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FROM JAPAN TO JERUSALEM: THE STORY OF MOSHE HATTORI Quote from https://jewishaction.com/religion/shabbat-holidays/shavuot/choosing-judaism-life-stories-remarkable-converts-2/ While still in high school, Hattori notes, he and his classmates were taught very little about the Jews. “I remember being surprised by the fact that even … Continued
When Is It Permitted to Bow to Men and When Is Bowing Considered Forbidden Intermediary Worship , According to Rabbeinu Nissim Table of Contents A Saudi Cleric Admits That Some Muslims Stumble by the Sin of Idolatry via the Grave … Continued
Tue, 25 September 2018 after sunset = 17th of Tishrei, 5779 Dear Ben Tzion: Proud Jews Should Not Visit the Mosque of the Killer of 24000 Jews There are Muslim places that Rambam explicitly noted that it is forbidden for … Continued
The Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin 26b states (as translated by https://www.sefaria.org.il/Sanhedrin.26b.19-20?lang=en&with=all&lang2=en ) Rav Naḥman says: Those who eat something else, a euphemism for pork, are disqualified from bearing witness. This is referring to those who accept charity from gentiles, thereby causing a desecration of … Continued
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/super-blue-blood-moon-coming-jan-31 The picture below is from that NASA site https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lunar_eclipse_01182018a.png See the Talmud’s differentiation between Solar and Lunar Eclipses Tractate Succa 29a. But see Rashi to Breishit 1:14 Excerpt from my article Rabbi Yissachar S. Teichtal (H”YD) A Victim of … Continued
Stone carvings from a synagogue that existed at the time of the Temple depict the Menora with curved brances. See http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32797473/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/-year-old-menorah-depiction-found/ for details. Despite the claims of Chabad, also Rambam and Rashi agree with the shape of the branches, depicted … Continued
http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/883588/shmuel-reichman/the-ideology-of-an-ideal-torah-u-madda-community/ REVISED Comment on the lecture. In Kol Hator, the author calls for establishing the type of a community envisioned by Shmuel Reichman in Jerusalem. Although I don’t have an exact date for when the communities of the exile will … Continued