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Gil StudentSep 11, 26
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• RM Taragin – The State of Hashem in Our World: 5787 – Rosh Hashanah invites evaluating where Hashem’s presence became more visible or concealed this year, highlighting hostages’ return, victories, renewed faith, antisemitism, division and AI-driven falsehood

• Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase – “L’shana tovah” is grammatically incomplete without a following verb, while “shana tovah” is correct; nevertheless, shortened greetings are common and understandable

• Judge shields Maryland synagogue from gun restrictions in time for High Holidays – a federal judge temporarily allowed licensed members of one Orthodox Maryland synagogue’s volunteer security team to carry handguns inside the synagogue before Rosh Hashanah

• IDF prepares for High Holidays: ‘Goal is for shofar to reach every corner’ – the IDF Officers School is preparing shofar access, sukkot, four species, prayer, Torah and spiritual programming so soldiers can observe the holidays wherever deployed

• Job had questions, history gave him ‘patience’ – the familiar “patience of Job” is largely a Christian and English-language tradition; Jewish readings emphasize Job’s mourning, protest, questioning and evolving response to suffering

Gil StudentSep 11, 26
1 minute read

Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine, The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Jewish Vues. In the past, he has served as the President of the small Jewish publisher Yashar Books and as the Managing Editor of OU Press. Rabbi Student currently is serving his third term on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America. He serves on the Editorial Board of Jewish Action magazine and the Board of OU Press. He has published five English books, the most recent titled Articles of Faith: Traditional Jewish Belief in the Internet Era, previously served as the Book Editor of Jewish Action magazine, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

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