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Tadhg Cleary

Apr 4, 2023, 9:12 AM

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Moshe’s first attempt at freedom just wasn’t enough

Detail of a statue of a new kingdom pharoah Amenhotep III in the British Museum. August 10, 2022 (James Kemp via Wikimedia)

Alleviating suffering is important, but we have to be able to envision a vibrant and viable future beyond the suffering

Oct 7, 2022, 5:47 AM

Sukkah As Tabernacle

The Rema—the great Halakhic Codifier of Ashkenazi Jewry—rules that we should build the sukkah on the day after Yom Kippur (starting even right after we break the fast) (Orach Chaim, 624:5-625:1). Some infer that, ideally, we are not supposed...

Sep 29, 2022, 9:21 PM

Between Shabbat and Teshuvah

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The One Where Adam Discovers Teshuva Let me tell you about the day that humanity first discovered teshuvah. As the midrash tells it, it all happens on the day Kayin killed Hevel. After that first murder, Kayin accepts HaShem’s verdict as...

Sep 22, 2022, 10:33 PM

On Weight Loss and Teshuva

Parashat Nitzvim may reveal a deep connection between weight loss and Teshuva. Noom is a weight loss program which claims to be built on well-researched psychological principles. It requires no crash diets, no carb counting, no extreme exercise regimen. In...

Sep 15, 2022, 9:28 PM

Ki Tavo, Covenants, and the Queen

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On the Reflective Power of Symbols What can we do to ensure that our deepest, most enduring relationships remain effective, vibrant, and resonant? How do successful relationships survive the pressure of the tough times, or even just the eroding banality...

Sep 8, 2022, 10:01 PM

The Legacy of Enclosure

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What Biblical Workers’ Rights can Teach us about Privatizing the Public Domain The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from off the goose. The law...

About Me

Tadhg Cleary (he/him) divided the last ten years between New Zealand and Israel - learning, teaching, and building Jewish community. An alumnus of Victoria University and Yeshivat Har Etzion, he is in his second year of Semicha studies at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. Tadhg also loves wearing hats, honest physical labour, and defending Constitutional monarchy to his (very skeptical) American friends.