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Rabbi Jay Kelman
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Making G-d Cry: Chagigah 5
Making G-d Cry: Chagigah 5
“Even though the gates of prayer are closed, the gates of tears are never closed”. With…
Perhaps the most beautiful aspect of the Yamim Tovim, especially in Temple times, was the coming…
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In this, what was the summer of our discontent, it is worth looking at the words that were commonly…
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The commitment to learn Daf Yomi is a remarkable one. It is the only study project I know that…
It is to be expected that, in a chapter dealing with the laws of mourning, a discussion of the…
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As previously discussed, both
For the religion that first brought the message of ethical monotheism to the world, Judaism sure…
"Tzedek tzedek tirdof, justice, justice you shall pursue in order that you may live and…
One of the greatest and the most tragic figure of Talmudic literature is Rav Eliezer ben Hurcanus,…
The primary way we can tell which commandments are more important than others is by the punishment…
The Gemara (Megillah 5b) relates that Rebbe wanted to abolish Tisha B'Av. Interestingly, no…
As we discussed in our last post, mourning and Yom Tov[1] are polar opposites, and mourning…