterwards?
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Is there a permissible way to neuter a dog?
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Baavur Zeh - Rashbam, Rashi and the Beit Halevi: Celebrating Freedom, Purpose and a Narrative to enhance the mitzvoth
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Treatment of enemy civilians in times of war
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How to kasher a meat frying pan that was used for dairy
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Anochi Hashem: A hechsher mitzvah or a life-long journey?
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Volume 16 #10: Tosefet Shabbat - davening mincha and maariv in the same zman, must a wife accept Shabbat when her husband does, starting a shabbat meal before reciting kriat shema
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Can you order on Amazon an item for a non-Jew that will be used for ritual worship?
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Lending to the Poor: Balancing empathy with emunah
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Famous Reponsa: The Netziv and How to keep people from going off the derech
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Volume 16 #11: Tefillot of Shabbat - Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat
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May a child and parent take a self-defense course together and practice on each other? May a child medically treat a parent?
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The Shulchan: A Piece of Furniture, the Source of Bracha, or Holy Enjoyment?
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Volume 16 #12: Tefillot of Shabbat - Maariv, eating before davening shacharit, shacharit davening on Shabbat
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Can I add pepper to my bowl of soup on Friday night?
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Korban Tamid - The secret sauce for "V'shachanti b'tocham"
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Rashba and the Ban on Secular Studies
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Volume 16 #13: Tefillot of Shabbat - Tefillat musaf - timing, women's obligation and eating beforehand
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My oven turned off in the middle of the night on Friday night. Can I ask a non-Jew to turn on the oven in the morning?
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Can an Israeli spy seduce an enemy and can she then return to her husband? Reflecting on the Esther Story
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The Half Shekel: Membership Dues?
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Volume 16 #14: Shabbat mincha, Maariv Motza'ei Shabbat and Ata Chonantanu
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A non-Jew took a picture or video of my baby on Shabbat. Can I look at it on Saturday night?
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The Alabama Supreme Court Decision and the Halachic Status of Frozen Embryos
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Vayakhel: Why did Moshe have an assembly? Nine Approaches
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Volume 16 #15: Mistakes and Tashlumin with Tefillot of Shabbat
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May a public Shabbat violator serve as a ba'al tefilla?
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What was Moshe's bracha when the mishkan was built?
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May we daven on Purim with a costume?
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Volume 16 #16, Shnayim mikra v'echad targum
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A Comparative Analysis of the Two Purim Heroes
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Can Full-Time Torah Study Be A Halachic Exemption from Serving in the IDF?
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Volume 16 #17: Kriyat Hatorah, Maftir and Haftorah: Repeating Pesukim, Hosafot, Can a Child Read from the Torah or Get an Aliya, Reading the Haftorah from a Haftorah Book
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Davening While Under the Influence of Alcohol
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Why can't we eat blood?
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Must I search my books for chametz? Must I search for chametz that is less than a kzayit?
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Expressing Gratitude and Undertaking our Mission: The Two Aspects of the Arba Kosot
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What did the Rambam really believe was the reason for the kashrut rules?
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Volume 16 #18: Kiddush part 1
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If you don't plan on being home for Pesach, must you search your home for chametz?
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Why is bris milah on the 8th day? The connection to tumah and the connection to Shabbat
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How much matza must we actually eat on seder night? Tosafot vs. Rambam, Chazon Ish vs. Rav Chaim Naeh
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The Plague of Tzara'at on the House and the Connection to Eretz Yisrael
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The Holiday of Pesach: A Celebration of Freedom or a Warning Against the Dangers of Freedom?
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Can I sell sourdough starter to a non-Jew before Pesach and ask him to feed it on Pesach?
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When Was Aaron Permitted to Enter the Kodesh Ha-Kodoshim: Two different readings
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Suicide Mission or Act of Kiddush Hashem
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Love your neighbor like yourself: Is that even humanly possible?
