"It was in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month .... on [the east] side of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moshe began...
As we have learned in the past,* Rav Teichtal stresses throughout Eim Habanim Semeicha (pp. 328, 339, 341, 343, 364-5, 368) that it is incumbent upon Torah...
... Readers interested in more on the subject of unity, in a lighter style but in a form that might be accessible to a wide variety of people, can see the...
1. Ahavat Chinam in Eim Habanim Semeicha Although the term "Ahavat Chinam"{1} is not found in Eim Habanim Semeicha (EHS), the concept is an integral part of...
In a message dated 8/17/2007 11:57:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, capricorn_rising@... writes: The Gemara quotes Bruriah without opposition that one...
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:56:29 -0700 (PDT) ... To Live Among Friends (R' Dovid Castle) vol 2 p685 (20.14): (bracketed insertions are mine, but the footnotes are...
I appreciate Ken's and everyone else's thoughts, but its important to keep in mind that the post everyone's reacting to is only an initial step in approaching...
Ahavat Chinum That's a real challenge. There is the famous sayings attributed to Rav Kool z"al that just like sinas chinnum brought the destruction of the bais...
ARUTZ 7 230 YEARS SINCE CHASSIDIC ALIYAH PUSH by Ezra HaLevi Sunday marks 230 years since the first Chassidic Aliyah (immigration to Israel), when three...
[Continued from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toratimecha/message/574] 3. Chareidim Do It Too Our review of Yated Ne'eman's stridently negative position on...
How many days is Rosh Hashanah in Israel when observed by Preservatives? Those aliyah messages that were sent are really inspiring, please pray that Dovid ben...
Ricky Lomey
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Ricky, two days of RH are celebrated in EY too. Here is Ohr Someach's handy-dandy explanation why - "*Why, even in Israel, are there two days of Rosh...
For SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS in Erets Israel they observed ONE DAY, as the RI"F clearly hints and as explicitly mentioned by the Ba'al HaMaor, from the time the...
In a message dated 8/30/2007 1:30:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rickyl@... writes: Preservative? I read an item by Gavriel Aryeh Sanders, not sure if...
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One morning last week, I received a shocking and, mercifully, inaccurate report that the Gaon HaRav Yom Tov Haleivi Shwartz (sheyichyeh l'yamim tovim...
This is a nice piece by Shelley Kedar from the Lookjed list: Dear colleagues and friends, As we enter the month of Elul we are reminded of our mutual...
I posted Parts I and II of the "Torah in Exile" series a few months ago, shortly before I lost my daughter a"h on Rosh Chodesh Tammuz. From that day to this,...
[Continued from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toratimecha/message/585] An interesting reservation about the concept of Ahavat Chinam has been attributed...
As a corollary to our "Torah in Exile" series, I'd like to share Rabbi Joshua Hoffman's Netvort on Parshat Netzavim, which relates to Eretz Yisrael as the...
As we approach Sukkot, I'd like to raise last year's question once again: Whose image will adorn your Sukka wall and whose will be relegated to obscurity? In...
I found this fascinating and thought you might be interested too - BS"D Rare Year 5768 HaRav HaGaon Mordechai Ganut Shlita, author of the sefer "Calendar in...
David, Thanks for this post and the great pictures you sent. Didn't you once post something about the connection of unity and Yom kippur? If yes, please...
Nahum Lesser
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Nahum Lesser <torateim@...> wrote: Didn't you once post something about the connection of unity and Yom kippur? If yes, please repost. Yes, Nahum,...