A jog up Tel Yarmut sparks a reflection on the tension between halachic categories and the lived reality of Jewish destiny.

How Kabbalah became woven into normative Judaism despite disputed origins, and why disciplined restraint beats revisionist erasure.

Featured image by Roy Lindman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A critique of Elon Gilad’s confident pop-Judaism: how narrow philological claims about sufganiyot, meat-and-milk, and Mishnah variants get inflated into sweeping takedowns while ignoring broader sources and transmission. The piece argues for proportion—respecting evidence, the weight of commentary, and oral tradition instead of cherry-picked “gotchas.”

For Nerds! Tracking Elul in Obsidian: Logs, Charts, and Scripts

Elul logs - the next iteration!

A trip to Ashdod with my kids to celebrate the yahrzeit of the original Tolna Rebbe tz"l.

Hebrew notes critiquing R. Asher Weiss on shlichus in mitzvos from Yarchei Kallah 5784.

Rif Pesahim Review II

Review of the basic obligation for checking for hametz according to the Rif and Ran.

Questions For Testing Yourself on the Parsha w/ Rashi and the Ramban

A postmortem on my attempt to change my habits over last Elul.

Remembering the Mashgiach Rabbi Mordechai Zelig Schechter זצ״ל

A speech I gave at my son’s bar mitzva. Originally delivered August 6th, 2023

More Notes from Obsidian on Progress

My son’s bar mitzva speech, originally delivered by my son Eliyahu on August 6th, 2023

Notes from Obsidian on Progress

Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part III

Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part II

Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part I

Hope For The New Year