The Torah sometimes says something of fundamental importance in what seems like a minor and incidental comment. There is a fine example of this near

Around this time last year, I went to Los Angeles with my wife for a weekend to celebrate a family simcha. Our only time in

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Rav Yirmeya miDifti is a sixth-generation Amora appearing often in the Talmud. By examining his interactions with other Amoraim, we can guess as to his

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Rav Aharon Kotler, zt’l, the renowned ga’on and rosh yeshiva, was the founder of Beis Medrash Govoha in Lakewood. One of Gedolei haDor, Reb Aharon