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אישים ושיטות: May 2010
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Thursday, May 27, 2010. R' Kook on natural law and on the importance of open-mindedness. Following is my inexact translation of the first part Chapter 22 of the recently leaked ms. of R' Kook לנבוכי הדור. See here. For the background of this book and here. For a great analysis of its contents. That which is understood on its own, the personal and pure ethics, and the laws, that is the laws of the Torah, when looke...
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אישים ושיטות: November 2010
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Well they're in the Bronx. If this be so, then the contentions of the defendant as to the inappropriateness of Yeshiva University and Planned Parenthood occupying space in the same commercial office building are of little moment. Indeed, the argument that there is a fundamental conflict in [* *14]. Our buildings would be [* 163]. 297 NY.S.2d 156. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Well theyre i...
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אישים ושיטות
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Wednesday, December 29, 2010. From Mordechai Kaplans Diary 1973 1/9/73:. I recall very distinctly the first talk Solomon Schechter gave to the students of the new seminary during September 1902 but the only statement that impressed me so that I remember it was "Be sure to read the New Testament.". Is the full diary online somewhere, or published? March 9, 2011 at 3:54 PM. March 9, 2011 at 7:36 PM. On The Main Line.
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אישים ושיטות
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Monday, December 27, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Halacha Berurah - Many Seforim. Jewish Law - articles. Articles by Meir Bar Ilan (the II). On The Main Line. A description of, and conversation with the great . From Mordechai Kaplans Diary 1973 1/9/73: I r. Great Judges think alike (or not). From here (see also). Two golden pillars - the Strashuns. Not) quotable quote: On this note, I would like .
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אישים ושיטות: Great Judges think alike (or not)
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Great Judges think alike (or not). A very famous opinion of Aruch HaShulchan holds. This controversial ruling was accepted by some poskim(8) and strongly rejected by others(9). Harav M. Feinstein(10) ruled that one can rely on this leniency only under extenuating circumstances. 8 Ben Ish Chai, Parashas Bo 12; Seridei Eish 2:14; Yabia Omer 6:13. Miller v. Civil City of South Bend. Obviou...
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אישים ושיטות: October 2010
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Wednesday, October 6, 2010. A remarkable letter from R Moshe Feinstein. Published in the beginning of Chaim Bloch's pamphlet on artificial insemination - יהיו מחניך קודש. Of R' Moshe's writings as they show his greatness not just as a posek but as a great leader who was genuinely concerned about those who came to him for help . Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Halacha Berurah - Many Seforim. Jewish Law - articles.
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אישים ושיטות: December 2010
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Thursday, December 30, 2010. A description of, and conversation with the great R' Yisroel Moshe Chazan. Following is a passage from "Nach Jerusalem" by Ludwig Frankl. I reached, after walking a considerable distance, the stately house of Mr. Chazan, the Head Rabbi of the Ionian Islands. The guide, when I told him to conduct me to him, did not at first understand, till recollecting himself, he said: —. It is everyw...
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אישים ושיטות: August 2010
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Some fascinating letters - Chaim Bloch collection - 1 - Lubavitcher Rebber. Leo Baeck has made available the archival collection. Of the controversial writer, forger Chaim Bloch. Some pages worth looking at:. Pg 99 ff - Letters to the Lubavitcher Rebbe Zt"l. Some of these letters have been published in Igros Kodesh but most have never been published. בשם אלקים חיים מוצש"ק יתרו תש"כ. באפוק...
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אישים ושיטות: September 2010
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Dead Sea Scrolls dispute. Monday, September 13, 2010. Odd piece of post war Israeli history - Bloch Archive. As I understand it, the Mayor of Bnei Brak (Aharonowitz) desired to go to the Gerrer Rebbe (at that time the Beis Yisroel? Landau to speak to the Rebbe on his behalf bu to no avail. Bloch collection - R' Moshe Feinstein. Monday, September 6, 2010. On pg 453 of Reel 5 of the Bloc...
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אישים ושיטות: Two golden pillars - the Strashuns
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רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר אין עושין נפשות לצדיקים דבריהם הן הן זכרונן ירושלמי שקלים פ"ב ה"ה. Monday, December 27, 2010. Two golden pillars - the Strashuns. Biographical sketch of Rashash and his son RMSH. Written by a grandson of Rashash. Rasash spoke a fluent Polish. A story of a Kanoi threatening (predicting? That Rashash's house would burn down for possessing heretical books. RMASH exchanged letters with Zunz and various other stuff. Perhaps he learned it from תלמוד לשון פלאניא. Strashun[s.] piety ...