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Letter from Rav Shlomo Miller Regarding Bugs in Fish

Thursday March 18, 2010 6:33 PM

rav-shlomo-miller-letter-bugs-in-fish-small[Letter below.] In light of the recent tumult regarding insect infestation in fish, Rav Shlomo Miller, rosh kollel of Kollel Avreichim of Toronto, head of the Bais Horaah of Lakewood, and one of the gedolei (more…)

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BMG Poskim and Roshei Yeshiva Release Letter Regarding Permissibility of Participating in 2010 Census

Thursday March 18, 2010 6:07 PM

cencusbmglettersmall[Letter link below.] More than 120 million U.S. census forms began arriving this week in mailboxes around the country, in the government’s once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up (more…)

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Tefillos for Rav Yisroel Elya Weintraub

Thursday March 18, 2010 5:28 PM

weintraubYidden across the globe are asked to daven for Rav Yisroel Elya Weintraub, renowned mashpiah and mekubal from Bnei Brak, who is in need of rachamei Shomayim. The name for Tehillim is Rav Refoel Yisroel (more…)

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Video: Rav Pinchos Bodner Delivers Shiur On Shiurim for Pesach

Thursday March 18, 2010 4:21 PM

rav-bodner-shiur[Video below.] Earlier this afternoon, Rav Yisroel Pinchos Bodner delivered a fascinating shiur on shiurim, measurements, for the Leil HaSeder of Pesach. The shiur took place in Lakewood, NJ, at Bais (more…)

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Photos: Vizhnitz Celebrates Seventy Years of Chinuch Under the Leadership of the Rebbe

Thursday March 18, 2010 3:04 PM

vizhnitz-70-years[Photos below.] Earlier this week, thousands of Vizhnitzer Chassidim gathered in Yerushalayim to mark 70 years of chinuch under the guidance of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rav Moshe Yehoshua (more…)

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Tehillim for Rav Shlomo Brevda

Thursday March 18, 2010 1:46 PM

rav-shlomo-brevdaYidden are asked to recite Tehillim for Rav Shlomo Brevda, who is in need of a refuah sheleimah. Rav Brevda is one of the most well-known maggidei shiur and darshanim who has delivered thousands of (more…)

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Tonight: Sinai Academy Alumnus to Make Siyum on All of Shas

Wednesday March 17, 2010 3:48 PM

sinaiIt happened fifteen years ago, but Rav Mendel Silberberg remembers it as if it was yesterday. Eliyahu Bass, a bright and sincere Sinai Academy student, was making a siyum on his first masechtah. It was a (more…)

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Audio: Rav Eli Boruch Shulman on “What’s Wrong With Giving Women Semichah?”

Wednesday March 17, 2010 10:15 AM

rav-eli-boruch-shulman[Audio below.] This past Sunday morning, Sara Hurwitz - the woman whom Rabbi Avi Weiss wished to crown as a “Maharat” or “Rabba” - addressed the controversy surrounding her desire - which she (more…)

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Chaim Veshalom Yosifu Loch: Maran Rav Elyashiv Turns 100 Today

Tuesday March 16, 2010 9:00 AM

rav-elyashiv2Today, Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the posek hador, Maran Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlit”a, is marking a milestone: his 100th birthday. Rav Elyashiv was joined last night by close family and talmidim for a small (more…)

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First Yahrtzeit of Maran Rav Elya Svei zt”l, Today, 1 Nissan

Tuesday March 16, 2010 6:31 AM

rav-elya-sveiToday, 1 Nissan, marks one year since the passing of Maran Hagaon Harav Elya Svei zt”l, the Philadelphia Rosh Yeshiva, who until he became ill several years before his petirah had led Klal Yisroel in the United (more…)

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