Category Archives: Kiruv
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Frum and the not yet frum: Separate or Join?
Leave a commentMarch 3, 2013 by pitputim
A powerful set of questions are raised in an article titled “Maybe the Secular Are Right?” that was published this …
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Where Rabbi Manis Friedman got it wrong
4January 31, 2013 by pitputim
There is a controversy regarding comments over the Rabbinic role in helping a victim of molestation, made in a lecture …
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With whom do you share more commonality?
Leave a commentNovember 6, 2012 by pitputim
Picture the scene. It’s Yeshivat Hat Etzion, known as the “Harvard’ of the Yeshivot Hesder in Israel. It is considered …
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Staying grounded in Halacha
5July 1, 2012 by pitputim
I’m a big fan of Professor Marc Shapiro. I have some of his books, and enjoy his online Torah in …
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The Matisyahu saga unravels
3June 11, 2012 by pitputim
It would appear that Matisyahu’s adherence to Torah and Mitzvos is in recess. There are reactions a plenty. First, we …
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Are the Agudah Zionists after all?
1May 2, 2012 by pitputim
In an emotional outburst against Tzipi Livni, MK, Rabbi Yisrael Eichler MK is reported by Arutz Sheva as having stated …
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This should happen once a month
2January 15, 2012 by pitputim
I applaud R’ Metzger for this initiative, although, I believe that this was originally the journey undertaken by Rav Kook …
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An encounter with two non-jews
Leave a commentJuly 24, 2011 by pitputim
Case 1 Recently, we hired a new administrative staff member. There was something about her face and demeanour that caused …
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Is this the way to effect kiruv?
15May 20, 2011 by pitputim
Matzav, reports the following story: Rav Shlomo Levenstein, a gabbai of Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman, recently spoke at a bar …
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