The Torah and the World – Twelve Questions

Areas of the Brain Modulated by Single-Dose Methylphenidate Treatment in Youth with ADHD During Task-Based fMRI: A Systematic Review

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    Harv Rev Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Jul 18.   Published in final edited form as: Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2013 May-Jun; 21(3): 151–162. doi:  10.1097/HRP.0b013e318293749e PMCID: PMC4103657 NIHMSID: NIHMS589347   Suzanne M. Czerniak, BA, Elif M. Sikoglu, PhD, Jean A. King, PhD, David N. Kennedy, PhD, Eric Mick, ScD, Jean Frazier, MD, and Constance M. Moore, PhD Author information ► Copyright and License information […]

Effect of Psychostimulants on Brain Structure and Function in ADHD: A Qualitative Literature Review of MRI-Based Neuroimaging Studies

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J Clin Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Sep 1. Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2013 Sep; 74(9): 902–917. doi:  10.4088/JCP.12r08287   Thomas J. Spencer, M.D.,1,2,3 Ariel Brown, Ph.D.,1,3 Larry J. Seidman, Ph.D.,1,2,3,4,5,6 Eve M. Valera, Ph.D.,1,2,3,5 Nikos Makris, M.D.,2,3,4,5 Alexandra Lomedico, B.A.,1 Stephen V. Faraone, Ph.D.,7 and Joseph Biederman, M.D.1,2,3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ►   The publisher’s final […]

The Torah and the World: Twelve Questions

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THE TORAH AND THE WORLD TWELVE QUESTIONS Lets explore some primary questions and issues concerning Judaism and the relationship of Torah learning and practice to the modern world. 1. What is Jewish Identity? 2. What makes Torah Law unique among Systems of Law? 3. What are those factors which bind Torah and the Jewish People to the Universal Understandings of all men? 4. What are the logical grounds […]

Introduction to this Website

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The tantalizing Biblical account of the Tree of Knowledge may very well be about Man’s ability to discern the difference between Good and Evil. What if the Biblical command is a denial of Man’s ability and privilege to set standards of behaviour? The philosophers of the Eighteenth Century Enlightenment posited that Man has the ability to set his own standards. Men can rely on their moral sense. However, […]

Hilchot Z’manim page 2

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Zm12a Zm12b   Zm13a Time Constraints for Tefillin Zm13b – Time Constraints for Tefillin   Zm14a  – Eruvin 96a Tefillin Zm14b  -Eruvin  96a Tefillin   Zm 16 Hilchos Birchos HaShachar   Zm17a Zm17b   Zm18a Tefillin (continued) Zm18b   Zm20a S’firat Ha Omer Zm20b S’firot Ha Omer Zm21  

Hilchot Z’manim

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ZM3 re: Shabbat 34b and 35a ורב יוסף אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל: הכי קתני: משתשקע החמה כל זמן שפני מזרח מאדימין – יום, הכסיף התחתון ולא הכסיף העליון – בין השמשות, הכסיף העליון והשוה לתחתון – לילה.            ו (תלמוד בבלי מסכת שבת דף לד עמוד ב The methodology of Rav Avraham Kook,ztz’l in designing the format for his Halacha B’rura was to present the reader with the […]

Tisha B’av

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    01a. The Failure of Leadership 01b. The Failure of Leadership   02a.The Failure of Leadership 02b. The Failure of Leadership 03. The Failure of Leadership   04a. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 04b. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av   05a. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 05b. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 06. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av   07a. Kiddush HaShem […]

Zionism in Voloshin, continued page three

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AK19. Rav Kook, The Lights of Chanukah part 3   AK20. The Rogotchover and the  Rambam, part 1 AK20, The Rogotchover and the Rambam, part 2   AK21. The Concept of Avrhaham Avinu, part one AK21. The Concept of Avrhaham Avinu, part two   AK22. The Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisroel, part one AK22. The Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisroel, part two