Thoughts From R' Blass Part

For all of you who wait breathlessly for my 'thoughts', I apologize for this long hiatus. The hiatus has been so long in fact that I have not written since before the blackout. 

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Well known are the statements and parables of Chazal that encourage acts of chesed. One of the most famous examples can be found in the Gemara in Sotah (14a) that states that following the death of Avraham Avinu that HKB'H was menachem aveil and attempted to bring some measure of comfort to Yitzchak...Read More...

Have you ever stopped to consider the key phrase of the Yamim Noraim Tefilla - "U'Teshuva, U'Tefilla U'Tzedaka Ma'avirin at Roah HaGezeirah- repentance, prayer and charity remove the evil decree"...Read More...

"A holy Jew who I have the privilege of knowing well, recently returned from the Far East where he spent a few days in an exceedingly impoverished part of the world. He sent me an e-mail describing some of what he saw in his stay there.    ...Read More...

I mentioned a month back that I was going to begin to write weekly or biweekly e-mails on various topics both halachik and otherwise. I have been slow getting out of the gate, but with the beginning of the school year I would like to get into a steady pattern...Read More...

I will be beginning to send out weekly or bi-weekly e-mails on different topics both halachik and otherwise. Please feel free to e-mail me with any feedback, comments...Read More...