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What I Wish Orthodox Rabbis Understood About the People They Write Off

Stop Fighting Battles from 1885. Or 2006.

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Sukkot as the Resolution of Doubt

Four Different Divrei Torah, presented as one.

Published on Volozhin and Kropotkin: A Misfit Torah Newsletter • Sep 27

Yom Kippur Thoughts: Sinning and Returning, Sinning and Returning

Improvised rules of Chazal and Genies, Current Events, and What Forgiveness Does in a Community, for Good and for Ill

Published on Volozhin and Kropotkin: A Misfit Torah Newsletter • Sep 24

On Orthodox Judaism and The Left: A Response to Rabbi Weisinger

The exclusion is the point.

Published on The Pelta Substack • Sep 8

Parshat Vayelech: Won't Someone Think of the Children?!

The different levels of spiritual development in children and adults, and opinion on kids in shul

Published on Volozhin and Kropotkin: A Misfit Torah Newsletter • Sep 7

Nitzavim: The Radicalism of "It is not in Heaven"

(From Last year, but still good, I think!) Its hard to write divrei torah for this parsha, not just because its super short, but because the stuff it…

Published on Volozhin and Kropotkin: A Misfit Torah Newsletter • Sep 7

One Year Anniversary of This Substack

Plus: Preview of What's On The Docket for Year Two

Sep 6 •

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You Choose What I Post Next

I Got a Bunch of Ideas But Having Trouble Picking

Aug 30 •

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Volozhin and Kropotkin: A Misfit Torah Newsletter

Independent Torah not beholden to big donors or institutions. Just Good Torah and whatever else is on my mind.

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