Jonathan's Little Corner
:
Torah
: Divrei Torah
Divrei [
Words of
] Torah
Pirke Avot
(Chapters of the Fathers):
The importance of being mathy
(3:23)
Categories of heresy
(3:11)
Structure
Friday Night Creation
(5:5, 3:15, 1:2)
Parsha
(Torah portions, and history of exegesis):
The deed of Machpelah
(Chayey Sarah)
Before and after
(Vayishlach)
Plagues and miracles, ho hum
(Va'eira)
by Debra F. Baker
Moshe, the rock, and the water
(Pinchas)
Mesorah and Jewish continuity
(Va'etchanan)
Arthur Korpus' unveiling
(Ki-Tavo)
This is the first day of the rest of your life
(Nitzavim/Vayeilech)
The Donkey's Mouth (Balak)
Mendelssohn and the
Biur
(Summary of a lecture by R' Adam Mintz, 25 Dec 02)
Liturgy
The prayers on the day of Yom Kippur
The Vidui Ashamnu (shorter confession)
The Piutim of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in the thought of the Rav (Y.B. Soloveitchik)
Columns from the
Aishdas
publication,
Mesukim MiDevash
5764
Vayetze: Morning Blessings I: Intro
Mishpatim: Morning Blessings II: Baruch Atah Adoshem'
Mikeitz: Morning Blessings III: Short Blessings
Bo: Morning Blessings IV: Le'olam Yehei Adam
Beshalach: Verses of Song VI: Az Yashir
Ki Tissa: Hakel Hagadol Vehagibor Vehanora
Brill on Heschel
- exploring R' Abraham Joshua Heschel's "Heavenly Torah". Notes from a series taught by R' Alan Brill at
Drisha Institute
, post-Pesach 2007.
Community:
Modern Orthodoxy and the Park Slope community
Guest of Honor speech, CBJ dinner 1999
Musings
How do I understand God and His action?
(from soc.culture.jewish)
Siyum on Seder Moed
(completion of the Division of Appointed Times in the Mishnah)
Maimonides Page