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1

Is Yiddishkeit All or Nothing?

2

How Foolish People Get Married

3

Can One Pasken His Own Shailos? (Why R' Shach the Greatest)

4

Men and Women Mingling on Yomim Noraim

5

Do Gedolim Have נגיעות

6

Shidduch Age: A Response to Rabbi Daniel Kleinman

7

על שלוש עבירות נשים מתות בשעת לידתן

8

The Chofetz Chaim Quiets Down His Eidim During Selichos

9

WHY WE SHOULDN'T LEARN YIDDISH!

10

Yamim Noraim Tunes all Year Round (Does One Have to do Targum Every Week?)

11

The Beauty of Hayom Haras Olam

12

Living in a City with PIGS

13

Older Single Girls, A Fresh Look

14

A Remarkable Chassidic Sefer

15

How Great is הכנה for a Mitzvah

16

How to Count למנצח Seven Times Before Shofer

17

Secrets of Krias HaTorah on Rosh Hashana

18

A Limud Zechus For Missing Sof Zman Krias Shema

19

Learning Late & Missing Davening

20

Did אברהם אבינו Compose Av Harachamim?

21

TUITION: HOW MUCH?

22

SHOULD שבע ברכות BE EVERY DAY?

23

I DON'T NEED YOUR KABBALOS

24

It's Better to Daven After Zman Tefilla?

25

CUT OFF MY TOE & I"LL MARRY A DIVORCEE

26

CAN A כהן MARRY A גרושה TODAY? (Yahrzeit of R' Kook)

27

WHEN CHAZAL GO ON BUSINESS TRIPS (FRUM LADY GOES OTD)

28

WHY DO REBBES DAVEN LATE?

29

SONGS OF THE RISHONIM

30

THE WASTE OF HISTORIANS & CHOKRIM (THE MITZVAH TO EAT MEAT)

31

CHEREM! FOR MOCKING R' J.B. SOLOVEITCHIK

32

R' Shmuel & Poor Yungerliet

33

THE LONELY MAN

34

YARMULKE OF THE BESH"T: GOOD, BAD, OR BLUFF?

35

Beautiful Pieces From R' Shmuel Deutsch

36

Does Sitting & Learning Automatically Bring Shleimus?

37

R' EPHRAIM WACHSMAN ATTACKS RABBI SOLOVEITCHIK

38

SHIUR OF AMAZING FACTS & FEATS

39

MAZEL TOV TO OUR SECRETARY!! SHIUR # 500!!

40

RAV J.B. SOLOVEITCHIK

41

R' Deutsch & Degel Hatorah

42

R' SHMUEL DEUTSCH UNFILTERED

43

DON'T BE A BALABUS!

44

WHAT'S WRONG WITH DEATH?! SUICIDE IN HALACHA

45

IYOV Part 2; Are Many Respectable People Worse than Ants?

46

DID IYOV EXIST?

47

Why the חת"ס Wanted Rich Sons-in-law, & the Buyers of the ווילנא Shas

48

R' YOSEF KARO'S SECRETARY

49

SHOULD AN OLDER BOCHUR WEAR A טלית, OR SHOULD WE EMBARRASS HIM?

50

THROWING A BOCHUR OUT OF YESHIVA

51

MACHLOKES BELZ VS THE KETZOS

52

Showers in the 9 days: Who is an איסטנית?

53

FUN MIKVA TALK

54

Torah vs Mitzvos: What's Greater?

55

The מהות of ספר דברים (the גנב from fallsburg)

56

FORMER RIBNITZER REBBETZIN DEBATES SIL IN HER SEFER

57

DEAR חפץ חיים: PLEASE BURN YOUR SEFER

58

MAKING AN ERUV: CHASSIDIM, MISNAGDIM, & THE PHENOMENAL REASON

59

THE HUGE מצוה OF פרנסה & שלום בית

60

THE RABBI WHO PERMITTED UNCOVERED HAIR

61

VERY STRANGE מנהגים OF THE חברא קדישא

62

CENSORED חזו"א ATTACKS THE בעלי מוסר

63

SOULD WE USE AC & EPIDURAL

64

HEATWAVE, AC & GANZ FAMILY!

