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1. The Setup A discussion on Facebook made me realize that my own attitude toward halakhah is quite different than Rav Hershel Schachter’s. If I thought there was only one right approach, I’d bet...
by Micha Berger · Published August 21, 2019 – כ׳ באב תשע״ט · Last modified August 21, 2019
1. The Setup A discussion on Facebook made me realize that my own attitude toward halakhah is quite different than Rav Hershel Schachter’s. If I thought there was only one right approach, I’d bet...
by Micha Berger · Published September 18, 2018 – ט׳ בתשרי תשע״ט · Last modified September 18, 2018
התכלת אינה מעכבת את הלבן והלבן אינו מעכב את התכלת תפילה של יד אינה מעכבת של ראש ושל ראש אינה מעכבת של יד הסולת והשמן אינן מעכבין את היין ולא היין מעכבן המתנות של...
by Micha Berger · Published June 8, 2007 – כ״ב בסיון תשס״ז · Last modified June 8, 2007
I discussed the role of tzitzis and the various roles we have for clothing in a number of earlier posts in this topic. The following is a different take on the idea from Rabbi...
4- Bamidbar / Clothing / Shema
by Micha Berger · Published June 28, 2005 – כ״א בסיון תשס״ה · Last modified June 28, 2005
There are two descriptions of the mitzvah of tzitzis. First, from parashas Shelach (and Qeri’as Shema): … [T]hey should make for themselves tzitzis on the corners of their garments (bigdeihem) throughout their generations, and...
by Micha Berger · Published June 4, 2005 – כ״ו באייר תשס״ה · Last modified June 4, 2005
“And the snake was [more] arum than all the animals of the field…” (Bereishis 3:1)In this pasuq, “arum” is variously translated. JPS has “subtle”. Others have “sly”, “cunning”, and the like. In Iyov (5:12),...
by Micha Berger · Published June 24, 1994 – ט״ו בתמוז תשנ״ד · Last modified June 24, 1994
(Another version of this thought was included in Mesukim MiDevash for parashas Shelach, in the “Bemachashavah Techilah” column, pp 1-2. -micha) Inherent Tension Judaism sees man as a synthesis of two opposite concepts....
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