יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן פְּרַחְיָה וְנִתַּאי הָאַרְבֵּלִי קִבְּלוּ מֵהֶם: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן פְּרַחְיָה אוֹמֵר: עֲשֵׂה לְךָ רַב, וּקְנֵה לְךָ חָבֵר, וֶהֱוֵי דָן אֶת כָל הָאָדָם לְכַף זְכוּת: (אבות
Question: I was supposed to take over as chazan at Yishtabach, but I absentmindedly said Yishtabach quietly as the previous chazan was finishing Az Yashir.
וְנֹ֕חַ מָ֥צָא חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י ה’׃ אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹקים הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹֽחַ׃ וַיּ֥וֹלֶד נֹ֖חַ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים אֶת־שֵׁ֖ם אֶת־חָ֥ם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת׃ (בראשית ו/ח-י)
In the Marvelous Middos Machine 3, “Does Anyone Have the Time,” Dr. Middos is able to contact Shnooky Shapiro — who had accidentally gone back
The first few parshiyot of Sefer Bereishit are so action-packed, that there are sections in each parsha that we tend to read through quickly, almost
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“Novominsk on Chumash Vol 1: Insights, Perspectives, and Life Lessons from the Novominsker Rebbe, Rav Yaakov Perlow, Bereishis-Shemos,” by Rabbi Yecheskel Ostreicher. 346 pages. 2022.
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For those who like to read, the yamim noraʾim and Sukkos provide great opportunities to do that. This is what I read over the holidays.
Reviewing: “The Complete Targum Onkelos: English Translation with Original Hebrew and Aramaic Text: Volume I” by Jack Abramowitz. Kodesh Press. 2022. Hebrew. Paperback. 486 pages.
(Courtesy of Sde Chemed) To say that the S’dei Chemed “Off the Beaten Path” program was a tremendous success would be an understatement. From the
