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Minority Minhagim (Elul and High Holiday)

Admin September 25, 2020

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Rav Schwab ZtL used to say that since we are in the minority vis a vis other communities, we tend to assimilate to their minhagim. Recently I encountered a few circumstances in which our minhagim have escaped recognition. An article in a Queens, NY paper mentioned blowing shofar twice a day in Elul as an […]

My Rebbe!

Admin August 14, 2017

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A personal tribute to an influential teacher in our school, expressing in my own way some of what needed to be said upon his recent passing. The music is “Velvet” by “The 8th Day”, a song they wrote in tribute to their teacher.

New Feature. The Script of the Channel Videos

Admin May 4, 2018

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Here is the script of the latest video with annotation and added content. Enjoy

Nusach from the UK Duchenen Shavuos

Admin May 19, 2017

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On Rav Hirsch’s Birthday. Part 1

Admin June 25, 2020

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This past Shabbos was the 212th birthday of Rav Hirsch. If there is value in celebrating the birth of one who no longer lives, it is in this that we can discuss that person’s life without discussing the death. ( Simon Ravidovich calls the Jewish people with our tendency to focus on the loss […]

On Rav Schwab’s Yahrzeit

Admin February 15, 2022

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This year Rav Schwab’s Yahrzeit falls out on Purim Katan, as it was the year he passed away. I want to share a few ideas, memories, and teachings of the Rav zt’l that come to mind today. Since I was a young boy my father z’l would bring me to the Mishna Berurah shiur of the Rav on Shabbos afternoons. I was […]

Our Way in Bircas Hatorah

Admin June 11, 2017

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The German Jewish community of Washington Heights recites the Bircas Hatorah each morning at the juncture between the bracha “Mekadesh es Shimcha Barabim” and the beginning of the recital of korbanos. This is at odds with the minhag recorded in the standard Roedelheim siddur. In the essay linked here I have suggested (this was written […]

Our Way in Reciting Tehilim

Admin June 9, 2017

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This past week Jews the world over sat down to the traditional Shavuot-night learning. Some traditionally say the “Tikkun” a prescribed booklet for the occasion. Others sit down with their Daf Yomi groups or with a friend. In Washington Heights there is a third activity to be found at the “lernin”. The activity of […]

Our Way in Tora im Derech Eretz

Admin September 13, 2018

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This video, third in a series, gives the history of Tora learning and pursuit of career in the community over 150 years. It also has alot of 80s tidbits- because, if you haven’t realized, I am stuck there. Finally, it adresses the comment of YGB in the previous video about the kehila and TIDE. In […]

Pesach Thoughts Rav Hirsch and More.

Admin April 8, 2020

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Just some quick Pesach thoughts from a guest contributor. In memory of Rabbi Pluchok sl Rav Hirsch points out that the answer given to the wicked son is not addressing him at all. Rather the father exclaims, “If he were there he wouldn’t have been redeemed!” The father isn’t addressing this child? Why not? Rav […]

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