Thursday, August 9, 2012

Why we write Shakai in the Mezuza?

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 I'm out on vacation and before leaving, I loaded my iPad with some new Torah apps that are really unbelievable.  The first is th...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

Inverted Nuns - Rabbi Frand's Video

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Last Thursday, Rabbi Frand spoke about the inverted Nuns of Parshat Behalotcha in his popular weekly shiur. This is a very important topic...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Stam Stories #6: The Maharam Rothenburg and 13th Torah

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The Maharam (Meir ben Baruch) was one of the last great Tosafists and was the Gadol of his generation. He lived a quite tragic life, witness...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Re-post: The reliability of messy writing

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This article appeared in Jpost.com a few days ago, and it is connected to my post on Writing the last words of a Sefer Torah.       By...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Writing on Red Gvil!

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My posts are usually concise write-ups about Halacha discussions. This post is different - an open and honest account of my first time writi...
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Menorah-shaped Lamnatazeach - full post

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What's the source of the Menora-shaped Lamnatzeach?  I touched on this subject last year but now I will write it in full. The earlies...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Fraudulent Scribe - are ALL his works invalid or just some?

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Just a short introduction, in this post I bring a fascinating Teshuva I heard in Rabbi Yissochar Frand ’s weekly shiur last month. In my Ye...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Ancient Tefillin

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A fellow sofer showed me these exquisite ancient Tefillin, which he says are from northern Africa circa 1600's. While I have...
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Purim - The Shem in the Megilla

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Unlike all other Tanach books, the Name of God is not mentioned throughout Megillat Ester - not even once. The explanation is one of Purim...
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Monday, March 5, 2012

Amazing Megillot #10: In Gvil

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It's one of my dreams to write in Gvil, so I was very interested to see a picture of this Gevil Megillat Esther, written in Veillish. Ha...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Rashi vs Rabbeinu Tam - Round 3: Tefillin

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For the first and second discussions between them click here and here . This post ties together many other topics we have covered unti...
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