It is an often-cited truism that the Orthodox community, most ironically, tends to place much…
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Shmini: Tragic Lessons
When tragedy strikes there is a tendency to search for some rational explanation as we subsequently…
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Chulin 105: Can We Drink Milk Yet?
“Mar Ukva said: I am, with regard to this matter, like vinegar, son of wine, with…
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Shmini: Seek the Middle
“Moshe then inquired, darosh darash, about the goat of the sin offering, and it had been…
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Tzav: Time to Change?
Excitement and consistency: We tend to view these terms as contradictory. Man gets excited over…
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Purim: Ignoring G-d!
Purim celebrates the eternity of the Jewish people. Despite exile and dispersion, genocidal enemies…
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Chulin 100: Torah at Sinai
“Because of this the children of Israel, to this day, do not eat the thigh muscle that is on…
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Chulin 97: It Tastes Great
Rabbinic debates are not for the faint-hearted. They can be most intense, and sadly, can lead to…
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Chulin 94: Let's Have Some Wine
In our last post, we spoke about geneivat da’at, generating false goodwill, in the…
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Vayakhel: Building the Shabbat
“The laws of Shabbat…are like a mountain being held up by a thread” (Chagigah…
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Chulin 94: What a Nerve!
One would not normally associate the prohibition to eat the gid hanashe, the sciatic nerve,…
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Ki Tisa: With the People
“G-d declared to Moshe, Go down [from the mountain] for the people whom you brought out…
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Chulin 83: Cow and Calf
One of most famous mitzvot of the Torah is that of shiluach haken, the obligation to send away…
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Chulin 60: The Essence of Torah
One of the teachings that is ingrained in us from a young age is that every letter, and surely…
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Chulin 60: Once in a Blue Moon
The least observed of biblical holidays is undoubtedly Rosh Chodesh. As a holiday based in the…
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Terumah: It's all in the Details
Symbols play a crucial role in self and group identification and affect almost everything we do. Be…
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Chulin 54: We Can Talk Later
Dan Arielly begins his best-selling book, Predictably Irrational, by noting that for we humans…
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Mishpatim: Divine Justice, Human Mercy
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot” (Shemot…