How to Handle Israeli Culture Shock
Eliya Stromberg once wrote a unique article on “reframing” Israeli chutzpah in now-defunct “The English Update”.
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Improve Your Torah Learning by Avoiding This One Word
Yeshayahu Leibowitz once said: Don’t say “the holy Gemara”, “der heliger Rashi”, etc.
Though overstated, in my opinion, it’s true that using this language stops independent thought, and should be minimized.
How Opinion Has Shifted!
“How to Stop an Intermarriage” is a book with some fame written for the general Jewish public. The copyright is, I believe, 1976.
On page 4, homosexuality is equated with drug abuse, to make the point that parents should certainly try to help their children out of some situations.
קומו ונעלה ציון
תגובה למאמר האחרון בעיתונות נגד מצות לשכנו תדרשו ובאת שמה:
גם הרב ברנד מצטרף.
Reprinted with permission.
Why Briskers Can Afford to Be Stern All the Time
… R’ Zvi-Hirsh Appelbaum, a Torah scholar and dry goods merchant from Brisk, was exiled to Stoibtz during World War I, as was the Hazon-Ish. R’ Zvi-Hirsh helped the Hazon-Ish’s rebbitzen, Batya, in purchasing goods for her store, and even received permission from the Hazon-Ish to open a competing dry goods business. He became the Hazon-Ish’s talmid-havver [pupil-peer].
One summer night, the Hazon-Ish invited R’ Zvi-Hirsh to join him the following morning in a 4:00 A.M. swim in the Neman River. When they were in the water, the Hazon-Ish started to splash his companion playfully, and R’ Zvi-Hirsh asked him, “Rebbi, what is going on?” The master replied, “אויב מען קען שטיפען קען מען מחדש זיין [If you can frolic, you can create novellae (in Torah)].”
From Making of a Godol