Tuesday, March 25, 2025

The many worlds of Rabbi Dr. Michael D. Shmidman, ZTL

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From the Sheloshim tribute to Rabbi Dr. Michael D. Shmidman , ZTL Cong. Orach Chaim , NYC March 17, 2025 A few words about my father-in-law...
Thursday, January 30, 2025

The wrong blessing for the U.S. government

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Please see my letter re. the Prayer for the Welfare of the Government ( Ha-Noten Teshu'a ) . As an example, see  this mid-nineteenth cen...
Friday, November 8, 2024

Rabbi Soloveitchik on Jewish fate and security, in Israel and the Diaspora (1959)

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The following is a lightly edited transcript from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik ’s 1959 lecture series, “Religious Definitions of Man and His...
Monday, December 25, 2023

A Visit from the Rebbe (a parody for Nittel Nacht)

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A Visit from the Rebbe* 'Twas the night before Xmas, the night we call “Nittel” Not a  bochur  was learning, not even a little; The  sef...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Falling for humans

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 Please see  my essay on the בְנֵי־הָאֱלֹהִים of Genesis 6 and the Fallen Angels.
Sunday, April 10, 2022

A night of midrash

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וְדוֹרֵשׁ מֵאֲרַמִּי אוֹבֵד אָבִי, עַד שֶׁיִּגְמֹר כֹּל הַפָּרָשָׁה כֻלָּהּ ( משנה פסחים י׃ד) He expounds on “An Aramean tried to destroy m...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Proud tower, humbled man

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The laconic Tower of Babel story in Genesis has always been a renewable resource of interpretation. From the ancient period onwards, biblica...
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