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This Blog Has Moved
Published on 2010-07-08 08:18:00
After a great get-together last night, we are ready to move the blog to a new format that has more functionality and is more esthetically pleasing. Please change your browser bookmarks to this website: www.TorahMusings.com. All new posts will be there only. All old posts will remain here and there.Note that, in the past, there have been complaints about changes. That is why I gathered a focus group to test out the new blog. I received a lot of good feedback and made changes to the format based o
Weekly Links
Published on 2010-07-08 07:48:00
Rules: linkThursdayDrug bust at Israel airport, Hasidic Jews arrested (time for another Tehillim gathering?): linkThe cost of being Jewish: linkRabbinic group’s resolution expands women’s role: linkRabbis: 'Don't rent to foreign workers': linkTimes Square rabbi seeks America's runaway kids: linkUnion for Traditional Judaism in financial trouble: linkSALT Thursday: linkWednesdayHalachically Speaking on worm-infested fish (an essay of mine is quoted in footnotes 46 and 52): link (PDF)Jewish (i
Parashah Roundup: Matos-Masei 5770
Published on 2010-07-07 20:32:00
by Steve BrizelThe Book of MemoriesR Berel Wein suggests why the Torah records the names of the stops and encampments of the Jewish People: linkR Shlomoh Riskin explains why the Torah uses Shevatim and Matos: linkThe Nesivos Shalom, as explicated by R Yitzchak Adlestein, explains why Parshas Maasei is a mission statement for every Jew: linkR Avraham Gordimer explains why the Maasos are mentioned at the end of Sefer Bamidbar: linkThe War Against the MidyanitesR Ephraim Buchwald explains why the M
