University of Massachusetts Shiurim
The Necessity and Impossibility of Religious Zionism
Special guest shiur by Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Founding Director of The Summer Beit Midrash program in Sharon, MA 4/26/09Posted May 06, 2009
שמות פרק כ - Mishpatim Capital Punishment
Mishna is after power to inflict capital punishment is gone. Discussion is theoretical. Is this rabbinic approval of development of situation where capital...Posted Mar 16, 2008
Source and Reason for Bishul Akum
Source and Reason for Bishul Akum Eng is R. Brofsky The gemara (Avoda Zara 37B - 40A), after attempting to attribute the prohibition of bishul akum to a biblical source, concludes that bishul akum is prohibited "mi-derabbanan ve-kra esmachta be-alma" (the prohibition was legislated by the rabbis, but they made a textual connection in the Torah to support their enactment in the Torah)...Posted Mar 16, 2008
חלב עכו”ם - Non-Jewish Foods
MISHNAH. THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF HEATHENS ARE PROHIBITED BUT THE PROHIBITION DOES NOT EXTEND TO ALL USE OF THEM:13 MILK WHICH A HEATHEN MILKED WITHOUT AN ISRAELITE WATCHING HIM, THEIR BREAD...Posted Mar 16, 2008
Gender and Education In Judaism
Article by: Shifra Baronofsky Gender and Education is a very sensitive topic within Judaism. From the time of the Talmud in the early first millennium until only a few decades ago...Posted Dec 23, 2007
Parshat Vayigash - 12/15/07
D'vrei torah by: Shifra Baronofsky Rabbi Kaminetsky says Revenge. Though the Torah warns us against acting on our emotions, it's hard to control the desire. In fact...Posted Dec 15, 2007
Parshat Mikeitz - 12/8/07
D'vrei torah by: Hannah Grossman This week's parsha, Mikeitz, meaning "the end" continues the story of Yoseph's time in Egypt by beginning with "the end" of his imprisonment. When Pharaoh dreams of seven....Posted Dec 08, 2007
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