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Volume 17 #1: Kiddush Part 2a - hearing kiddush from others, proper time for kiddush, kiddush on Shabbat day
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Why is the story of the blasphemer recorded in a book of mitzvot?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #1: Six categories of individuals who are excluded from olam haba
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Circles of responsibility in helping the poor
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The Charge and Challenge of Split Loyalties: Being an American, a Zionist and a Jew
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #2: Individuals who are excluded from olam haba and mechanism of midah k'neged midah
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Volume 17, #2, Kiddush Part 2b: Kiddush on Challah or other drinks
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Volume 17, #3, Kiddush Part 2c: Kiddush on Diluted Wine, Grape Juice and White Wine
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #3: Hint to techiyat ha-meitim from Aaron
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Conversion for the sake of marriage
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Volume 17, #4, Kiddush Part 3a: Eating before Kiddush, Standing or Sitting for Kiddush, and Covering the Challah
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Perek Chelek #4: Techiyat Ha-meitim of Moshe Rabbenu, what's in our control and what's not in our control
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #4: Resurrection and Knowledge of the Future
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Yichud today: Practical Scenarios and Solutions
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Was Miriam and Aaron's Complaint Against Moshe Justified?
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Volume 17, #5, Kiddush Part 3b, Drinking from the Kiddush Cup
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Navigating Marit Ayin in Today's World
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #5: Tampering with the Torah Text and Will We Be Resurrected While Wearing Clothing?
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The Connection between the Sin of the Spies and Korach's Rebellion
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Volume 17, #5, Kiddush Part 3c, Kiddush B'Makom Seudah
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #6: Spontaneous generation and the chilazon
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Moshe's Sin: Four Approaches and One Overall Flaw
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Navigating halacha on the road: Kashrut, Shabbat and Tefilla While Traveling
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #7: Debates with Africans, Egyptians, and Children of Yishmael and Keturah
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The Soldier with the Amputated Arm: Tefillin, Netillat Yadayim and Other Mitzvot
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The Korban Tamid and Taking Responsibility of our own Spirituality
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Five Reasons Why Honoring Parents is in the Torah's Top Ten List
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #8: Judgment of the soul and the body
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Selecting Judges and Sending Spies: Honestly Confronting our Lack of Faith
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Matyrdom in the time of the Crusades: Heroes or Sinners?
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How October 7th Impacts Tisha B'Av and How Tisha B'Av Impacts October 7th
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Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: Who is really to the blame and what is the underlying failure?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #9: When is the neshama created and when is the yetzer hara created?
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Moshe's four lessons about prayer
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #10: What will we look like when we are resurrected?
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Child's Obligations towards his Parents vs. his Obligations Towards Himself and the mitzvah of chinuch to enfroce and waive kibbud va va'em behaviors
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Lo Tasur: When Wrong is Right
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Volume 17, #7, The Mitzva to eat three meals and the prohibition to fast on Shabbat
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The Teshuva of Elul: Getting to the Roots of our Behavior Through Ani L'Dodi V'Dodi Li
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Are you permitted and encouraged to study new Torah on Shabbat?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #11: Song during messianic times
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The Power and Peril of a Promise: The Torah's Stance on Nedarim
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #12: A Rebbe's obligation to teach a weak student halacha until he understands it
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The Curse of Not Upholding the Torah
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Must you tell your non-Jewish investment broker not to buy or sell stocks for you on Yom Tov?
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The tension of joy and fear on Rosh Hashana
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Saying something negative about a Jew to protect a non-Jew
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #13: The value of de'ah
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Does the Torah believe in original sin?
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Bishul akum with a housekeeper
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Three types of vidui
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Shabbat Shuvah drasha 5785: Shabbat Shabbaton of Yom Kippur - Distinguishing Core Values from Supporting Values
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Nurturing Love and Embracing Sacrifice: A Rosh Hashana Reflection
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #14: A home without Torah study at night... and other statements by R. Elazar
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Was Noach really a big tzaddik? Noach's two flaws pre-flood
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Volume 17, #8, The mitzvah to study Torah on Shabbat; Seudah Shlishit
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Disposing of a Mouse that was Trapped on Shabbat or Yom Tov
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Thought of Rav Kook: Biography of Rav Kook
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #15: Transition between messianic era to olam haba
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #16: Who were the people that Yechezkel resurrected?
