by Mordechai Dixler | Jun 12, 2009 | What's happening
As many already know, the Baltimore JCC has decided to open its Owings Mills branch on Saturday afternoon, reversing a decision to keep it closed on Shabbos 12 years ago. Our own Rabbi Mordechai Dixler suggested that we think about what we can do to promote thinking...
by Mordechai Dixler | May 22, 2009 | Lifeline
This May 29-30 will be Shavuot, the Holiday that celebrates the acceptance of the Torah. Our Shavuos section features many articles about this important, yet somewhat neglected holiday — please have a look! Speaking of which, my apologies for “getting...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 20, 2009 | What's happening
This week we are marking the fifth Yahrtzeit of my father-in-law, Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld. He was a leading researcher in the field of computer vision, and was also a scholar of Torah with keen insight. He graced Torah.org with two classes in Jewish Law, one each...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 13, 2009 | Lifeline
This Shabbos, Jewish congregations around the world read Parshas Yisro, which describes our receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai. G-d made Ten Dibros, or Declarations (commonly referred to as the Ten Commandments, but by all accounts there are more than ten Mitzvos...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 9, 2009 | What's happening
This week, we share in the mourning for Rabbi Noach Weinberg, founder and leader of Aish HaTorah until his passing on Thursday. As I detail in a post on Cross-Currents, I attended only one of his classes (until I, much later, was involved in outreach myself) —...
