by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Aug 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Cross-Currents has agreed to edit the post that gratuitously linked me to Open Orthodox ideology and practices. Many thanks to the authors of Cross-Currents for making what I believe to be the right decision in this matter.
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Aug 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Recently, a blog post published by Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky concluded that we should no longer recite the blessing שלא עשני אשה and that, in fact, to do so constitutes a חילול השם. The author adduces several questionable sources to support his proposal and which can...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Jul 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Rambam, following the Talmud, describes five tragedies that occurred on the Seventeenth of Tammuz: “Five events occurred on the Seventeenth of Tammuz: The tablets containing the “Ten Commandments” were shattered; the daily sacrifice in the First...
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Jul 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Please take a moment to visit my new blog, “Sephardic Bet Midrash”:http://sephardicbetmidrash.blogspot.comI will be presenting summaries of the in-depth classes in Halakha that we conduct here at Magen David Sephardic Congregation every Thursday night....
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
by Rabbi Joshua Maroof | Mar 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
I Can Say Goodbye I can say goodbye to you today Like a flower says goodbye To the soil that fills its veins with life, And wrapped gingerly in a blanket of tears is laid On chilly graveyard’s impenetrable ground Or is left by fluttering hearts to wait and wilt On...
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