23 Oct Is Philosophy Kosher?
Many people are familiar with the long-standing debate about the propriety of a Torah Jew studying philosophy. Multiple times in the Middle Ages, rabbis debated the permissibility of studying philosophy...
Many people are familiar with the long-standing debate about the propriety of a Torah Jew studying philosophy. Multiple times in the Middle Ages, rabbis debated the permissibility of studying philosophy...
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Name: Maxwell M. Scherzer Nick name: Mad Max Born: July 27, 1984 (age 35) in Chesterfield, Missouri MLB Debut: April 29, 2008, for the Arizona Diamondbacks MLB statistics (through 2019 season): Win–loss record: 170–89...
This Chol Hamoed Succos, singing sensation Mordechai Shapiro has teamed up with the mega producer Eli Gerstner from EG productions & will be performing at the Ford Amphitheater in Brooklyn...
THE BLIND GOLFER Charlie Boswell was a great athlete who became blind during World War II while rescuing his friend from a tank that was under fire. When he returned to...
A GIFT TO A MOTHER Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly...
There is a special mitzvah of simcha on Sukkos. Chazal teach us in Sukka (51a) that a person who never witnessed the Simchas Bais Hasho’eiva never witnessed true simcha in...
I am visiting my parents for the first days of Sukkos and my in-laws for the last days. We hung up, in my parent’s Sukkah, decorations that my children made...
The Bach teaches us that one of the unique features of the mitzvah of sukkah is that it is imperative to have the correct kavanah, concentration, when doing the mitzvah....
The halacha requires that one dwell in the sukkah for the duration of the yom tov in the same way one would live in his own home: eating, sleeping, learning,...