March 26, 2025

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Raphael Grunfeld

Articles by Raphael Grunfeld

My Father’s Chin

Hashchatat Zakan Nazir 41b As a child, I always wanted to know what my father’s chin looked like. But I never got to see it.

Celebration, Serenity and Mourning

Nazir 15b She returned from the cemetery on Friday afternoon, Erev Sukkot, just before sundown, after bidding him a final farewell. She took off her

Jack of All Trades, Master of None

Hanotel Sachar Lelamed V’ladun Nedarim 37:a. There are no problems in life, only expenses. The compensation for performing a mitzvah is the opportunity to perform

Vows, Oaths and Their Annulment

Nedarim 19b 23b. The world was created with 10 utterances. The power of speech distinguishes man from animal. Words have a power of their own

Mr. Lizzak: Nedarim 39b

Most Shabbatot after shul, Dad, Dayan Grunfeld, zt”l would take me by the hand and together we would climb the steep stairs to the second

Why Are We Here?

Is One Required To Live In Israel, Part III Unlike the Yishuv school of thought described in the previous article, the Kibbutz Galuyot school of