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The Best Defense

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  | Profiles |: The biala rebbe of bnei brak All credit goes to Aryeh ehrlich and the mishpacha  By  Aryeh Ehrlich   | September 18, 2017 Email Print According to the Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak, we’re a worthy generation that engages in Torah and chesed like never before. “There has never been such a wonderful and dynamic generation so wonderful. There are problems? Nu you can always find problems. But come let’s talk about the positive qualities of the generation. Believe me in comparison the problems are batel b’shishim” (Photos: Shuki Lehrer Biala archives) I t was the first thing I noticed when I entered the building of the Biala chassidus on Rechov Yerushalayim in Bnei Brak: the crates of cucumbers. You’d expect the entrance of a prominent institution to be its showcase with memorial plaques on the walls and at least one potted plant in the corner. But it seems that for Biala–Bnei Brak stacked crates of vegetables that take up half the floor space is a badge of ho...
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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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