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The Significance of the War of the Kings
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #17: Was the "tzelem" of Nevuchadnezzar real idolatry?
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Volume 17, #9: When is bein hashemashot: Geonim vs. Rabbenu Tam; introduction to havdalah
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Yitzchak vs. Metzachek: What is the difference between good laughter and bad laughter?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #18: Chananya, MIshael and Azaryah after their miraculous salvation
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Returning a chulent pot to a crock pot after it was mistakenly removed from the crock pot on Shabbat
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When Rivka Consoled Yitzchak
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Rav Asher Weiss on the Use of Alternative Medicine
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Volume 17, #10: Eating, drinking and performing melacha before havdalah
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Thought of Rav Kook: Development of History According to Rav Kook
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #19: Does moshiach have supernatural powers?
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Taking an Uber after sunset on Friday evening
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When Yaakov's Past Comes Back to Haunt Him
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #20: Was Daniel a navi?
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When Yaakov's Past Came Back To Haunt Him
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Volume 17, #11: What Drinks can be used for havdalah and what spices can be used for besamim?
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Should children recite havdalah on Sunday if they go to sleep on Saturday before Shabbat is over?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #21: Why wasn't Chizkiyahu moshiach? Why didn't he sing shira?
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Yosef's Righteousness and the Challenge of Judgment: A Deeper Look at the Brothers' Conflict
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Hazardous medical procedures and triage according to Rav Asher Weiss
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Volume 17, #12: bracha on besamim, besamim for someone without a sense of smell, sit or stand for havdalah?
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Thought of Kook: Aliyat Ha-Dorot (Ascent of generations)
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #22: The Defeat of Sancherib
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The obligation to light ner chanuka if you are traveling all night
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The Light of Values: Chanuka's Eternal Message
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Grappling with the Fear of Exile
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #23: Chizkiyahu's spiritual revolution
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Volume 17, #13, borei meorei haesh and melaveh malka
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #24: David's Responsibility in the Destruction of Nov
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What should I do if I find a car key in my coat pocket as I am walking home from shul on Friday night?
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Dividing and Scattering Shimon and Levi: A Curse or a Blessing?
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Volume 17, #14: Introduction to melachot of Shabbat: Avot, Toladot, performing a melacha with a shinui
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Thought of Rav Kook: Cosomological teshuva
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What is the bracha on croutons?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #25: Sancherib's defeat
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Thought of Rav Kook: How did Rav Kook view the "chalutzim?"
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Did Moshe deceive Pharaoh?
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Rav Asher Weiss on Disclosing Genetic Information to Family Members
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Thought of Rav Kook: Panentheism
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #26: Sancherib's death
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Rav Rimon on watching a video of a hostage release that was videotaped on Shabbat
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From Small Battles to Great Victories: Building Faith and Courage Through Challenge
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Bracha recited on hearing about the release of hostages
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Thought of Rav Kook: The Natural World
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #27: When Nevuzaradan destroyed the Beit Hamikdash
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Lo Tachmod: Is it reasonable for Hashem to command us not to feel a certain way? Four Approaches
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Volume 17, #15: Introduction to the melachot: melacha she-aina tzericha l-gufa, davar she-aino mitkavein
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #28: The Birth Pangs of the Moshiach
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Volume 17, #16: Introduction to melachot - psik reisha, mitasek and gerama
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Thought of Rav Kook: Natural Morality
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #29: The 6000 years of the world
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The mizbai'ach of Teruma vs. the mizbai'ach of Yitro
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Volume 17, #17 - Bishul 1: The av melacha and toladot of bishul, definition of bishul for liquids, cooking in the sun and microwaves
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Must we eat meat at our Purim seudah?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #30: Calculating when moshiach will come
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What were the urim v'tumim? Four approaches
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Halacha's approach to OCD according to Rav Asher Weiss
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How much money must we give for matanot la'evyonim?
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Purim, the Persian Period and Artscroll Biographies
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #31: Does redemption require teshuva?
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Seudah Shlishit when Pesach falls out on Erev Shabbat
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Two aspects of Shabbat: Hashem building a home for humanity and humanity building a home for Hashem
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #32: Signs of moshiach
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #33: Do we want to witness the coming of the moshiach?