65

Why Don't YOU Say המפיל?

66

THE מצוה OF SCHMOOZING

67

SHOULD DAUGHTERS INHERIT? IS MUCH OF ISRAEL STOLEN?

68

CHUMASH SHIUR IN BRISK (PRESS)

69

FRIEND OF SATMAR REBBE CHAVRUSA OF R' HUTNER GOES OF THE DERECH

70

BAD MIDDOS & INFIGHTING BY THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX

71

Shu"t עני בן פחמא (The Truth About R' Avraham Yehoshua's Bris)

72

R' BUNIM SCHREIBER: DON'T SAY סברות LIKE A יווני

73

HEADLINES ZIONIST PROPAGANDA

74

The Missing Piece in Our Siddur, Should We Put it Back?

75

CROWN HEIGHTS: A מצוה OR עבירה?

76

CHOLENT CHANGES נוסח OF מוסף?!

77

האשה נקנית בדריכה משיכה והגבהה

78

DOES מצוה טאנץ REQUIRE A מחיצה?

79

WHY WOMEN ARE HOLIER THAN MEN

80

The Difference Between סברא & פלפול

81

HOW BIG OF A LAMDAN ARE YOU?

82

הינוקא: חפץ חשוד!

83

The ROAD TRIP of a Yid

84

ויצמח פורקניה ויקרב משיחיה

85

FORGED ספר האשכול Quoted in משנה ברורה (First Torah History Shiur)

86

THE TEITELBAUM MAFIA (להגיד שבחו של אהרן)

87

MURDER IN KOLLEL CHAZON ISH

88

HESPAIDIM BY WOMEN (RACHMASTRIVKA)

89

חיים של עושר וכבוד

90

OCD & BRISKER CHUMROS

91

MENTAL HEALTH

92

From MUNKATCH to JERUSALEM

93

STEALING FROM THE GOVERNMENT

94

WALKING TO THE REBBE DURING שמונה עשרה?!

95

CHUMROS & R' MOSHE FEINSTEIN

96

BOBOV VS R' MOSHE

97

WHEN GARBAGE GETS A HECHSHER

98

RUS, Girl Killed by Tornado, & משיח

99

The Song of אהבה רבה

100

IGNORE CHABAD'S CAMPAIGN

101

VASIKIN: Pros and Cons

102

Are the Numbers in the Torah Rounded Off?

103

DOES EVERYONE NEED A RAV?

104

ASRA KADISHA

105

R' HUTNER RESPONDS TO R' MOSHE FEINSTEIN

106

TOMS RIVER WITH A CHEESEBURGER ON TOP

107

שדים בהלכה

108

סגולת ערב שבת בחוקותי

109

BRISKER GEDOLIM DEBATE THE FORGOTTEN GET

110

R' MEILECH BIDERMAN

111

KABBALAH: IN THE EYES OF THE RASHASH & מהר"ץ חיות

112

R' Elya Ber & the Angry Ba'al Habos

113

Does BOYAN Have Rights in MERON?

114

Hafkaas Kiddushin & Lag Baomer

115

Will פסח שני be 7 days? (& The Wrong Day of פסח)

116

BNEI BRAK VS. CHABAD - פסח שני

117

SHOULD WE SAY בה"ב? (& What if it Falls out on יום העצמאות)

118

I ONLY WANT A LEARNING BOY

119

ASSASSINATION IN HALACHA

120

MARRY YOUR NIECE?!

121

TRAGIC DEATHS OF GEDOLIM (Did the Asara Harugei Malchus Really Die?!)

122

WILL MOSHIACH DO דברים מכוערים?

123

ARE CHASSIDISHE MINHAGIM הלכה למשה מסיני?

124

LEARNING DISPUTE THAT DIVIDES THE YESHIVA

125

Chassidishe Social Media

126

Busy People Get the Most Done

127

The Making of a TIE

128

Are There Mistakes in R' Chaim?

129

A CONTROVERSIAL HOLY SPEAKER

130

Was תפילין Worn on שבת?! How About for הצלה Members?

