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Mar 24, 2022, 1:49 AM

Learning from the Levaya of Rav Chaim Kanievsky Ztvk”l

Evel Gadol LaYehudim It all suddenly…stopped. Having finished our Purim Seudot on Friday at Yeshivat Hakotel in Yerushalayim, we were now preparing for the transition to Shabbat — to turn the simcha of Purim into the oneg of Shabbat. Then we...

Mar 23, 2022, 10:19 AM

Our wings to fly – In memory of Rav Chaim Kanievsky ztvk”l

In Parshat Shemini, we finally arrive at the moment we have been waiting for. Since Parshat Teruma, we have been focused on the construction and inauguration of the Mishkan, all of which was meant to facilitate the Shechina residing...

Mar 1, 2022, 9:11 PM

Our Metal – The Meaning and Significance of Pekuday

Parshat Pekuday The division between the topics included in Parshat Pekuday and those included in Vayakhel mirrors the division between Parshiyot Terumah and Tetzaveh. Vayakhel, like Terumah, deals with the Mishkan and its keilim. Pekuday, like Tetzaveh, deals with the...

Feb 21, 2022, 5:21 PM

When We Are All Together (Why All The Details?)

Parshiyot Vayakhel and Pekudei detail how Moshe told the Jewish people about the commandment(s) to build the Mishkan. Though the Torah already specified these details when it described Hashem telling them to Moshe in Parshiyot Terumah and Tetzaveh, it...

Feb 16, 2022, 12:59 PM

Why the Parsha of the Eigel is Named Ki Tisa?

What Connects the Eigel to the Machatzit Hashekel? Opening With the Machazit Hashekel Parshat Ki Tisa focuses mainly on the chet ha’egel and its aftermath. It is thus surprising that the parsha begins with a topic that seems so unrelated— the...

Feb 15, 2022, 2:25 PM

The issues behind the conversion controversy

(This piece is based on extensive research and substantive conversations with leaders on both sides of the debate. Thank you also to the tens of Rabbonim for Israel, the US, and around the world who reviewed the piece and...

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About Me

Rav Reuven Taragin is the Dean of Overseas Students at Yeshivat Hakotel where he is responsible for the program’s quality and message and the welfare of each of its talmidim. Rav Taragin is also the Educational Director of World Mizrachi and the RZA (Religious Zionists of America). He drives educational initiatives that strengthen the relationship of communities and individuals in the USA and around the world with Eretz Yisrael. Rav Taragin is also the Rosh Beit Midrash at Camp Moshava (I.O.) and the founder and director of the Vayichan Program which brings together the world's leading Torah teachers of different hashkafot to teach Torah together. Rav Taragin lives with his wife Shani and their six children in Alon Shvut, Israel.