by Rabbi Aryeh Klapper
Posted on October 21, 2016
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by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Posted on October 21, 2016
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by Rabbi Dr. David Shatz
Posted on October 21, 2016
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by Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld
Posted on October 21, 2016
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by Rabbi Dovi Nadel
Posted on October 21, 2016
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by Rabbi Ysoscher Katz
Posted on October 21, 2016
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by Dr. Michelle Levine
Posted on October 21, 2016
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by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on October 10, 2016
In one of his last instructions to the children of Israel, Moshe commands the people in the mitzvah of hakhel, a public reading of the Torah to take place once every seven years. All the people are to be present: “Gather the nation: the men, the women, and the children, and the stranger who is in your gates” (31:12). …
by Rabbi Haggai Resnikoff
Posted on October 7, 2016
Although voluntary buy-in is a more motivational incentive than extrinsic reward and certainly more than threat of punishment, there may still be good reason to insist that Jewish education and general keeping of mitzvot be mandatory and not a choice. Declaring something as mandatory emphasizes its importance, and, despite emotional objections, it can help ingrain habits (especially in children) so that any alternative would be unthinkable.…