Non-Trends in Jewish Life – Parshas Devarim

One of my favorite stories is about the author of the Jewish Code of Law, Rav Yosef Caro. Apparently, he was troubled by a passage in the Talmud for many, many years. And he would always come back to this passage and try to come up with solutions to the question, but to no avail. more »

The good IN the bad – Tzidkas Hatzadik #170b

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The good with the bad – Tzidkas HaTzadik #170a

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What Elul is all about – Tzidkas HaTzadik #169

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Tzidkas HaTzadik – Riding the Waves of Anxiety and Guilt

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Laws of Tisha B’av

There are a number of unique practices this Shabbos due to the fact that it is the ninth of Av and Erev Tisha B’Av. Ashkenazi custom is to avoid marital relations unless it is the night of the Mikvah or if it could impacts one’s mitzvah of having children. One eats a regular Shalosh Seudos more »

Tzidkas HaTzadik – On Being Consistent Part 1

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Theological Responses to the Holocaust – An Overview

Bus trip to the Museum of Heritage, Auschwitz exhibit, NYC. http://files.nertamid.net/shiurim/Apps/recordings/Holocaust.m4aPodcast: Download

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Dealing with tragedy: The Secret of Tachanun

If one were to rank our daily prayers from most beloved to least – something we should never do – but if we were to, without a doubt Tachanun would come in at dead last. Tachanun, for the uninitiated, is a prayer said after the weekday Amidah, the Shemone Esrei, at both the morning and more »

Tzidkas HaTzadik – Our Role in this Pre-Messianic Era

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