A Guest Post By E. Fink Originally posted on DovBear: Here An intrepid reader sent in this horrible violation of tznius rules at Rockland Kosher in Monsey. This is the same place with a sign prohibiting anyone from shopping if…
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“Frum Week”
A Guest Post by E. Fink Originally posted on Finkorswim.com. In a fascinating religious and social experiment, a young Jewish woman named Emily Langowitz, who was raised as a committed reform Jew lived as an orthodox Jew for one week.…
Strictly Kosher Reading
A Guest Post by E. Fink Original post: Finkorswim.com Over Yom Tov I read some great books and articles. I hope to share some of them with you over the next couple of weeks. Perhaps the most compelling book I read…
Blessing the Bad with the Good
A Guest Post By E. Fink Original post here: Finkorswim The Mishna teaches us “One is obligated to bless the negative the same way one is obligated to bless the positive”. The Rambam understands this to mean that since we…
Traif Is Going Out of Style
A Guest Post By E. Fink Original post on my blog: Reform Judaism is Reforming Its Approach to Kashrus Ask most Orthodox Jews about Kashrus and Reform Judaism, you’ll most likely hear a snicker from the uninformed or a reference…
Esther Petrack a Modern Orthodox Jewish Girl on America’s Next Top Model
Original Post Date: September 16, 2010 on finkorswim.com Tablet Magazine reports that there is a Modern Orthodox girl named Esther Petrack from Massachusetts on America’s Next Top Model with Tyra Banks. It’s always cool to see a fellow member of…
What is Teshuvah?
A Guest Post By E. Fink (Original Post: Essay: What is Teshuva and How Does It Work in Judaism?) As we approach the Jewish New Year there is an effort to at least attempt to enter Rosh Hashanah clean from…
Mourning the Living On Tisha B’Av
A Guest Post By E. Fink (This was posted on my blog last year on Tisha B’Av) A few years ago I was a campus Rabbi for the Jewish Awareness Movement at USC. One of my primary responsibilities was to…
Korach D’var Torah: Doing Whatever It Takes
A Guest Post by E. Fink The next in a weekly dvar Torah series by Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, Rabbi at Pacific Jewish Center in Venice Beach California. This week we read the story of Korach and his rebellion. The rebels…
Shelach Dvar Torah: All A Matter of Perspective
A Guest Post By E. Fink The next in a weekly dvar Torah series by Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, Rabbi at Pacific Jewish Center in Venice Beach California. This week we read a story of Bibilical proportions. The Jewish people are…
Beha’aloscha Dvar Torah: Three Is A Magic Number
A Guest Post By E. Fink The next in a weekly dvar Torah series by Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, Rabbi at Pacific Jewish Center in Venice Beach California. This week we read Parshas Beha’aloscha. Aside from being the most difficult parsha…
Bamidbar Dvar Torah: A Book Called Numbers
A Guest Post By E. Fink The first in a weekly dvar Torah series by Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, Rabbi at Pacific Jewish Center in Venice Beach California. The fourth book in the 5 books of Moses will be read in…