131

The 10 DUMBEST MISTAKES that MARRIAGE EXPERTS Make

132

WHAT'S WORSE: LATE MARRIAGE OR PASSING זמן קריאת שמע ?

133

Hashovas Avaidah: Do People Still Care?!

134

MARIENBAD

135

CHAD GADYA: MYTHS & EXPLANATIONS

136

IS THE שכינה STILL BY THE KOSEL?

137

A Special Requirement for Poskim

138

DON'T BE A SHADCHAN?!

139

How Second Day Yom Tov Works

140

Second Day Yom Tov, NO REWARD!!

141

FRUM COPYCATTERS

142

The LADIES CHASED ME to CLEAN FOR PESACH

143

ORIGINAL (LITVISH) WAYS TO SAVE JEWS

144

STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT PESACH! (R' Dovid Breslauer - AI)

145

Seder Torah

146

UNTOLD HIDDEN SECRETS OF HALACHA

147

SHVIGGER!! JOKES & HORROR STORIES

148

LONG SEDER - SIMCHAS YOM TOV?

149

The אפיקורוס from AFGHANISTAN, & The Hilarious Simple Jew

150

Mazal Tov! I Just had 600 babies!

151

Women = Amalek, הסיבה With a Dead Rebbe, & the "טבע" of קריעת ים סוף

152

Is הרחמן Optional? Why we Invite גוים to the SEDER?

153

HASSIDIC CUSTOMS FROM HEAVEN

154

CHABAD Prepares for PESACH

155

Is מה נשתנה APPROPRIATE for KIDS?

156

SHALOM BAYIS by the SEDER (Important Introduction to the פסח Series)

157

TCHUPS!

158

FAKE DRUNK & DANCE LIKE A GOAT THIS PURIM!

159

מילתא דבדיחותא לכבוד פורים

160

אמרות שנונות לכבוד פורים

161

R' Shlomo Zalmen was CENSORED Again & Again

162

HOT! BRAND NEW מצוות!

163

TYH Movement: דביקות or Meaningless Cozy Fluff

164

Is PURIM ביטול תורה?

165

100 YEAR מחלוקת IN NEW JERSEY

166

Postponing the WEDDING due to a BLIZZARD

167

R' Moshe's Final Opinion on ABORTION

168

BAD WORDS

169

Is KIRUV an OBLIGATION?

170

HOLY CIGARETTES

171

WHY DO (some) YIDDEN SMOKE?

172

ARE WE REALLY SO DUMB?!

173

The חיד"א Accuses the מאמר מרדכי

174

CAN HITLER ימ"ש DO תשובה?

175

Fighting With משכילים Over טומאה

176

PASHKEVILIN AGAINST THE KITZUR SHULCHAN ARUCH

177

EARTH SHATTERING פסקים OF R' CHAIM

178

WORKING BOYS

179

צמצום כפשוטו

180

Who Wasn't by מתן תורה?

181

Longevity & ר' אליקים שלזינגר

182

FUN דף יומי SHIURIM

183

READING NEWSPAPERS & SECULAR STUDIES

184

Yiddishkeit & AI

185

When שבט (ה)לוי Almost Goes to Work

186

Does a Good מתמיד Learn During חזרת הש"ץ?

187

CURSED is the SNOW!

188

NEGEL VASSER in TODAY'S WORLD

189

A Cup of Water, בן פטורא, and... YOSHKE

190

Weird Gedolim Stories

191

HILCHOS OLDER SINGLES

192

Updated חושן משפט for 2026

193

The History of בית דין

194

A CULT AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES

195

Gedolai Yisroel Who Weren't עילויים

196

Anti Semitism & Censorship

197

Should a Frum Woman Wear a BURKA?

198

MENDEL HAGER: IDOLATRY OR INSANITY?

199

The ROGATCHOVER & the ADERES: את והב בסופה

200

It's Good to be a Yid

201

How BAD is a BROKEN ENGAGEMENT?

202

CONFUSING SEFORIM

203

Does Everybody Have to Know Halacha? (The Rambam's Yahrzeit)

204

ARE WE ALL ממזרים?

