There is absolutely nothing wrong with even harsh machloketh leShem Shamayim. I don't find ANYTHING respectful in what the Ghemara itself cannot hide about...
Hi, David- I saw your post to the Lookjed list today and followed the link you gave to an old ToratImecha post that I really like. Since we're finishing...
In a message dated 8/1/2008 7:15:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, HaDaR-Israel@... writes: There is absolutely nothing wrong with even harsh machloketh...
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Here are some comments of interest by Larry Shore. (By the way, I believe the Baal HaMaor's name is Zerachia Halevi, not Mizrachi Halevi.) ... From: Laurence...
... This is it: From: toratimecha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:00 PM To: toratimecha@yahoogroups.com Subject: Ask Moses: On the Bond...
... In the time of Chazal, it was not unusual for one Talmid Chacham to excoriate another. Thus, for example, Rav Sheshet said in reference to a dictum of...
In terms of rabbis speaking harshly to each other in halakhic debate, face to face, and not for "political" or hashkafic reasons, my grandfather, Rabbi ...
Jeremiah Unterman
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Aug 1, 2008 7:12 pm
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In a message dated 8/1/2008 12:52:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, toratimecha@... writes: In the time of Chazal, it was not unusual for one Talmid...
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Aug 3, 2008 12:06 pm
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... With all due respect, Rabbanit Katz, you are missing the point. Rav Shach and Rav Steinman (among other examples I gave) are on record excoriating both...
I am going to try and not take sides in the recent discussion here, while still making a few observations. 1. Friends can call each other names, strangers...
Despite Toby's best efforts to turn this into a Chareidi vs. Modern Orthodox or Religious Zionist issue, I hope it's clear to everyone that Rav Schwarz was a...
Nahum Lesser
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... Binyomin, what makes you so sure R Elchonon Wasserman ate shechitoh or drank wine of Zionists? He said without qualifications that Zionism (including...
There is little doubt that tesamach is correct when he writes that avoidance of conflict is not true peace. I did not mean to imply otherwise. I merely suggest...
-The Paradox of the Faithless Tzadik We do not usually associate lack of belief in God with tzadikim and talmidei chakhamim. Phrases like "faithless tzadik"...
HELP save life of 12 year old girl, O blood type person desperately needed! << He who saves one life, it is as if he saved an entire world (Sandedrin 37A) >> ...
A. Parshat Ki Tavo opens with the word "V'Haya:" "It will be (V'Haya)* when you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as a heritage, and you...
INTRODUCTION One of our objectives in sounding the shofar during the month of Elul, as well as our sudden suspension of the practice on the eve of Rosh ...
[Continued from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toratimecha/message/709] Our continuation of this series is overdue, but I am not yet prepared to proceed. In...
Our Chicago members may be interested in attending Moshe Feiglin's appearance at Congregation Or Torah (Skokie) this coming Thursday night, Sept. 11. Please...
David, I'm not sure I understand what you're saying about Eretz Yisrael being intrinsic to the nation. If it is simply because the "land" of a nation is...
INTRODUCTION In part I of this series, we addressed Hashra'at HaShechina, God's indwelling worldly presence, as embodied in the Israelite nation and comprising...
In our "Leumiut" series we began to examine Rav Elchanan Wasserman's scathing condemnation of Jewish nationalists and, in particular, Religious Zionists, which...
/////// PART I \\\\\\\ [Part I is reposted here with corrections, along with the initial posting of Part II.] ... being intrinsic to the nation. If it is...
The Gemara in Kritot (6b) teaches, "any public fast that does not include the sinners of Israel is not [effective as] a fast." The Gemara adduces proof from...
"Women generally are exempt from time-bound Mitzvos ... [including] the Mitzvah of Sukkah (see Tractate Sukkah 28b). We find that quite often women are...
What you have edited out is that these interesting citations by Rav Hoffman are used in the context of a bizarre attack on women's fulfilling the mitzvot of...
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