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08/06/2026

One of the greatest perversions in modern Jewry is the idea that Tora is something you learn. It's not; it's something you DO.
So many have this idea that a ben Tora is someone who learns heavily, perhaps even as the equivalent of a full-time job. That's not a ben Tora: a real ben Tora is someone who LIVES it.

20/05/2026

Last day of Sefira! Hope you all had an enjoyable period counting up the days.

05/05/2026

Happy 33rd day of the ʻ Omer! Do you know the significance of today?

It separates the 32nd from the 34th.

25/04/2026

Jewish life is not nearly so hard as everyone always tries to make it out to be. Yes, it is true that sometimes the answer is just 'no'... but not nearly as often as most people like to make it seem.

19/04/2026

Reminder: those little symbols on the package do not determine kashruth. HALACHA determines kashruth.

13/04/2026

The concept of the segulla, as understood by the majority of modern Jewry, is complete nonsense: it's superstition at best, borderline idolatry at worst. There is no divine cause-and-effect to them whatsoever, and it is arrogance of the highest degree to think you can force the Creator to obey your will by saying door magic words or by baking your bread in a certain shape. In Real Life, unfortunately, THERE ARE NO CHEAT CODES. You might as well try ↑↑↓↓⟵⟶⟵⟶BA for all the good it'll do you.

13/04/2026

The ʻOmer is a most joyous time of the year: a counting from one festival to another. Tradition teaches that it is also a commemoration of the practice of our ancestors who were so excited, upon receiving their freedom from servitude in Egypt, to learn they were going to receive the Tora in seven weeks that they literally counted the days leading up to it.
Mourning during this time is not halacha, but is part-Talmudic practice based upon misunderstanding. It is therefore in the category of minhag taʻuth: a mistaken custom. As such, there is NO need to continue it. Go enjoy yourself.

06/04/2026

Some have a custom not to allow their maşşa to get wet out of concern there might have been flour that didn't get mixed in properly--therefore, getting the maşşa wet will create ḥameş. Aside from the patent stupidity of such concerns, halacha says explicitly that we don't need to worry about 'what if.'
As such, not only is there no requirement to follow such an asinine practice, but it is absolutely forbidden to do so: if halacha says this mechanism exists, what right do you have to deny it?
Remember: it is just as wrong to prohibit the permissible as it is to permit the prohibited.

29/03/2026

'The more one tells at length about the Exodus from Egypt the more one is praiseworthy.'

This is a very deeply misunderstood principle. Remember that the entire Pesaḥ has to be eaten before midnight, which means the meal needs to be concluded by that time--so you really do need to get a move on. Even then, why wait until close to midnight? People are hungry now! And people are tired, too.

The haggada itself shouldn't take more than a few minutes (20 or so, depending upon just how unruly your children are--but hey, let them be children). Let the people eat, and let whoever wants to go to sleep go, and THEN stay up as late as you wish discussing/learning/expounding with whoever else wants to stay up--but don't hold the meal and the bed to ransom!

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