16 Nov The Chazir Is Not Kosher

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The Torah tells us that a kosher animal is one which has split hooves and chews its cud; pigs have split hooves, but because they do not chew their cud,...

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16 Nov Discarding Torah Printouts

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What do you do with sacred books (sheimos) that become worn out or otherwise unneeded? Technology has given the question more weight. With so many newspapers, handouts and printouts, the...

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16 Nov Parshas Toldot: I Will Choose Free Will

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The world of religious ideas was steadily c o a l e s c i n g . Gradually, G-d introduced humanity to fundamental principles of religion. The horrific flood...

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10 Nov A DIFFERENT SHABBOS CHAYEI SARAH IN CHEVRON THIS YEAR: Q & A WITH RAV SIMCHA HOCHBAUM

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FAST FACTS:  Name: Rabbi Simcha Hochbaum  Born: 1966 in New York  Grew up in: Staten Island  Graduated: Yeshiva University with a B.S. in accounting and studied at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education.   Before...

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10 Nov RABBI LORD SACKS: A TRIBUTE

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Rabbi Sacks died on the Shabbos of Parshas Vayera, surely one of his favorite parshos — I have no doubt this is a kavod acknowledging his leadership and wisdom and...

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10 Nov KLAL YISRAEL MOURNS THE PROFOUND LOSS OF RABBI LORD JONATHAN SACKS ZT”L

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“Though he seldom mentions it, Sacks battled cancer twice, once in his 30s, and later in his 50s. Yet unlike many other rabbis and scholars of religion, from Rabbi David...

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10 Nov TWO LEADERS OF KLAL YISRAEL WERE NIFTAR THIS PAST WEEKEND

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Much is discussed and written about leadership. Historically, the Jewish people crave effective, responsible and dignified leaders. This has been especially evident, again, during the current pandemic when we hold...

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10 Nov OU MOURNS THE LOSS OF RAV DOVID FEINSTEIN, ZT”L

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Rav Feinstein served as the rosh yeshiva of Mesivta Tiferes Jerusalem, located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, since the passing in 1986 of his renowned father Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l....

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10 Nov OU MOURNS THE LOSS OF CHIEF RABBI LORD JONATHAN SACKS

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Rabbi Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom for 22 years, served as a profoundly eloquent teacher of Torah and spokesman for Torah values within the Jewish community and beyond....

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10 Nov RAV DOVID FEINSTEIN’S POSITION ON ORGAN TRANSPLANTS BASED ON HIS FATHER R’ MOSHE’S PSAK

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My father’s position was, very simply that the stopping of breathing was death. It doesn’t matter if the heart is functioning or not; as long as he stops breathing he’s...

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