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Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Two Cents
Unsolicited advice from people with no qualifications but many opinions
Michali Naiman and Chana Fishman
Two Cents
Unsolicited advice from people with no qualifications but many opinions
Michali Naiman and Chana Fishman
Family First Inbox
“Chinuch does have to be personalized al pi darko”
Family First Readers
Family First Inbox
“Enforcing rules should not be confused with being uncompassionate”
Family First Readers
For Keeps: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
I can see the shul from my dining room window. The idea that it was so close, yet so far, was too much to bear
Binyomin Yudin 
For Keeps: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
“He would be killed just for having it in his possession. But a Torah is a Torah and my father was determined to save it”
Sandy Eller
Torah Thought
Torah leaders confronting the Enlightenment were forced to develop innovative and original approaches to preserving and transmitting the mesorah. Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch’s groundbreaking commentary on Chumash stands out.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Read-Along Storytime
“Let’s make a carnival! We’ll charge an entry fee, and make loads of cash!”
R. Atkins
Read-Along Storytime
The issue of joy at the downfall of enemies is obviously a subtle and complex one Israelis danced in the streets of Tel Aviv when news broke that the archenemy of the Jews, the leader of Hamas, had been killed. Like all Israelis, I shared the feelings of joy. But if I had been in
R. Atkins
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