Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Baalei Teshuva - Hurting their feelings
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There is a clear halacha that it is a Torah prohibition to remind a baal teshuva of his past (Shulchan Aruch C.M. 428:4) - this is from the ...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Bailout - Chrysler says thanks with expensive ads
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Fox News reports: Chrysler is facing a backlash from taxpayers and conservative groups after the ailing auto company took out a series of fu...
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Bailout - $25 million parachute
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Fox News: A former top executive at Merrill Lynch who received a $25 million golden parachute after just three months of work has purchased ...
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Chabad - R' Holtzberg's son niftar
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Does Chabad utilize Dor Yeshorim? Haaretz reports Another tragedy befell the family of Mumbai attack victims Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzbe...
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Holocaust denial & hoaxes
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Time Magazine reported: [see also NY Times] O No. After inviting Holocaust survivor Herman Rosenblat on her show not once, but twice, to...
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Psychology of Evil - Milgram study II
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NYTimes [...] The Milgram experiment’s startling result — as anyone who has taken a college psychology course knows — was that ordinary peop...
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Chazal I - Agada & R' Hirsch
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In our discussion of the meaning of Chanuka, I was asked about the relationship between views of Achronim and Chazal - in particular about R...
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Religion & self-control /scientific evidence
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NY Times reports: If I’m serious about keeping my New Year’s resolutions in 2009, should I add another one? Should the to-do list include, “...
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Chanuka in Mumbai
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One Thousand Look On As Chabad kindles menorah in Mumbai Lubavitch.com . Referred by R' Oliver Mumbai, India—December 25--At the Gates o...
Monday, December 29, 2008
Ashkenazim are true Jews!
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Nofia Vered Shem-Tov 's comment to " Descendants of Marranos (Anousim) - should they be... ": I am shocked and appalled tha...
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Knife attack in Kiryat Sefer
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Haaretz reports YNET reports: A Palestinian laborer on Monday morning stabbed three Israelis in the ultra-Orthodox town of Kiryat Sefe...
Lakewood - Beis Feige/ (was concert banned)
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Hamercaz reports: [forwarded by RaP] Also reported here. Lakewood, N.J. -- In a surprising, last-minute move, the Roshei Yeshiva and Mashg...
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Chanuka & Greek Philosophy - Any relationship?
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Shabbos (21b): What is [the reason of] Hanukkah? For our Rabbis taught: On the twenty-fifth of Kislew 22 [commence] the days of Hanukkah, w...
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Response to Gaza attacks at last!
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Haaretz reports: Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired at least 54 Qassam and Grad rockets into southern Israel on Saturday after...
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