205

FATHER & SON AT WAR: דברי חיים vs דברי יחזקאל

206

R' ISSER ZALMEN'S ASTOUNDING HETER TO PARTY

207

Do I Have to Learn Every Second?

208

CELEBRITIES for TZEDAKAH and קופת העיר

209

Who is an אדם גדול?

210

The Extreme דקדוק במצות of הרב רפאל רייכמן

211

When עמרצים Make a קול קורא

212

Do Women Belong in Newspapers and Podcasts?

213

דעת בעה"ב היפך דעת תורה

214

Hadras Panim Zaken: The Book that Deliberately Wastes Paper

215

פרשת ויגש ושפ"ן הסופר

216

OH NO, MY BEARD'S TURNING WHITE!

217

Why Did the LARGEST HASSIDIC WEDDING End in DIVORCE?!

218

The ליצנות of R' Shmuel Munkas

219

R' Yaakov Kaminetsky on נביא

220

Learning with piles of paperwork

221

The OLD MIRRER on חנוכה

222

THE BANNED CONCERT IN LAKEWOOD!

223

Rav Yitzchak Abadi zt"l

224

FUNNY DESCENDANTS: When the APPLE Falls VERY FAR From the TREE

225

The הלל of צרות

226

CENSORSHIP in the ספר of ר' מאיר הייזלר

227

When Did חנוכה Start (and End)?

228

OFF-SHABBOS חנוכה, and a Timeless Lesson from the NYT

229

Stories & Teachings of R' Yaakov Kaminetsky

230

Why Do the KAMINETSKYS' Always Get in TROUBLE?

231

LUBAVITCH PUBLIC MENORAH

232

An Emotional Birthday Party

233

Piyon Haben: Taking a 3rd Young Wife, and Joe Biden's Grandson

234

YOU'RE NOT YOUR HUSBAND'S משגיח

235

IS WATER KOSHER?!

236

Is it EMBARRASSING to be a REBBE?

237

חסידות and עבירות

238

A PROUD MISNAGED ON י"ט כסלו

239

FASCINATING, FUNNY AND LOMDISHE ANSWERS TO A FAMOUS QUESTION

240

GEDOLIM FIGHTING over a ירושה

241

What Can we Learn from אגדתא?

242

WHY DON'T YOU KNOW על המחיה BY HEART?

243

DIVORCE: WHEN THE מזבח CRIES

244

It's Time to Move to Florida

245

THE HOUSING CRISIS

246

BUILDING THE BIG BEAUTIFUL SHUL

247

FASCINATING TALES of מיאון, יבום and חליצה in OUR TIMES

248

The BERDITCHEVER Shochet that Shook the Torah World

249

MASKILIM in the קצות החושן

250

EVERY YID'S A BIG TZADIK

251

Real Beauty in Marriage

252

BEAUTY IN THE EYES OF THE TORAH

253

WHAT WAS CARLEBACH THINKING?

254

SHLOMO CARLEBACH: The Sweetest of the Sweet?

255

The Gadol Whose Seforim were BURNED!

256

WHY ARE JEWS SO WEALTHY?

257

STEALING SEFORIM

258

WORK: The תיבת נח in our Generation

259

Strange Speeches for Women

260

WOMEN'S CONVERSATIONS

261

BURNING ספרים on שבת

262

WHY DON'T LITVAKS LEARN קבלה?

263

A RESPONSE TO R' GERSHON RIBNER

264

Fascinating Tidbits from the פסקי תשובה

265

Juicy Seforim

266

אגרות משה - מענה לאגרות

267

Lakewood Bans

268

The Length of a Ban: Spinoza, Chabad and the Steipler

269

אין משיח לישראל?!

270

IGNORING THE BAIS YOSEF'S CHEREM

271

HILCHOS BAN: The Story of the PRI CHADASH

272

CUT OUT THE JEALOUSY!

273

The SLIFKIN Affair, and the PROTEST Against ISRAEL

274

The BAN on the הגאון Book: Should the מחלוקת be Discussed?

275

Was the BERDITCHEVER a TALMID CHACHAM?

