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Women and Tefillin
Women and Tefillin: Halachic Theory and PracticeThis Shiur was presented on Shabbat, February 1, 2014Laying tefillin is a âmitzvat aseh shehazman gramaâ, a positive, time bound commandment, and as such...
View ArticleThe Cherubim and The Community
The Cherubim and the Community - Talking to each other or talking past each other?Rabbi Shaul Robinson, Lincoln Square Synagogue, Shabbat Parashat Terumah 5774The recent, and much discussed decision by...
View ArticleChanukah FAQs
Question: I live on a high floor in my apartment building. Where is the best place to light the Menorah?Answer: The halacha is that one is not supposed to place the chanukah candles higher than 20 amot...
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Priorities: Inside the Tent and Outside
Itâs really great to be back in shul. Last week I was in Israel - every trip to Israel is incredibly impactful, but this one was uniquely so, and in an unexpected way.As a way of setting the scene for...
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Gmar Chatima Tova- Yom Kippur Resources
As we approach the holy day of Yom Kippur, I want to take this opportunity of wishing all members of the community, our family and friends and Jewish people the world over a good, sweet, prosperous and...
View ArticleOn Syria and our Sins - Never again
Almost exactly 75 years ago, as Nazi Germany swallowed up Czechoslovakia, the civilized world decided it would do its very best to avoid any sense of humanity or responsibility.Neville Chamberlain...
View ArticleShall your brothers go out to war?
Last Shabbat I argued as well as I could, for the continued exemption of yeshiva students from the army. Some people missed my opening paragraphs in which I said that I would be speaking this week for...
View ArticleThe Case for Army Exemptions - Why Yeshiva Students belong in Yeshiva
When I decided to speak about the looming schisms and building animosity amongst our people, I realized one thing. It is not intellectually honest to both advocate for tolerance, and give whole hearted...
View ArticleTolerance and Respect
I want to use my drasha for the next few weeks to talk about the specter of religious violence and intolerance that is rapidly bubbling to the surface in Israel and indeed here in the orthodox...
View ArticleLong Hot Summer of Hatred?
These are fraught times for the Orthodox community and the Jewish people. Issues such as Women of the Wall, the proposed draft of Yeshiva Students to the Israeli army, the elections for the Chief...
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