http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/ Hirhurim - Torah Musings Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:25:07 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2560 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2560 I. Introduction Yes, the title of this blog post is correct. There have been 13 prior posts on this subject. But since some of those posts are almost six years Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:24:51 GMT Ari http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2559 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2559 By: Rabbi Ari Enkin There is an intriguing prohibition in the Torah which states that it is forbidden to return to Egypt. Indeed, this prohibition is repeated Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:54:25 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2558 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2558 The Gemara (Avodah Zarah 19b) says that even the mundane talk of a Torah scholar requires study. As all hockers know, it is this scholarly mundane talk that is Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:54:22 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2557 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2557 Two perspectives about the impact of the "dumbing down" (my term) of the Year in Israel, the increase of edutainment (less text skills, more entertaining Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:46:50 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2556 by Joel Rich תלמוד בבלי מסכת שבת דף סג עמוד ב והתניא: ציץ כמין טס של זהב, ורוחב שתי אצבעות, Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:45:07 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2555 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 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:43:43 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2554 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2554 See below for the Rashbatz's attitude towards Jesus from his Keshes U-Magen, reprinted in J.D. Eisenstein's Otzar Vikuchim (pp. 118-119 - link): [Click on the Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:43:43 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2553 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2553 by Steve Brizel Yaakov Avinu's Farewell and Blessings - R Ezra Bick provides an overview of the themes of the Parsha-the tension between the land of Egypt and Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:43:37 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2552 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2552 Received via e-mail: STATEMENT FROM RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN REGARDING YOUTUBE VIDEO DECEMBER 30, 2009 It has come to my attention that comments I made on the Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:43:03 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2551 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2551 Recent attention has been shown to videos of R. Shlomo Riskin praising Jesus and referring to him as a rabbi. Some have been shocked, even scandalized, by Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:41:50 GMT Ari http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2550 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2550 By: Rabbi Ari Enkin There is a somewhat widespread custom for children not to attend the wedding of a parent, especially a mother's remarriage following a Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:09:47 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2549 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2549 An official statement by President Richard Joel and Rabbi Yona Reiss of Yeshiva University (link): Message from the President and Menahel of RIETS In light of Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:09:47 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2548 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2548 After the Egyptians ran out of money to pay for food, Yosef took (on behalf of Pharaoh) their property in exchange for necessary goods. He then proceeded to do Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:07:52 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2547 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2547 Rashi (Gen. 45:12) explains that when Yosef revealed his identity to his brothers, he gave them signs to prove to their father Ya'akov that Yosef was still Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:52:06 GMT Gil Student http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2546 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hirhurim/message/2546 Earlier this week, a YU student club and the graduate school for Social Work hosted a panel discussion of homosexuals in the Orthodox community, talking about