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Volume 17, #18 - Bishul 2: Solar water heaters and ain bishul achar bishul
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Two Stages in the Purification Process of the Metzora
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #34: What is the name of the moshiach?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek # 35: Messianic era versus olam haba; completely righteous versus baalei teshuva
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Volume 17, #19 - Bishul 3: ain bishul achar bishul b'davar lach, and bishul with mixtures of solids and liquids
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Are you ever permitted to hate someone?
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Volume 18, #1 - Bishul 4: Kli rishon, irui kli rishon and davar gush
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #36: Disgracing the Word of Hashem
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Three Interconnected Reasons for the Mitzvah of Sefirat Ha-omer
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The Lessons of Shemitta
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #37: The importance of reviewing what we learn
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When a Husband and a Wife Have Different Minhagim: Whose Minhagim Do We Follow?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #38: The Definition of an Apikores
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #39: The rewards of Torah study
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Torah She-ba-al peh: Revelation or Innovation? Mystical and Rationalist Approaches
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Why don't people offer tochacha nowadays?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #40: Sifrei Chitzonim and Ben Sira
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Posthumous Sperm Donation from Israeli Soldiers Killed in Battle
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Aggadeta Perek Chelek #41: Ben Sira and Singing Pesukim of Shir Hashirim
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Aggadeta Perek Chelek #42: Saying incantations over a wound
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Rabbi Shopping - Asking Different Rabbis different halachic questions or even the same halachic question
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Volume 18, #2 - Bishul 5: Irui kli rishon, kli sheni
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Aggadeta Perek Chelek #43: Suffering is precious
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Can the Definition of a Chok Change Over Time and Can We Learn the Reasons for a Chok?
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Drinking wine that was touched by a non-Jew and by a non-observant Jew
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People of the Book: The Real Reason We’ve Survived
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Volume 18, #3 - Bishul 6: Kli shlishi, stirring and ladling
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Aggadeta Perek Chelek #44: Yeravam ben Nevat
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Did Moshe Overreach to Reuven and Gad's Request to Settle on the Eastern Side of the Jordan River?
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The Controversy Surrounding the Acceptance of the Shulchan Aruch as a Halachic Code
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Aggadeta Perek Chelek #45: Arrogance of Yeravam
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Churban Yerushalayim: Four paths in a besieged city
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The Limits of Teshuva: The Legacy of Menashe and Yoshiyahu in Sefer Melachim and Divrei Hayamim
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Aggadeta Perek Chelek #44: Criticism of Yeravam
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Aggadeta Perek Chelek #45: Achav
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Israel's 1982 Siege on Lebanon: Rav Goren vs. Rav Shaul Yisraeli
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Why can we marry an Egyptian or Edomite after three generations but not an Ammonite or Moabite?
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Hatarat nedarim for making an internet pledge
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Two types of confession according to Rav Soloveitchik
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Why is Vidui Maaserot called vidui? What did you do wrong?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #46: Menashe's sins
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Praying for a non-Jew
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Teshuva: Blotting Out or Elevating Sin?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #47: Four Groups Are Not Mekabel Pnei Shechinah
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That Which is Hidden is for Hashem and That Which is Revealed is for Us
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Moshe's transformation at the end of his life
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Pas Yisrael during Aseret Ymei Teshuva: Three approaches
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Carrying Each Other Home: The Communal Teshuva of Yom Kippur
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Rosh Hashanah: The Book of Memory We Write
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #48: Different punishments for different melachim
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Where should I light Shabbat candles if I dorm in a college?
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Halachic Responsa and Migration #1: The Tashbetz and Raisin Wine
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #49: The value of hospitality
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #50: Son providing a merit for a father
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Why did Avram endanger Sarai life to save himself?
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Halachic Responsa and Migration #2: Siddur of Rav Amram Gaon
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #51: First perek of Eichah
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #52: Does Shlomo Hamelech have a portion in the world to come?
