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Rav Kook Torah: Parshat Ki Tisa

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  I saw a great Dvar Torah by Rav Channan Morrison from The Torah of Rav Kook All credit goes to him After Moshe succeeded in petitioning G-d to forgive the Jewish people for the sin of the golden calf, he made an additional request from G-d: “If You are indeed pleased with me, allow me to know Your ways” (Ex. 33:12 ). What exactly did Moshe desire to know? The Talmud ( Berakhot 7a) explains that Moshe wanted to understand the age-old problem of reward and punishment in this world: Master of the Universe, why is it that some righteous people prosper, while others suffer? Why do some wicked people prosper, and others suffer? Beyond Our Grasp The Talmud records a disagreement with Rav Yossi and Rav Meir. I would like to focus on the second opinion. According to Rabbi Meir, G-d did not fulfill Moshe’ request to explain the mechanics of suffering and reward in this world. The complex calculations of how much of our actions are a function of free will, and how much is due to society, ...
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Rav Dovid Spiegel zt”l, Ostrov-Kalushiner Rebbe of the Five Towns and Rov of Bais Medrash of Cedarhurst

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  Saturday, March  It is with great sadness that  Matzav.com   reports the  petirah  of Rav Dovid Spiegel  zt”l , t BDE: Kalushiner Rebbe Of Cedarhurst, HaRav Dovid Spiegal Zt”l, Passes Away After Illness      It is with great sadness that  Matzav.com   reports the  petirah  of Rav Dovid Spiegel  zt”l , the Ostrov-Kalushiner Rebbe of the Five Towns and  rov  of Bais Medrash of Cedarhurst, a devoted  marbitz Torah  and beloved  rov  who for decades built and nurtured a warm, vibrant center of Torah and  Yiddishkeit  in the community. Rav Spiegel, a son of Rav Pinchas Eliyahu Spiegel  zt”l , the Ostrov-Kalushiner Rebbe, was a distinguished  talmid  of two  gedolei Torah  of the previous generation, Rav Avrohom Pam  zt”l  and Rav Aharon Kotler  zt”l . His connection with Rav Aharon was especially close and deeply personal. As a  boc...
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All credit goes to Bhol.co.il and Moshe Veisberg

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  ברוך דיין האמת האדמו"ר מאוסטרוב קאלושין זצ"ל שקירב יהודים בניו יורק הלך לעולמו האדמו"ר מאוסטרוב קאלושין זצ"ל הסתלק לבית עולמו בארה"ב בגיל 90, חתנו הגדול של האדמו"ר בעל ה'אמונת אברהם' מפיטסבורג זצ"ל שקירב יהודים רבים בסידרהרסט ניו יורק משה ויסברג י"ז אדר התשפ"ו     06.03.26 | 14:57 00:00 02:35 האזינו לכתבה           colbass.com האדמו"ר מאוסטרוב קאלושין זצ"ל   צילום: שוקי לרר ברוך דיין האמת: מארה"ב מגיעה הידיעה המעציבה על הסתלקותו של האדמו"ר הגאון הצדיק רבי דוד שפיגל - האדמו"ר מאוסטרוב קאלושין זצ"ל, והוא בן 90 בפטירתו.  על מועד מסע הלוויה מבית מדרשו נמשיך ונעדכן ב'בחדרי חרדים'.  האדמו"ר זצ"ל נולד לאביו האדמו"ר רבי פנחס אליהו מאוסטרוב קאלושין זצ"ל ואמו מרת באשע ע"ה.  סבו, רבי נפתלי אריה מאוסטרוב קאלושין מגזע משפחת המיוחסת "קאצנעלבויגן" ולמעב"ק, כיהן כאב"ד בכמה עיירות, ולפני שהפליג לארה"ב היה קאלישינער רבי בעיר אוסטרוב-מיאנצ'ק. בבחרותו למד בישיב...
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The War on Charedi High Schools

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  All credit goes to Rabbi  Natan Slifkin Dec 28, 2016 Last week, in  Pigs In Shtreimels , I reported on the war by the charedi gedolim against the new charedi college programs for girls. But there is another war that in some ways is even more disturbing - that against charedi high schools for boys. The latest front of this battle is in my home town of Ramat Beit Shemesh (as recently reported in  Kikar Shabbos  and  Life In Israel ). A few years ago, the charedi gedolim - Rav Elyashiv, Rav Steinman - came out against a charedi high school that opened in Ramat Beit Shemesh (see  pashkevil  at right). The school was eventually forced to move out of the city. It was around this time that Rav Steinman visited Ramat Beit Shemesh and  said that  there is no correlation between secular education and  parnasah . Now, there is a new  pashkevil  circulating. It is not signed by top-tier gedolim, only by local Beit Shemesh Israeli ch...
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