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Struggles, Challenges, and Tradition

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Concentric Circle

Already by Birchos haShachar I’ve remembered eight urgent things to do

Esther Sender

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Separation is extremely complicated and highly dangerous in most cases — often one or both twins doesn’t make it.

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A Policeman in a Typical American City

"There’s a conception out there that policemen walk around shooting wantonly. In my experience and training, that’s hardly the truth"

Chaya Inselburg

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Let's Talk Gemara (Part 2) Feat. Rav Aaron Lopiansky

In part two of this important topic, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield continue their discussion about gemara with Rav Aaron Lopiansky. How do you reconcile the Torah's view of the age of the world with the theories that the scientific community suggest? How should we be teaching children that eisav soneh Yaakov practically, when they might have regular interactions with the umos haolam? And the BIG QUESTION: How do we relay to boys who are struggling with gemara that they are as equally as important as the metzuyanim?

Rabbi Ari Schonfeld and Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield

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Let's Talk Gemara (Part 1)

On our first ever episode, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield discuss the burning questions parents have about raising their children. Is there any validity to the opinion that forcing middle school boys to go to shul on Shabbos is the way to go? When your child reports "facts" that don't line up with that the teacher says, who do you believe? And the BIG QUESTION: Is it possible my son is not cut out for Gemara?

Rabbi Ari Schonfeld and Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield

Eyes That Saw Angels

Eyes That Saw Angels

Would we spend the rest of our lives wondering why we’d hadn’t contacted the myriad of magical figures living in our midst?

Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Eyes That Saw Angels

A Yeshivah Bochur from Denmark

Venerable individuals still among us share their recollections of personal encounters with yesteryear's giants

Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Vantage Point

The World Is Ready

The story behind Yat Kislev, the bitter dispute that turns brother against brother, is a painfully familiar one

Rabbi Moshe Hauer

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Doubling Down on Simchas Torah

Given what happened last year and since — can our observance of this day remain unchanged?

Rabbi Moshe Hauer

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Essential information, useful checklists, and practical guidance from rabbis, attorneys, and mental health professionals

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