Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Harvard President Resigns After Plagiarism Allegations, Campus Antisemitism Backlash
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https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-president-claudine-gay-resigns-e52adc44?mod=hp_trending_now_article_pos1 Harvard University ...
Claudine Gay, first Black woman president at Harvard, to resign
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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/02/harvard-claudine-gay-resign-00133459 Harvard’s embattled president Claudine Gay announced that sh...
Divine Providence and the Natural Order (2)
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https://etzion.org.il/en/philosophy/issues-jewish-thought/issues-mussar-and-faith/divine-providence-and-natural-order-2 In the previous sh...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Wealth depends on Profession
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Pesachim (113a) R. Papa said: If I were not a beer manufacturer I would not have become wealthy. Others say, R. Hisda said: If I were not ...
Skills and crafts - where did they come from?
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Radak (Bereishis 4:22) This story teaches us that all crafts and technical skills are not part of the human nature of the early humans tha...
Israel's War on Hamas: How Many Palestinian Deaths Is Too Many?
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https://www.newsweek.com/israels-war-hamas-how-many-palestinian-deaths-too-many-1851121 To try to answer the question of whether so many c...
Nazi rockets over Britain and Hamas rockets over Israel: Similarities and Differences
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Guest post by RaP Rocket warfare is frightening and unique, especially when used against civilian populations. As all Israelis have co...
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Effort is very necessary for all good things
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Pele Yoetz (hishstadlus). Effort is very necessary for all good things whether mundane worldly matters or spiritual matters - even though e...
Torah study makes you wealthy
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Rav Yaakov Emden)Migdal Oz): You won’t find a person who is engaged in studying Torah for the sake of Heaven who does not become great and ...
Relying totally on bitachon and avoiding the world is not G-d's desire
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Rav Saadiya Gaon (Emuna V’De’os 10:15): Many people say that it is best to totally devote oneself to serving G-d. They view the ideal as ...
Torah learning provides parnossa - sometimes
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Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz (Sichos Mussar 5731 - Bitachon): The Alschich’s students complained that he had told them that one does not need to w...
Israel’s Highest Court Strikes Down Controversial Law to Curb Its Power
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https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israels-highest-court-strikes-down-controversial-law-to-curb-its-power-89430e6e?mod=hp_lead_pos1 In ...
Monday, January 1, 2024
G-d doesn't answer the prayers of someone who makes no effort to help himself
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Bava Metzia (75b) There are three who cry out and are not answered, as they are responsible for their own troubles. And they are: One who h...
Hishstadlus alone is effective to achieve success
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Nida (70b) What must a man do that he may become rich? He replied: Let him engage much in business and deal honestly. Did not many, they sa...
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