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A Confession for Our Trying Times

A Confession for Our Trying Times

Laws of Fasts, Chapter 1: This practice [of fasting] is one of the paths of repentance, for when a difficulty arises, and the people cry out [to God] and sound the trumpets, everyone will realize that [the difficulty] occurred because of their evil conduct, as [Jeremiah 5:25] states: “Your sins have turned away [the rains … Continue reading

Response to Rabbi Shlomo Brody

This article appeared earlier this week. Interestingly, it was one of Rabbi Brody‘s articles in the Hakira journal a few years ago that elicited my first response to the journal that actually got printed. This latest entry drew my attention because I already addressed two of its main points in a video that I made … Continue reading

Response to Rabbi Leo Dee

Response to Rabbi Leo Dee

Rabbi Leo Dee has nothing but my sympathy for what he has suffered this year. But I also believe that his stated opinions are foolish. ( I guess you can say that “I pity the fool.”) Rabbis Yaakov Medan and Moshe Lichtenstein have also weighed in on recent events. Their opinions are significant because of … Continue reading

If Rabbi Avi Shafran Had Been Around In Maccabbean Times

If Rabbi Avi Shafran Had Been Around In Maccabbean Times

(The unfortunate original article.) (December, 164 BCE) — After Antiochus IV recaptured Jerusalem in the 168 BCE Judean War, the Jewish High Priesthood, headed by Menelaus, ordered that from then on, entering the Temple Mount area be strictly forbidden to traditional Jews, and on the authority of Antiochus IV, he outlawed Jewish religious rites and … Continue reading