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Aug 134 min read

The Laws of Motza’ei Tisha Be’av and the Tenth of Av

Following halachic nightfall on Tisha Be’av which is approximately twenty minutes after sunset (somewhat later in the United States), one...

Aug 99 min read

Parashat Devarim - Shabbat Chazon

A Leader’s measured rebuke and darshening effectively by not charging a fee From the teachings of Maran Rebbeinu Ovadia Yosef ztvk”l ...

Aug 95 min read

The Ninth of Av: Fasting and Self-Flagellation

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Both Christianity and Islam have long and controversial traditions of penance that involve flogging oneself with...

Aug 83 min read

Shabbat Devarim

Deuteronomy 1-3:23 - What’s in a Name? by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Why do we call this, the fifth book of the Torah, that we start this...

Aug 24 min read

Who Was Peter Bergson

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The anniversary of Hillel Kook’s death was this week. A Jewish Walter Mitty and a colorful, complex, dual...

Aug 27 min read

Parashiyot Mattot-Masei

Our mission in life is not to focus on where we have left but to focus on where we are heading to! From the teachings of Maran Rebbeinu...

Aug 14 min read

Shabbat MattotMassei

Rosh Chodesh Av Tuesday - Numbers Chapters 30-36 Conquering the Land by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen This week two sections of the Torah are read...

Jul 266 min read

Parashat Pinechas

Why did Pinechas receive such a unique reward? From the teachings of Maran Rabbenu Ovadia Yosef ztvk”l (5761) The [end of last week’s and...

Jul 265 min read

Why Did We Go Wrong?

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Why are we having difficulty coming to terms with this reality, the realization of how much we are hated ? As a...

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