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Was Yishmael really that bad?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #53: Bnei Yisrael explain why they don't repent
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Halachic Responsa and Migration #3: The Tosafist Aliya of 1211
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #54: The immorality of Bislama
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The Pain That Sent Rivka to God: Decoding Her Most Mysterious Decisions
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How can someone join a partnership that does business on Shabbat?
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Hair Spray, Eyelash Curlers and Helix Curls on Shabbat
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Halachic Responsa & Migration #4: Tashbetz and the Conversos
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #55: Bilaam's curses turning into blessings
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Can you tell your pet to turn off a light on Shabbat?
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Halachic Responsa & Migration #5: The Maharshdam and changing prayer customs
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #56: The sin of Ba'al P'or
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Yaakov's Double Name Change to Yisrael
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If you are away for Shabbat Chanukah and return home Saturday night, where should you light the menorah?
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Did Yosef intend to have an affiar with the wife of Potiphar?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #57: Death of Bilaam
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Is Chanuka eight days long because of the miracles or because of our commitment?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #58: Doeg
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Who Counts? Psychosis, Cognitive Disability, and Participation in Tefillah
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #59: David testing himself with Batsheva
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Can you be both a good American and a good Jew?
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Two Blessings, One Breakthrough: How Efraim and Menashe End the Cycle of Sibling Rivalry
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #60: David in the aftermath of the sin with Batsheva
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Yitro and Moshe: Two Lonely Men of Faith
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Halachic Responsa & Migration #6: Rav Kook, Rabbi David Miller and Mikvaot at Home
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Converting a child of a Jewish egg donor and non-Jewish surrogate when the parents are not shomer Shabbat
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Halachic Responsa & Migration #7: Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Soloveitchik on Coeducation
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Must someone who is fed pureed food through a feeding tube recite a bracha?
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Tearing keriah when visiting the kotel
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #61: The suffering of David Hamelech
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Taking multiple sips from one water bottle while outside throughout the day: One bracha or many brachot?
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #62: Draw close with the right and push away with the left
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Are children punished for the sins of their parents? Five approaches
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Mental Illness, Yom Kippur, and Kashrut in Halacha
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Naaseh V’Nishma at Sinai: Four Interpretations of Rashi vs. Ramban
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Two approaches to the use of a CPAP machine on Shabbat
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #63: Generation of the flood doesn't have a portion in the world to come
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #64: Noach and the flood
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What was the purpose of the mishkan? Six approaches
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Can you wear jewerly with pesukim in the bathroom?
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Matanot L'evyonim: A Response to the Megillah
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Hearing Holiness: Why the Kohen Gadol Had to Be Heard
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #65: Noach and the animals
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Toveling keilim in snow
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Sinner or Hero? Aaron's Role in the Sin of the Golden Calf
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Mental Health Issues and Shabbat
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #66: Dor Haflaga
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Rav Soloveitchik on not hearing shofar in a mixed seating synagogue
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Rav Willig and Rav Rimon on why we do not give tochacha nowadays
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An Ashkenazi Guest at a Sephardi Pesach Table
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #67: Sodom
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The Purpose of the Sacrifices: Ramban, Rambam, Abrabanel and Meshech Chochmah
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #68: Korach
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How should a partner in a company address chametz owned by the business before Pesach?
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The Child Who Opts Out - Understanding the Rasha of the Seder
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Seven short divrei Torah for the seder
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The 20th Century American Modern Orthodox Rabbinate: Affiliation without observance - American Orthodoxy 1900-1950
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The Two Birds and the Two Goats: The Metzora and Yom Kippur
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #69: Korach and machloket
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #70: Korach's End
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Shabbat as a Model for Yom Tov
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Tochacha and Shemitta
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #71: Generation of the desert
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The People Who Defy History
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #72: When does a child merit olam haba
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Aggadot Perek Chelek #73: How many Jews will be around at the end of days?
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The 20th Century Modern Orthodox Rabbinate: From Coalition to Schism: Orthodoxy, Conservative Judaism, and the Remaking of the American Rabbinate
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The Binding Force of Minhag: Personal Practice, Family Tradition, and Communal Identity
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The Repetition of the Korbanot of the Nesiim
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