As Canada begins welcoming 25,000 Syrian refugees, it behooves us to think of the flourishing…
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I Married My Niece: Gittin 17
Timing is everything. Not only is picking the right time to do something crucial but recording that…
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Shemot: It's All In The Name
I imagine most of us have experienced being in a noisy room focusing on the conversation we are…
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A Line in the Parchment:Gittin 6
How does one measure greatness in Torah learning? We can glean an important insight from the…
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The Good Old Days: Gittin 5
We live in a generation in which many seek chumrot, religious stringency…
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One is Enough: Gittin 6
One would not expect the laws of divorce to be affected by one's location. Thus it…
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An Introduction to Masechet Gittin
After detailing the laws of the suspected adulteress the Mishna moves to masechet Gittin. While the…
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The Comfort Zone: Sotah 44
Part of the purpose of the harsh treatment of the Sotah is convincing the suspected…
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Chanukah: The Dark Days of Winter
Of all our holidays, only that of Chanukah begins in the second half of the month. Rosh Hashanah,…
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I Thought I Was Humble: Sotah 40
In our last post we discussed the Talmudic tendency to group together sayings of…
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Please Bless Me: Sotah 38
Originally meant as an oral “text” the Talmud features a number of mnemonic…
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Vayeshev: Look Out the Window
Why was it that Abraham and Yitzchak had only one child who would remain within the Jewish people…
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Do Not Pray: Sotah 37
It is an amazing aspect of the human condition that two people can see the same thing yet…
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Language Barriers: Sotah 33
One of most bitter and divisive (Jewish) fights of the 19th century was that…
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Mind Your Own Business: Sotah 21
In our last post we discussed how a rasha arum, a cunning evildoer, is amongst the…
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The Tuition Crisis: Leaving a Lasting Legacy
Most Canadians in turning 71 get a monetary windfall as they begin to cash in the savings…