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Hirhurim: This Blog Has Moved
After a great get-together last night, we are ready to move the blog to a new format that has more functionality and is more esthetically pleasing. Please change your browser bookmarks to this website: www.TorahMusings.com. All new posts will be there onl...
Dateline: 2010-07-08 7:00am -07:00T (177 words)
 
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Hirhurim: Parashah Roundup: Matos-Masei 5770
by Steve BrizelThe Book of MemoriesR Berel Wein suggests why the Torah records the names of the stops and encampments of the Jewish People: linkR Shlomoh Riskin explains why the Torah uses Shevatim and Matos: linkThe Nesivos Shalom, as explicated by R Yit...
Dateline: 2010-07-07 7:45pm -07:00T (424 words)
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Hirhurim: Top Ten Signs You Read Hirhurim Too Much
As presented by Joel Rich...
Dateline: 2010-07-07 6:30pm -07:00T (5 words)
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Hirhurim: Welcome to the Hirhurim Dinner
This slide show is going on in the background right now....
Dateline: 2010-07-07 5:15pm -07:00T (11 words)
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Hirhurim: Get-Together: Today
Today is the day. Information here: linkNote that we are in the midst of a heat wave. There will be plenty of water but please dress business casual. There is no need for jackets or suits, although I will be wearing a tuxedo.Please try to daven Mincha bef...
Dateline: 2010-07-07 6:00am -07:00T (59 words)
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Hirhurim: Is Creativity Possible in the Information Age?
We live in an age where more information is available with greater ease than ever before. This applies to Torah just as much as any other subject, perhaps even more. The ingathering of exiles that broke down (to some degree) communal barriers, the relativ...
Dateline: 2010-07-06 6:45pm -07:00T (709 words)
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Hirhurim: Shabbat Mevarchim
By: Rabbi Ari EnkinThere is an ancient custom to bless the upcoming Jewish month on the Shabbat which precedes Rosh Chodesh. These Shabbatot when the new month is blessed are referred to as “Shabbat Mevarchim”. A central feature of this prayer is the...
Dateline: 2010-07-06 12:15am -07:00T (649 words)
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Hirhurim: Get-Together: This Wednesday
This Wednesday July 7th is the Hirhurim get-together/dinner (link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4, link 5). All readers, commenters and friends of the blog are invited to this free event. Free mugs and trinkets will be available, while supplies last.Please RSVP...
Dateline: 2010-07-05 1:00pm -07:00T (522 words)
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Hirhurim: Weekly Links
Rules: linkRed, White and Kosher: linkNew conversion institute aims to spark halachic debate: linkR. Shlomo Aviner on Facebook's problems: linkThe Atheist vs. the Rabbi: linkSALT Monday: link...
Dateline: 2010-07-05 6:45am -07:00T (27 words)
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Hirhurim: Drinking Wine During the Nine Days and the Authority of the Shulchan Aruch
Guest post by Rabbi Aryeh LeibowitzThe Shulchan Aruch records a tradition to refrain from drinking wine during the period of the nine days leading up to Tishah be-Av. In a recent lecture delivered in Teaneck, Prof. Daniel Sperber argued that the entire pa...
Dateline: 2010-07-04 7:30pm -07:00T (1195 words)
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Hirhurim: Audio Roundup C
by Joel RichRabbi Shmuel Marcus -Birthdays and Yahrtzeits: linkWith the 100th audioroundup I thought it appropriate to lead with this shiur which contains some positive and negative opinions concerning "celebrating" birthdays and yahrtzeits – bottom lin...
Dateline: 2010-07-01 8:00pm -07:00T (1075 words)
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Hirhurim: Quick Takes
Does the internet make you dumber?A few weeks ago, much was made of a new book which claims that technology makes people less able to think critically and concentrate. The hype did not impress me. What we're dealing with is an onslaught of information and...
Dateline: 2010-07-01 6:45pm -07:00T (592 words)
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Hirhurim: Parashah Roundup: Pinchas 5770
by Steve BrizelThe Covenant of PeaceR Berel Wein explains why peace is very fragile, almost always difficult to maintain and it requires great effort to keep it together:linkThe Nesivos Shalom, as explicated by R Yitzchak Adlerstein, discussed why Pinchas...
Dateline: 2010-06-30 8:30pm -07:00T (526 words)
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Hirhurim: Avrekh
Translations and commentaries have difficulty explaining exactly what Pharaoh did when he raised Yosef from imprisonment to prominence (Gen. 41:43):He had him ride in the chariot of his second-in-command, and they cried before him, "Avrekh!" (NJPS)What is...
Dateline: 2010-06-30 7:15pm -07:00T (559 words)
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Hirhurim: Books Received XXVII
I don't always have the chance to review each book, so I'll list the books that I receive. Some of them will be quoted or reviewed in future posts. Here are the books I've received recently:To Remain a Jew: The Life of Rav Yitzchak Zilber...
Dateline: 2010-06-30 10:30am -07:00T (45 words)
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