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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Learning from a heretic is prohibited - even though R' Meir did it

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Shach (Yoreh Deah 246:8): … Chagiga (15b) states that the reason why R’ Meir learned Torah from a heretic — despite the require...
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When beis din arbitrates a deal which secular laws says is illegal

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Haaretz Had they not been so greedy, the ultra-Orthodox real estate developers Aharon Eisenberg and Avraham Tzeinwi...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Lying for Peace - The Halachic Caveats

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Five Towns Jewish Times - Rabbi Yair Hoffman “Of course, I did my homework, Mom..” “No, honey, that don...

Bison vs. Bear goes viral:Changing role of public media

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KTVQ BILLINGS - It is the little story that just won't quit. It's the number one story of all time on this ...

Some don't get healthier from exercise

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NYTimes Recently, researchers in Finland made the discovery that some people’s bodies do not respond as expected to...
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Rav Moshe Chagiz - concerning authorship of Zohar

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משנת חכמים (ס' של"ב): ובגדר אהבת החברים ומעלתה נקבלה האמת ממי שאמרו. כי האמת יורה דרכו דמסדר ומחבר ספר הזוהר הקדוש, ד...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Animators of Life:Molecular animation

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NYTimes
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Pachad Yitzchak - Definition of faith

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Pachad Yitzchak (Emuna): Faith is that which is necessary to believe in order not to be called a heretic. ...
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Monday, November 15, 2010

Child & Domestic Abuse book - Buying in Europe or Israel

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My plan of shipping copies to Israel - is simply not practical. It isabout the same price for shipping whether I send bulk quantities fromCr...

This Is Your Brain on Metaphors

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NYTimes Despite rumors to the contrary, there are many ways in which the human brain isn’t all that fancy. Let’s compare ...
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The Infamous Shabbetai Tzvi

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The Infamous Shabbetai Tzvi by Rabbi Dovid Rossoff Jewish history has its list of heroes and villains. Many ...
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Brooklyn Rabbi Is Convicted of Extortion Attempt

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NYTimes NYTimes A prominent Orthodox rabbi who founded a respected Jewish day school in Brooklyn was ...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Man Who Claimed to Have Dybbuk Now Admits it Was All a Bluff

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Matzav The fellow who claimed to have been possessed by a dybbuk and garnered the attention of the Jewish community...

8000 people from Falash Mura community to make Aliya

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JPost Almost 8,000 people from the Falash Mura community in Ethiopia will make aliya to Israel in the next four yea...
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