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"The Genius" Review, Part II

(For Part I of the review, see here.)In this week's post, I will review a segment of the instant-classic work on the Vilna Gaon, Yale assistant professor Eliyahu Stern's The Genius: Elijah of Vilna and...

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The different types of ben olam haboh

The gemara Sanhedrin (68b): They sent a question from Eretz Yisoel who is a ben olam haboh?שלחו מתם איזהו בן העולם הבא ענוותן ושפל ברך שייף עייל שייף ונפיק וגריס באורייתא תדירא ולא מחזיק טיבותא לנפשי...

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Article 22

רָב אָדָם יִקְרָא אִישׁ חַסְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֱמוּנִים מִי יִמְצָא - מִשְׁלֵי כ:וThe Maharal at the beginning of Nesiv Ha'emuna explains this pasuk as simultaneously refering to baalei emuna bein adam...

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On the verge of Becoming

The Gemara in Brachos 54b says - ג'צריכין שימור ואלו הן חולה חתן וכלה. במתניתא תנא חולה חיה חתן וכלה ויש אומרים אף אבל ויש אומרים אף תלמידי חכמים בלילה . Rashi explains that there are two categories...

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Article 20

To make up for my last post (what was that?) (there is still the potential of a good idea there, I believe, but not in that form), I am posting the following.It is known that there is a parallel...

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Yisro Mishpatim Terumah Purim

From the archives of TorahJournal. Some of these could maybe be a bit different or improved. The main lesson is to act.YisroYisro joins up with the Jews and quickly gives Moshe some advice on...

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קנאה את מעוררת עלינו בין האומות

(I am writing this vort, even though I have said it in the past because it has not yet been published.)The Gemara in Megillah (7a) says Esther asked the rabbis: כתבוני לדורות (a look at the manuscripts...

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Moshe and Aharon

I'm patching together some things I've heard over the years. Not fully developed but I'd very much like to hear people's thoughts and if you know of any additional mekoros on this topicI just recently...

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tentative post

havent had a chance to compose an actual post yet but for the sake of continuity...had a thought this week (or did i hear this one years ago from musings?) that the mann the jews received in the midbar...

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קנאין פוגעין בו

הרב ד.ג. עמד על הלשון דקנאין פוגעין בו והעיר כדרכו שהמקור בתורה לדינא דקנאי הוא במעשה פנחס שעצר מגפה ע''י קנאתו דהיינו פגיעה (פ'ג) כנגד מגפה (ג'פ). ע''כ דברי הרב מכאן ואילך דברי התלמיד. רציתי לבאר...

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Rosh Chodesh

I realize I've already fulfilled my obligation but it's rosh chodesh and this vort just came up. I was reading shaarei orah over shabbos in which he discusses that the shem havaya has 12 permutations...

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Rambam chametz u'matzah

Not my turn to post but I have a question. Rambam in א:א of chametz writes - כל האוכל כזית חמץ בפסח מתחלת ליל חמשה עשר עד סוף יום אחד ועשרים בניסן במזיד חייב כרת שנאמר כי כל אוכל חמץ ונכרתה. בשוגג חייב...

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חדש בח"ל

In a previous post, I quoted the Aruch haShulchan's kulah for why people carry on shabbos. Another area where common practice seems problematic is Chadash. The Aruch HaShulchan again doesn't like the...

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הערות על ספרי רד"ק השני, אולי השלישי

הערות על ספר האמונה הנאמנה (על י"ג העיקרים של הרמב"ם, כותרת הספר כנראה באה משיר האמונה של הראי"ה, ובזה קשור לקדושתא דיומא, ודו"ק).ספר האמונה הנאמנהעמ'יב: הביא דברי המהר"ל (גבורות ה'פרק מ"ז) דג'פתחים...

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The wheel of fortune

For my post I wanted to share a fascinating gemara I learnt recently that changed the way I view the world with regards to financial well being. The gemara is in Shabbos 151bתניא ר אלעזר הקפר אומר...

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Harvest Festivals

The Maharal in perek מ"ו of Gevuros Hashem discusses why we celebrate the three stages of the crop cycle. The Maharal explains that even though the seasons are of the natural tier, they are essentially...

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Sefirat HaOmer

To add another point or two to the last highly discussed post:1. I think it's kind of interesting that in addition to Shavuos being the day that follows the 49, there might also be said to be a...

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תורת חסד ותורת אמת Part II

In our last post not so long ago we discussed an idea of a transition from Torat Chessed to Torat Emet. Perhaps with this idea we can also connect to a previous post of somewhat more long ago in which...

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Article 6

Seeing as pruzhaner hasn't posted yet, we'll just add one more he'ara re last weeks first post. Namely a possible peshat in why 16 Nissna is called "mimacharas hashabbos". 15 Nissan is the 7th full...

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נשיא שנצטרע

[הוריות דף י.-:]פרט לנשיא שנצטרע שנאמר וינגע ה'את המלך, ויהי מצורע עד יום מותו וישב בבית החפשית וכו'מדקאמר בבית החפשית מכלל דעד השתא עבד הוה וכו',כי הא דר'גמליאל ורבי יהושע וכו', אמר להם כמדומין אתם...

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