The Malicious Mesirah of Moshe Gafni and Those Who Sent Him
Demonstrated clearly in the back-and-forth exchange with Rabbi Yitzchak Brand here.
See the letters on the Brissi Yitzchak website. Or read below:
The Ancient Custom of Building Synagogues on the Temple Mount
An historical overview by Holy Ark researcher Harry Moskoff.
Who’s on the side of Masores now, eh?!
Again, find it here.
I’m Trying to Help the Author of a Controversial Work Obtain a Haskamah
Does anyone have the private email of a well-known rabbi or Rosh Yeshiva (But not so private he would object to an over the transom email)?
If you do, please contact me.
יצחק פוקס – שיר הללו
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Published on Jun 25, 2017
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Learning Torah Lishma or Plain Not Learning at All?
Rabbi Dovid Lichtenstein has a new podcast out, titled “The Great 250 Year Machlokes about Torah Lishma“. I didn’t listen at all (I prefer reading text), but here’s something related.
The Gra’s Remez commentary on Esther 8:6:
יש שתי מדות רעות, אחד, שאדם לומד בפניות, והוא הבל וריק, וזה שנאמר ותם לריק כחכם, כי הוא לומד כל ימיו והכל לריק. והשני, שלומד לשם שמים ואחר כך אינו לומד כלל, ועל זה אנו מתפללין לא ניגע לריק, דהיינו נגד הלומד בפניות רעות, ולא נלד לבהלה, הוא נגד הלומד במחשבה טובה ואחר כך פורש, וזהו לבהלה…
There originated at some point a common expression among Chassidim themselves for those among their number who stopped learning: “He started learning Torah Lishma…”