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Thoughts on Torah, working, living in Israel and how they go together.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Eli Yishai (Interior Minister): A Charedi only city will have no income and will not be able to survive

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In a radio interview to Kol Brama, Eli Yishai explained his opposition to splitting Bet Shemesh into a Charedi city and a non-Charedi city. ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

What should we do with contradictory medrashim especially when Rashi quotes both?

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When Yosef reveals himself to his brothers the medrash says that he "proved" his identity by showing them his mila. Yet, in last w...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Noted Charedi Mechanech: Banning The Internet Is Not The Answer

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London - Noted Charedi Mechanech: Banning The Internet Is Not The Answer Rabbi Osher Shapiro explained how the internet is not the reason...

R' Elyashiv's No's - No to Nachal Charedi, No to Charedi colleges, No to Charedi job programs

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The following letter from R' Elyashiv was printed on the front page of yesterday's Yated Neeman: ... We must protest and warn of ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Another fascinating picture of R' Ovadya Yosef and his family

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This time as a young child, the adults are his mother and father. Source: http://www.y-or.co.il/blog/2011/12/21/%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%9C-%D7%9E%...

When to daven mincha this Friday?

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What is different about this Friday? This Friday we will be lighting Chanuka candles. Usually on Friday, most peoples wives light Shabbos ca...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

A Jewish Santa puts on tefilin for the first time

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Free private Mehadrin buses for 6 million shekel a month

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The incident with Tanya Rosenblit seems to be the straw that broke the camels back ( Tanya Rosenblit Is The Straw That Broke The Camel's...
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Different laining in חו"ל and ארץ ישראל on Chanuka?

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Every year this amazes me. On Chanuka we read the parsha of the נשיאים, every day the נשיא for that day. Each נשיא is 6 pesukim and we hav...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Colored strollers prohibited? No it's a fraud - UPDATED

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I saw the following pashkevil that colored strollers are prohibited, I don't if it is a joke or real. According to Kikar Shabbat the...
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Sunday, December 11, 2011

The IRS is going after me and other Americans in Israel

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There have been articles in Hamodia for months about how the IRS is cracking down and is auditing people in Israel who claimed the child tax...
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Thursday, December 08, 2011

Maintaining a pure Torah outlook

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The following letter appeared in today's Hamodia and to me epitomizes the issues that I have with the Charedi world. Can you believe t...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

The mystery of the ninth year is solved

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A few days ago I posted about Kupat Hair's big campaign of the 9th hour of the 9th day of the 9th month of the 9th year and I (among ot...
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Monday, December 05, 2011

Some interesting statistics about the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim

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Number of students: 7200 Number of Batei Medrash: 20 Number of Yeshiva students: 3400 Number of Kollel avreichim: 3000 (I know the number...
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Saturday, December 03, 2011

What is the significance of the 9th hour of the 9th day of the 9th month of the 9th year? - Updated

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This ad is all over the Charedi press this week. I understand the 9th day of the 9th month but how is this the 9th year? What is it the 9...
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Thursday, December 01, 2011

Fascinating picture of R' Ovadya Yosef and his family in Egypt

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Source: עדינה בר-שלום, בתו של הרב עובדיה: הדרת נשים – לא לפי התורה
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

R' Shteinman - Life insurance is not worth it, it is better to rely on tzedaka

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Shas has been working on a plan to provide life insurance for all kollel students. The plan is to take 30 shekels from their stipend each mo...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Rashi believed in mermaids

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On Tuesday the Daf Yomi learned Bechoros 8. At the top of the daf the Gemara says הדולפין פרין ורבין מבני אדם (Rashi's גירסא is מבני). R...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Mir Yeshiva is virtually bankrupt

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With the unexpected death of R' Nosson Tzvi Finkel the Mir Yeshiva has become front page news. In this weeks Mishpacha newspaper the mai...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Could Avraham Avinu have been as tall as 74 men?

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Parsha blog quotes the following from the end of Maseches Sofrim: " The man [who lived in Chevron] was the greatest of the giants...
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