276

The BAN on פשוטו של מקרא

277

POURING WATER on the Ladies on Simchas Torah

278

KOHELES: The Megillah That Was Almost BANNED

279

Dear Son: Please Sit Near Me!

280

THINK BIG = BE BIG!

281

Make Yom Tov Great Again!

282

Days Too הייליג to Learn

283

IS LIFE WORTH LIVING?!

284

What's the Best Tune for יה אלי וגואלי?

285

HAIR-RAISING HASIDIC CUSTOMS

286

Staying Pure Today

287

אכילת חולין בטהרה בעשי''ת

288

WE'RE ALL תינוקות שנשבו!!

289

The LONG Rosh Hashana davening!

290

STOP MURDERING OUR DAUGHTERS!

291

List of People I'm NOT מוחל!

292

Obesity & Weight Loss in Halacha

293

FAT PEOPLE in HALACHA and HASHKAFA

294

Why Doesn't CHABAD Sleep in the SUCCAH?

295

Rav SHACH vs CHABAD SLEEPING in the SUCCAH

296

The Forgotten Mitzvos

297

Surprising Facts About Yom Tov in Ancient Times

298

The Holy Gaon R' Yehuda Miller

299

Sorry, My Eidim Was Working/Sleeping While Writing the Sefer

300

Are All DOCTORS Doomed to HELL?

301

I am I Yid, Should I go to the DOCTOR?

302

R' Elyashiv's Emotions After Visiting "Wall Street"

303

The Most Colorful BRESLOVER: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan

304

אומן'' קונה בשבח כלי"

305

Should you go to Uman for Rosh Hashana?

306

Schools Closing, Meshulachim Begging

307

The Hardworking MIDDLE CLASS: Our UNSUNG HEROES

308

The Opinion of the Gedolim about Shortening Mincha

309

WHY ON EARTH Do YESHIVOS Daven a SHORT MINCHA?

310

Weird Haskamos

311

Should the הסכמה to ארזי הלבנון be REMOVED?

312

The Elul Game Changer: A Fresh Positive Look

313

Is אלול Depressing?

314

מה ענין אלול אצל בין הזמנים

315

Upsherins

316

A Controversial Litvish Hesped on the Divrei Chaim

317

Funny Hespedim

318

The Lone Litvak in a Sea of Chassidim

319

Interesting Comments of the Shotzer Rebbe

320

The Final Words of our Gedolim

321

The REBBE who Defies the Clock - AMSHINOV Part 2

322

AMSHINOV: The NO-TIME Zone

323

The Rav of Otzar Hachochma

324

What is Chassidish Haavara?

325

A Candid Conversation with a Kollel Extremist

326

Is a Person Similar to an Animal?

327

The Reasons Why Shaving is Permitted

328

Hadras Panim Zaken, Part 2

329

The WORST SEFER with the MOST HASKAMOS!

330

How Reliable is the Sefer Maharil?

331

My Lost Files

332

Controversies in Divorce, Part 4

333

Controversies in Divorce, Part 3

334

Controversies in Divorce, Part 2

335

Controversies in Divorce, Part 1

336

The Migdal Oz, Part 2

337

The Migdal Oz, Part 1

338

Songs in Lithuania, Part 4

339

Songs in Lithuania, Part 3

340

Songs in Lithuania, Part 2

341

Songs in Lithuania, Part 1

342

Fascinating Opinions in Halacha, Part 3

343

Fascinating Opinions in Halacha, Part 2

344

Fascinating Opinions in Halacha, Part 1

345

Can a Wife Force her Husband to go on Vacation?

346

Should a Husband be Helping at Home?

347

Can Donkeys Shower During the 9 Days?

348

Dear Shver: Give me Fleishigs Now!

