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Peacemaking with the enemy? A cautionary tale from the Book of Maccabees
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Bacchides massacres the trusting frummies under a flag of truce
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What kind of peace should we pray for in Gaza?
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Haftarah VaYeshev: Amos decries social injustice (at G-d's direction)
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History teaches that morality collapses among the very rich and the very poor
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Parshas VaYeshev: Contrasting the sibling relationships between the 12 brothers of the Joseph story and the 5 brothers of the Macabee story
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The trick is not to be jealous of any sibling's special talents, but rather to discover the talents of each, and follow that brother in his area of special excellence
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R' Yeshaya Bassan and the Ramchal: The remarkable correspondence between rebbe and talmid
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The tight relationship between the two allowed for the frankest exchange of opposing ideas, totally free of rancor or disrespect
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Shechem - Some of the Brothers Killed, Other Brothers Looted (Parshas VaYishlach)
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What exactly is the translation of the חִתַּת אֱלֹ-ים after the massacre in Shechem?
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Tefilah in the Context of the Current Situation in Syria
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There are moments when certain prayers are תְּפִלּוֹת שָׁוְא. This is not one of them!
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Who exactly was Ovadiah? Has his prophecy come true?
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Parshas VaYishlach: The challenges of Jewish survival in hostile environments
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The violation of Dina, the lethal response, and the current war in Gaza
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An Analysis of the Latest Events on the Israel-Syria Border
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Bibi's unilateral military moves there
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A curiously tragic rabbinical figure, whose dictionary ruled the roost for one century
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A curiously tragic rabbinical figure, whose dictionary ruled the roost for one century
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The Devil and R' Shimshon of Ostropol
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Haftarah VaYeitzei: The Kingdom of the North blows its last chance by retaining the Golden Calf
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זֹבְחֵי אָדָם עֲגָלִים יִשָּׁקוּן
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Parsas VaYeitzei: What does Jacob mean by הָיָה הַשֵּׁם לִי לֶאֱלֹהִים?
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The tension in monotheistic religion between universalism and paticularism
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We may be seeing revolutionary developments in the non-Jewish states that may benefit Israel
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Thanksgiving as an American (but not Christian) Religious Holiday
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The unique historical nature of "American" Religion
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Donating sub-par animals to the Temple for a "kodashim write-off"
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"An army with the resolution of volunteers, fighting for values of holiness"
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Parshas Toldos: The Palestinian (Plishti) Peace Proposal
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"We hate you, but we fear you, so let's make peace"
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Are the Jews a religious group? A nationality? An ethnicity?
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R' Katz on current court cases and the Hamas demonstrations at the universities
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In Politics, Timing is everything...
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What's more important, good middos or halachic observance?
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Three options: a.) Absolute Monotheism b.) Modified Monotheism c.) Absolute Polytheism
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The Hasmoneans and the Question of Drafting the Yeshiva Bachurim
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How he Hasmonean rulers fought their wars and handled the "Bnei Torah Problem" 2,000 years ago
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How come Elisha's servant Gechazi did not believe his master could revive the child?
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The Iranian-Israel Conflict in light of interesting internal developments in Iran
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Which is stronger in Iranian Universities? Hatred of Israel, or hatred of the Arabs and support of Israel? Some surprising developments
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Parshas VaYera: The הַשְׁגָּחָה פְּרָטִית in the sequence of events in the Abraham story
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Abraham is not opposed by the Canaanites because he is a childless nomad...at first...
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R Shimon Sofer, Pt 2: Walking a political tightrope for Galician Jews trapped between Germans, Ukrainians, and Poles
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For the upcoming Genazym auction on November 17, 2024
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R Shimon Sofer (1820-1883), Pt. 1: The complexities of Jewish ethnic politics in Central Europe (Galicia) in the 19th century
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For the upcoming Genazym auction on November 17, 2024
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Parshas Lech Lecha: The conquest of Semitic Israel by Hamitic invaders
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Abraham, the Semite, is told by G-d to go to Israel, from which the Semites are being driven out and dispossessed by Canaanite invaders
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And The Worm of Jacob - Jewish survival in difficult times
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Didn't Shem and Abraham live in the same place long before Abraham's move to Eretz K'naan?
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R' Katz discusses the newest Genazym auction, featuring (inter alia) the seal the famous Italian Rabbi Yeshaya Bassan (1673-1739)
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Teacher of the famous RMS Luzzatto, as well as leading Italian Posek of the early 18th century. The close bond, despite different personalities, between Rebbe and Talmid
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Haftorah Parsha Noach: The Abandoned Wife Discovers She is not abandoned after all
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The Ark was a haven during the Flood, but afterwards G-d orders Noah to exit the Ark
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Was Nimrod the first king in human history?
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R' Shmuel Leib Kauder (1770-1835) Last of the Bohemian Gedolim
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One of those great gedolim you never heard of
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How such massacres were commemorated in the liturgy of Eastern European Jewry
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Parshas V'Zos HaBrachah: G-d offers the Torah to the other nations but they turn down the offer
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What does this mean? Was it an actual historical event? A fascinating interpretation of the שְׁלָ"ה הַקָּדוֹשׁ
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The medieval debate whether it resembles the sign of the cross, and the contemporary significance in light of the current war
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Is it far from Israel? Or the very opposite!
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R' Katz speculates on the origins of the שִׂמְחַת בֵּית הַשּׁוֹאֵבָה
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The current climate and scarcity of water was not the reality in Ancient Israel
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The Original Sukkos: Was it BOTH Clouds of Glory and סֻכּוֹת מַמָּשׁ- first one and then the other?
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Why are women not required to sit in sukkahs?
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Are the Four Minim connected to the Four Exiles? Or to Exile as a phenomenon?
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All Jewish life, including Jews in Israel, is a sukkah-existence, fragile in structure, protected by Providence (עַנְנֵי הַכָּבוֹד)
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We don't want him to be Jewish!
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A Quick History of Israel's Diplomatic Relations (and lack of relations) with Moslem Countries
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Israel's recent progress in this area was one of the triggers of the Oct. 7th Hamas attack
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The Jonah Story: Some sober thoughts in light of current events
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R' Katz analyzes the significance of the Jonah and Nineveh tale in its historic and mussar context
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Two extremes: a.) Yom Kippur atones without repentance b.) To atone properly, the most extreme penances are required
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The Episode of Elephantine: A Jewish Garrison on the Egyptian-Sudan Border in the Times of Ezra, Nehemiah & Co.
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The remarkable letters that were found by archaeologists. What were Jews doing in the Persian army, anyway?
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