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Processing the Rally

If you still haven’t figured out whether the rally was a good thing, a bad thing, or both – you might be interested in the latest episode of my podcast, Two Rabbis, Three Opinions....

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FYI

Dear Cross-Current readers, I just wanted to let you know that I have started offering weekly writing on the online publishing platform Substack. What I post there are either ruminations that have not been...

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Devastated

Devastated. The only word to describe the feelings of those, myself included, who knew Rav Moshe Hauer z”l. The untimely passing of anyone is painful. Add to that pain the feelings of loss of...

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A Change of Locale

Dear Cross-Current reader, I won’t be posting here on C-C in the future. I don’t want to monopolize the site!  I hope that Rabbi Adlerstein will continue to share occasional thoughts here — and...

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Two recent pieces

My most recent Ami column, “Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!,” can be read here. And a Sukkos-themed essay is at RNS, here. Chag Samei’ach!

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Vizos Habrachah – The Bridge Idea

The Chasam Sofer notes that the Torah’s last word, “Yisrael” and its first one, “Braishis,” share the letters aleph, shin, resh and yud… spelling ashrei. Ashrei can be translated as “praiseworthy” or “fortunate.”  That...

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