The King of the Khazars Accuses the Jews of a Lack of Sincerity in Their Commitment to Zion – Excerpt from Kuzari Chapter 2 – Is This True Today?

Rabbi Yehuda Halevi records a conversation of the Gentile King of the Khazars with a prominent rabbi that led the King to convert to Judaism. The Kuzari book is a record of the conversation. Rabbi: Regarding what they said in … Continued

How by Mistake Log Ba’omer Was Transformed From the Day of Happiness of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai to the Day of His Death.

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The following is an excerpt from the article: Monotheism Vs. The Outlook That Everything is G-d Recently it became known that a photocopy containing passages from the original handwriting of Rabbi Chaim Vital made it by some way to the … Continued

“And the inhabitants shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven iniquity” – Laws of the Land of Israel 1:1

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Pe’at HaShulchan, Laws of the land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael) is based on the Vilna Gaon’s halachic system and view on Seder Zeraim and was written by Rabbi Yisrael of Shklov, disciple of the Vilna Gaon in Jewish year 5596. … Continued

An Audio Lecture by Rabbi Daniel Stein: Should Cannabis Edibles Be Given Kashrut Certification?

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This lecture was originally downloaded from the yutorah.org web site Your browser does not support the audio element. While we are on the subject of Cannabis (Marijuana) I recently found the following article from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871622001004 Marijuana use predicted epigenetic changes … Continued