Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Women and marriage

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  Daf Yomi this week (כתובות ע״ה) had a fascinating Gemara about women and marriage. בְּקָרִיבֵיהּ! האִיהִי בְּכׇל דְּהוּ נִיחָא לַהּ, כִּדְ...

Beautiful Breasts

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 Daf Yomi just learned the following Gemara (כתובות ע"ה) תָּנֵי רַבִּי נָתָן בִּירָאָה: בֵּין דַּדֵּי אִשָּׁה טֶפַח. סָבַר רַב אַחָא בּ...
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Sunday, March 6, 2022

This makes me angry not sympathetic

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When I saw this it made me very angry. This person is not asking for tzedaka because some tragedy happened to him. Rather, he is asking for ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Should everyone sit and learn Torah all day?

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 The charedi hashkafa says absolutely. However there is a fascinating Gemara in Chagiga which clearly contradicts this position תָּנוּ רַבָּ...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Were the Amoraim/Tannaim paragons of virtue? Part 8

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 The Gemara in Taanis 24a has the following story about Rav Yosi from Yokrat: בְּרַתֵּיה מַאי הִיא? הַוְיָא לֵיהּ בְּרַתָּא בַּעֲלַת יוֹפִי,...
Sunday, July 4, 2021

Are some people born good and some born bad?

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Daf Yomi just learned the Gemara in Yoma 82b-83a. The Gemara has a din that a pregnant woman that has a craving for a certain food is allowe...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

The Charedi view of how people make money

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Mishpacha magazine has an interview with a famous Sefardi Rosh yeshiva. One of the questions he discussed is money. He was asked about peop...