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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Man on a Mission

We’re here to fulfill the mission Hashem ordained for us, not to create a different one more to our liking

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Tuesday, October 05, 2021

Playing It Safe

Extreme partisanship is never to our advantage. Because in the end, we’re the ones paying the price

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Under It All

"Whatever tragic event is happening in your life, at that moment, you have your own World Trade Center"

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

On Pain of Rejection

Rejection is strong medicine, even when by rights it must take place and the Torah itself prescribes it

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Thursday, September 09, 2021

Say What You Like

“It was a coup... The principles of effective speech had gone up in flames”

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

No Room for Doubt

He is King and it’s His Will and Word, not ours, that is the very definition of truth

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Rebbi for Life

Kids know. They have an unerring, intuitive sense of who is real and who isn’t

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Get Smart

It would mean not eradicating the smartphone, but marginalizing it

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Ulterior Motives

Perhaps this year, the shofar has a message for us beyond a general call to teshuvah

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Tuesday, August 03, 2021

The Secret’s in the Surprise

The ebb and flow of a pandemic cannot be explained by changes in human behavior

Magazine Feature

Tuesday, August 03, 2021

Full Harvest

Veteran askanim Rabbi Shia Markowitz and Rabbi Shmuel Bloom join forces for shemittah