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Rabbi Aaron, at the Divrei Yoel Yahrzeit meal, restated Satmar principles against any compromise, against any home Internet use, against unrestricted business use of the Internet, and against ...

Why is the letter aleph in the word va’yikra, the very first word of the Book of Leviticus, written smaller than the others? It is smaller, suggests the Ba’al Haturim, because it reveals Moses’s ...

Why is the letter aleph in the word vayikra, the very first word of the Book of Leviticus written smaller than the others? A second, more mystical thought comes to mind. Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook, the ...