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Yehoshua Kahan

Dec 2, 2019, 11:37 PM

The tefillin worn on the head (henceforth, “shel rosh”) differ in a number of respects from the tefillin worn on the arm (henceforth, “shel yad”). One of the differences is this: Though both must contain the four passages in...

Nov 20, 2019, 11:48 PM

Here I Am Not

The brief exchange between Avraham and Yitzchak on the way to the Akeidah, less than two verses long, and sandwiched between the two phrases “and the two of them walked together”, is the only conversation between this primal father-and-son pair...

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Born and raised in L.A. in an idiosyncratic Jewish home, BA in physics, and a life-reorienting Year Abroad in Israel which launched me on a path of exploration and commitment, leading through many Jewish worlds and connecting me with a rich and seemingly irreconcilable panoply of Jewish souls. Years and years of teaching Torah and listening to, learning with, counselling and sharing with people searching high and low have been followed and enriched by work in the world of hi-tech. Everything made possible by my family - my beloved wife and the children and grandchildren with whom Hashem has blessed us.