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1. This article is a good example of rabbis leveraging the "Orthodox" label for unearned halakhic legitimacy. In this case for an anthropocentric vision of Judaism.https://www.jta.org/2020/10/28/lifestyle/a-small-but-growing-numbe

1. Starting a new thread of "I wish people would make up their minds" and will add examples of when I think of them. 2. I wish people would make

1. I do not have time to do a full Twitter shiur on the halakhot of Mesira/Informing. However, for all those seriously asking why @jacobkornbluh is not a moser I

1. Time for a Twitter shiur!Today's topic: Rejoicing over and Praying for the Downfall of the Wicked 2. When this issue comes up (e.g. Osama bin Ladin or Trump's Covid-19),

I'm seeing a lot of arguments along the lines of "Dems promoted all these Catholics so they can't be anti-Catholic." IMO this is a dangerous argument bec it distinguishes between

1. I want to share a bit of personal news, which may hopefully help brighten your day a little. 2. One month ago, a friend of mine from Nachlaot woke

1. A few points in response to this good read. First, the specific ad hominem fallacy is "Tu Quoque": https://www.thoughtco.com/tu-quoque-logical-fallacy-1692568#:~:text=Tu%20quoque%20is%20a%20type,%22a%20tu%20quoque%20argument.%2

1. Thread: Not a Twitter shiur, but I have some thoughts on the following pertinent question:Should rabbis on Twitter block other Jews? 2. Disclaimer: I am intentionally omitting names because

1. THREAD: We need to have a conversation on reductive Judaism. Specifically, when people reduce complicated halakhic issues to one aphorism in isolation of everything else, we wind up with

1. I'm sure people have made the connection between #Corona and the Omer and more will do so after Passover is over in the US.Still, it's an important message that