Materialism Addiction
I was asked the following question, and I was happy with how the reply came out. I just received permission to post the exchange, minus identifying information. Question: I learn in yeshiva kollel in...
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by Micha Berger · Published July 24, 2016 – י״ח בתמוז תשע״ו · Last modified July 24, 2016
I was asked the following question, and I was happy with how the reply came out. I just received permission to post the exchange, minus identifying information. Question: I learn in yeshiva kollel in...
by Micha Berger · Published April 14, 2005 – ה׳ בניסן תשס״ה · Last modified April 14, 2005
Rav Y Henken replied to my previous entry on this subject (repeated here for the benefit of Google). He wrote: See in my “New Interpretations on rhe Parsha” (Ktav) and also Shu”t Bnei Banim...
by Micha Berger · Published April 12, 2005 – ג׳ בניסן תשס״ה · Last modified January 19, 2022
[From this week’s Shabat B’Shabbato by Machon Zomet. I found this devar Torah to be particularly Aspaqlaria-esque. See also my take on tum’ah from Mesukim MiDevash on Chukas.]POINT OF VIEW Ritual Impurity and Purity...
by Micha Berger · Published January 5, 2005 – כ״ד בטבת תשס״ה · Last modified January 5, 2005
The word “polite” comes from the Latin “politus” via the Old English “polit”, to polish. Polish is itself of the same derivation.I think this is a very telling statement about Western Culture. Politeness is...
by Micha Berger · Published July 1, 1995 – ג׳ בתמוז תשנ״ה · Last modified July 1, 1995
When looking at the mitzvah of tzitzis for parashas Shelach (Toras Aish: Vol. 1, No. 4, Mesukim MiDevash) we discussed at the color of tekheiles. This week’s parashah opens at the opposite end of...
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