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Ideas on Maharal...: Rav Moshe Feinstein: Can A Jew Have Plastic Surgery
The Responsa of Rav Moshe Feinstein in Choshen Mishpat 2:66 (In Volume 7 of Igros Moshe) can be found in the original Hebrew version Here. The following is my translation with my comments.
66. Is a Young Woman Permitted To Beautify Herself Through The ...
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Faultline USA: A North American Union? Really? ... J. D. Longstreet
A North American Union? Really?
Why the government won't seal the southern border
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
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Recently, I heard more false claims that the US stole much of the land that is now the southwestern states from Mexico...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 9:52pm -07:00T (1116 words)
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RAC Blog: Un’taneh Tokef: The Awesome Sanctity of This Day
By Rabbi Richard Sarason
In the traditional liturgy, the special character of each holiday is particularly conveyed by the piyyutim (hymns, liturgical poems) that are recited or chanted on that day. Most of these piyyutim have been omitted in Reform l...
Dateline: 2013-05-16 2:18am -07:00T (1132 words)
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Torah Down Under Parsha Blog: The mitzvah to guard the beis hamikdash
The gemara says in Tamid (26a) that cohanim and leviim are obligated to keep guard in the beis hamikdash both by day and also by night. The gemara says that we learn this from the passuk in Bamidbar that says (במדבר ג, לח):וְהַחֹנִים ל...
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The Book of Life: The Jewish Book Carnival: May 2013
Welcome to the May 2013 Jewish Book Carnival!The Jewish Book Carnival is a monthly online event in which bloggers who blog about Jewish books share highlights from their own blogs. You'll find links to Jewish sites across the blogosphere, featuring interv...
Dateline: 2013-05-16 7:21am -07:00T (374 words)
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At the back of the hill: BEST MILK TEA IN SAN FRANCISCO
Over the past two years you have seen a term here fairly often that might have quirked your interest: Milk Tea (奶茶 naai cha). And perhaps you have understood that in the context of this blog and my own preferences it refers fairly strictly to the Hong...
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Mystical Paths: A Crown of Glory
by Reb Gutman Locks @ Mystical Paths I was explaining to my Shabbos guests that the Torah does not come to give us a burden, but to take a burden away. Mitzvahs should be joyful and elevating, and not merely obligations that are difficult to ful...
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Tzvee.blogspot.com: Top Ten Reasons We Eat Dairy on Shavuot
It seems we can never remember exactly why we eat dairy on Shavuot. Multiple thanks to our good friend who researched and thought about this question and sent us a retrospective for this year and reminder for years to come.
After immersing myself and...
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Jewish Humor Central: Mel Brooks Fan Alert: Don't Miss Monday Night PBS American Masters Documentary
Attention all Mel Brooks fans: Don't miss the PBS American Masters special Mel Brooks: Make a Noise, premiering nationwide at 9 pm Monday night, May 20, 2013 on PBS (check local listings).After 60 years in show business, Mel Brooks has earned more major ...
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Faultline USA: When YOUR Ox Is Gored ... ... J. D. Longstreet
When YOUR Ox Is Gored ...Attack of the Lapdogs!A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet*****************WOW! What a turn around! I refer of course, to the repentance of the Mainstream Media. Repentance here is meant in the classic definition: turn around and g...
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WebYeshiva Blog: Pirkei Avot: Chapter Six: Kinyan Torah
What we call the last chapter of Avot actually isn’t—Avot has five chapters, but the custom of reading these chapters between Pesach and Shavuot seems to be so ancient that a sixth chapter was added, to have something to read that last week (many comm...
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Rabbi Shishler Online: Our addictions
A few days ago, I listened to a recording of a talk by Rabbi Dr. Avraham Twersky (the renowned rabbi, speaker and psychiatrist) on addiction. The talk was fascinating, partly because he spent some time linking the principles of the Twelve Step Programme t...
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The Kosher Scene: Chicken Cobbler
As someone who spent his childhood through mid-teens in Uruguay, the beef capital of the world, chicken was not a favorite growing up. After coming to the US, however, I finally discovered the delights of poultry; the following recipe – which my mot...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 4:37am -07:00T (385 words)
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Dikdukian: Aleph's and Ayin's
The שולחן ערוך או"ח קכח:לג, based on the :גמרא מגילה כ"ד states that someone who cannot properly pronounce the letters, such as one who mispronounces an א as an ע or an ע as an א, should not go up to perform ב...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 7:07am -07:00T (351 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: A Crack in The Wall
Yair Lapid and Aryeh Deri - Photo Credit: Arutz ShevaThere are two major issues that the Charedi world in Israel is now being confronted with. One is the draft. The other is the funding of their schools. The new government has promised to severely reduce ...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 8:45am -07:00T (1095 words)
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