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Originally Posted in August, 2008 I've been meaning to post the Rambam's discussion of the "three groups" (from...

Click here for a printer-friendly version of this blog post. Artwork: Painting of a Ewe and Her Lamb , by Niki Sawyer Parashas ...

I will soon be embarking on my second year of Sefer Koheles, with a year's break in between. As part of my preparation, I've been r...

Click here for a printer-friendly version of this blog post. This week's dvar Torah is a blog post I wrote in January 2012.  Artw...

Dear Readers,  Your regularly scheduled weekly dvar Torah for Parashas Vaeschanan is stuck in development. There's a big idea here ...

משלי יח:ט גַּם מִתְרַפֶּה בִמְלַאכְתּוֹ אָח הוּא לְבַעַל מַשְׁחִית: Mishlei 18:9 Also one who is lax in his work is a brother to the master de...

Dear Readers,  I can't believe it, but it's already that time again: time to start preparing for the classes I'll be ...

This may be read as a stand-alone post AND as a continuation of yesterday's post on the kriah of Tishah b'Av . Those who have read y...

Introduction This post was initially written two years ago on Tishah b'Av. I wrote it in an attempt to understand the import of th...