R' Wieder is a brilliant Talmud Chacham and I admire him greatly but I don't find his arguments compelling:

https://twitter.com/West187th/status/1648646199769985026

- Florida has a huge surplus. Receiving vouchers is not denying or depriving anyone else funding.

- His strings attached argument should extend to every Jewish school that receives bussing, textbooks, security grants, etc. Should we turn all that down too?

A great thought from Rav Pam zt"l on Tu Bishvat:

The great masters of mussar and Jewish thought derived many important insights from Tu B’Shvat, which always falls in the midst of winter, while the trees are totally bare of leaves and seemingly bereft of any sign of life. The fields are usually covered with snow, the white shrouds of winter. Yet when this special day arrives, a techiyas hameisim (Resurrection of the Dead) begins. Something happens under the earth; life-giving “sap” begins to work its way up through the trees to give them new life.

I would rather not post about this because it is unlikely to sway opinions and likely to attract criticism. However, I think there are times to stand up for Hashem and His values and say things that would be much easier to be silent about. 🧵1/9 This is especially true when it doesn't seem others are saying it as clearly and non-defensively as I believe it should be said. So here goes: 2/9

Last week we had @LissElisheva on @BehindTheBima - was a really great conversation about #EQ, relationships, and everything in between...

WATCH: bit.ly/EQLiss
LISTEN: apple.co/3mUi9QJ

here are some clips 👇 Tips for #marriage

youtube.com/clip/UgkxgjVlM…

A few thoughts on this incredible video getting around:
1) Nobody can compare with or replace R' Chaim ztvk"l but we are blessed to have other rebbeim with superhuman love of and concentration in Torah. We should appreciate them while we have them. 1/5 2) "I didn't hear if it is a boy or girl, I was concentrating on the Shulchan Aruch." Rav Schachter is one of the most sensitive & emotional people I know. He cherishes his family and absolutely loves his children and grandchildren. 2/5

Tonight, 8:30pm community wide tribute to Rav Chaim zt"l.
As I mentioned on the Shabbos right after the world went a little darker, when we went from simcha to yagon and to a state of eivel gadol l'yehudim, Rav Chaim was the greatest repository of Torah on earth. 1/4 We walked the same globe with him, breathed the same air, but we lived in different worlds entirely. We aren't expected to be like him, but we must appreciate how fortunate and blessed we were to live in a generation with such a giant in whose merit we gained so much. 2/4

Don't send me what the rabbi from Texas believes about Israel, gun laws or anything else. It won't change the concern I had for him when he was being held hostage or my feeling connected to him as a fellow Jew now. I am shocked & offended that you would suggest it should. 1/4 To state the obvious - My concern and prayers for him don't mean I agree, condone or support everything about him but that is not how ahavas yisroel works. 2/4

There are parts of the Israeli-Arab conflict that are complicated & even intractable, but what is happening now is not. It is straighforward and simple. If Hamas stops firing rockets, there will be calm and peace. 1/4 If Israel stops defending herself, there will be mass casualties and murder of innocent men, women and children. 2/4

1/14 As a rabbi, the moment something significant, if not historic occurs, there is pressure to weigh in, put out a statement or write a post. The luxury of time to process, think, study, consider and consult is gone. In the absence of commenting immediately people draw their own 2/14 conclusions and assumptions about what you believe. So while I wish I had time, here it goes: