This week’s essay will be the first to deal with some of the latest thoughts and literature regarding the observance of Shavuot.
Ohr Ha Tzafon, volume four, Nissan 5776, published by Beis …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/30/16
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By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of May 8, 2009 / 14 Iyar 5769
“Ish imo v’aviv tira’u …You shall each fear your mother and father.”
This Sunday is Mother’s Day. Should you by any …
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5/6/09
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The accurate portrayal of history can be a daunting task. This is especially so when the subject is faith based and dependent upon sacred literature as the source of events and personalities which are central to a faith’s historical core.
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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11/16/11
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For most of our readers, the name Nathan Lopes Cardozo has a non-Jewish, exotic ring. Nevertheless, when you read on you will discover that with his name comes a gentleman whose legacy and ancestry bespeaks of a personal history that legends are made of.
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/23/13
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Perhaps the two most popular literary works on the Jewish calendar are the Megillah and the Haggadah. This year has witnessed two very unusual and timely commentaries that pull together ancient pshat and drash in a modern lingo that should help further enrich an already crowed field of Megillah publications.
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/10/11
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Recently the issue of high quality secular education in New York state’s non-public schools came to the fore when Boro Park state Senator Simcha Felder forced through legislation that may lower …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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4/18/18
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With the observance of Tisha B’ Av almost upon us, a new biography was recently published by ArtScroll entitled Faith Amid the Flames, the story of Holocaust survivor Reb Yosef Friedenson, …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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8/7/19
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The Freifeld Legacy
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
We call it yichus — the legacy of generations of the past. Rabbis, scholars, talmidei chachamim, community leaders who were ancestors to …
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7/8/08
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If one were to measure the life’s work and achievement of any human being, I am certain that the spiritual legacy and literary accomplishments left by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan would certainly rank high among those who sought to interpret and share their spiritual commitment to our Jewish faith with a world in need of its message.
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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1/31/13
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Of the three major festivals on the Jewish religious calendar, Shavuot is the shortest, with a one-day observance in Israel and two days in the Diaspora. However, when we consider that this holiday …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/18/23
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