I’ve been using the new Siddur Nehalel BeShabbat for a number of weeks now and really enjoying it.
I’m sure you’re shocked.
After all, just because I wrote a positive review about the siddur, doesn’t mean that I have to keep using it. 🙂
Torah
Mishpatim – Puzzle
Since this week’s parasha recounts the ascent of Moshe to Har Sinai, here’s a word search puzzle on that theme.
Freiing Out – Book Review
Rabbi Binyamin Tanny is not a polished author.
He says so himself. And he doesn’t apologize for it.
His writing is sharp and to the point. No one will ever doubt where he stands on the issues.
Learning How to Lead
Parashat Yitro 5773
I’m trying to understand what Moshe said to God just before the giving of the Torah.
Look at these verses (Judaica Press translation):
Parashat Yitro Puzzle
Parashat Yitro 5773
Since this week’s parasha recounts the giving on the Torah on Har Sinai, here’s a word search puzzle on that theme.
The Ohr Olam Edition Mishnah Berurah – Book Review
It’s amazing how some events are permanently written into my memory.
I was standing in the home of my friend Yitz about 20 years ago.
He had just learned that Feldheim was publishing an English translation of the Mishnah Berurah.
My jaw dropped as my yeshiva-educated friend said, “I don’t need it. The Hebrew of the Mishnah Berurah is pretty easy. But I’ll buy it anyway … and it will become a crutch for me.”
The Biblical Outlook – Book Review
With Shavuot just around the corner, it seems like an appropriate time to review The Biblical Outlook – Topics in Jewish Philosophy by Rabbi Shlomo Polachek.
Rabbi Polachek’s goal is to explain Jewish philosophy untainted by non-Jewish sources.
He begins his book by writing (page 10):
The aim of this book is to present the philosophy of Judaism. The reason for writing it is the search for a philosophy based on clear and unequivocal Jewish sources. These sources are the Biblical books along with the halachic midrashim – the exegesis of the text relating to Jewish practice as set by the sages.