Faith & Practice
Torah, halacha, and what it looks like to actually try to live this way. Arguments get made here, not just positions. Uncertainty stays in the text rather than getting smoothed out for the reader’s convenience.
A jog up Tel Yarmut sparks a reflection on the tension between halachic categories and the lived reality of Jewish destiny.
How Kabbalah became woven into normative Judaism despite disputed origins, and why disciplined restraint beats revisionist erasure.
Featured image by
Roy Lindman,
CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A critique of Elon Gilad’s confident pop-Judaism: how narrow philological claims about sufganiyot, meat-and-milk, and Mishnah variants get inflated into sweeping takedowns while ignoring broader sources and transmission. The piece argues for proportion—respecting evidence, the weight of commentary, and oral tradition instead of cherry-picked “gotchas.”
For Nerds! Tracking Elul in Obsidian: Logs, Charts, and Scripts
Elul logs - the next iteration!
A trip to Ashdod with my kids to celebrate the yahrzeit of the original Tolna Rebbe tz"l.
Hebrew notes critiquing R. Asher Weiss on shlichus in mitzvos from Yarchei Kallah 5784.
Rif Pesahim Review II
Review of the basic obligation for checking for hametz according to the Rif and Ran.
Questions For Testing Yourself on the Parsha w/ Rashi and the Ramban
A postmortem on my attempt to change my habits over last Elul.
Remembering the Mashgiach Rabbi Mordechai Zelig Schechter זצ״ל
A speech I gave at my son’s bar mitzva. Originally delivered August 6th, 2023
More Notes from Obsidian on Progress
My son’s bar mitzva speech, originally delivered by my son Eliyahu on August 6th, 2023
Notes from Obsidian on Progress
Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part III
Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part II
Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part I
Hope For The New Year