349

You Can Call me a Fool, But I'm Going to Shul, I'm not Working on Shabbos

350

Left-Leaning Rabbis in the Wake of Chillul Shabbos habbos

351

Should I Marry a Girl for Her Bank Account?, Part 2

352

Should I Marry a Girl for Her Bank Account?, Part 1

353

The Bracha of שלא עשני אשה in 2025, part 2

354

The Bracha of שלא עשני אשה in 2025, Part 1

355

Rav Elozar Moshe Horowitz

356

Controversy of Writing a Get on Yom Tov

357

Dual Intensions in 1 Action

358

R' Shlomo Kluger's fight with 7 eyes

359

A Rav Accused of Forgery: The Story of the Yad Elozar , Part 2

360

A Rav Accused of Forgery: The Story of the Yad Elozar , Part 1

361

The Fantastic Teshuvos of the Maharshag, Part 4

362

AH FREILICHEN TISHA B'AV!

363

The Fantastic Teshuvos of the Maharshag, Part 3

364

Start the Talking in Shul

365

Shovavim, Part 3

366

Shovavim, Part 2

367

Shovavim, Part 1

368

Bitul Torah

369

Yikum Purkan

370

From Mishnaos to Kahati, Part 2

371

From Mishnaos to Kahati, Part 1

372

Can One Become a Breslover Against his Parents' Wishes?

373

Gevirim = Nebach Cases

374

Was the REBBE MOSHIACH?

375

Minhagim and Manhigim of Torah Vodaath

376

The Fantastic Teshuvos of the Maharshag, Part 2

377

The Fantastic Teshuvos of the Maharshag, Part 1

378

Eilu V’eilu Divrei Elohim Chayim, Part 2

379

Eilu V’eilu Divrei Elohim Chayim, Part 1

380

The Eizener Kop of Lublin, Part 2

381

The Eizener Kop of Lublin, Part 1

382

The Making of a Taana: From Christian to Kol Hatorah Kulah

383

The Zilberman Movement, Part 2

384

The Zilberman Movement, Part 1

385

The Prohibition of Masturbating, Part 4

386

The Prohibition of Masturbating, Part 3

387

The Prohibition of Masturbating, Part 2

388

The Prohibition of Masturbating, Part 1

389

The Large Cash Flow in Satmar

390

Reb Shlomo Heiman

391

Comments on Chanukah, Part 2

392

Comments on Chanukah, Part 1

393

The Klein Chemdah, Part 3

394

The Klein Chemdah, Part 2

395

The Klein Chemdah, Part 1

396

Grow up! (In Ruchnius)

397

Learned Women Throughout the Ages, Part 3

398

Learned Women Throughout the Ages, Part 2

399

Learned Women Throughout the Ages, Part 1

400

Having many Children, Part 2

401

Having many Children, Part 1

402

The Ramchal, Part 4

403

The Ramchal, Part 3

404

The Ramchal, Part 2

405

The Ramchal, Part 1

406

Sharp Disputes between Great Rabbanim

407

The Secret of Divrei Hayamim

408

Who's worse: Achav or the Zionists

409

The Story of Bostanai (in Iran)

410

Controversy in the Rashban, Part 4

411

The Rambam, Besht and Rav Feinstein

412

The Massive Chiddushim of R' Chaim Or Zarua

413

Frocks in Halacha, Part 2

414

Frocks in Halacha

415

The Secrets of Tzfas

416

Fasting in Current Times, Part 2

417

Fasting in Current Times, Part 1

418

Shalom Bayis in Tanach

419

The Vilna Goan on Tanya

420

Girls Dancing in the Vineyard

421

Censorship in Sefer Menucha U'Kedusha

422

Reb Amram Blau and the Giyores

423

Will We Eat Pig One Day, Part 2

424

Will We Eat Pig One Day, Part 1

425

The Obligation to Trim One's Mustache

426

Controversy in the Rashban, Part 3

427

Rav Ovadia M'Bartenura

428

Some Comments on the Akeida

429

Blios in Keilim in current times

430

Polygamy Throughout the Generations

431

Bitachon: from Kasov to Kasova

432

Bracha on a Yefas Toar

433

Mistakes that were caused by Mistakes

434

The Knowledge of Chazal in Tanach and the Chazon Ish in Shas

435

Nedarim: From the Geonim to Satmar

436

Controversy in the Rashban Part 2

437

Tznius Seforim in recent times

438

Controversy in the Rashban Part 1