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I bought an external hard drive not long ago, and transferring a lot of my bulkier files (photos, some music, etc) onto it enabled me to free up some serious space on my actual computer. My nice laptop works much, much faster and more happily now than it has in quite...

I've handed in all my coursework for the semester. It's just me vs. the second Talmud comp exam, to come this Thursday. I haven't posted much about prep for this exam (in contrast to Daf Exam I, this summer). Much of this is due to the fact that the exam prep has been...

Two simchas in very close proximity to one another--joy upon joy. Many mazel tovs to Shlomo and Melanie (and Koby), as well as to Andrew and Kim, for the births of their babies. May they all* grow up to be healthy, happy, and basking in love. *Yep, three babies to two...

As you can see, the site has gotten a new set of design clothes. It was time. Many thanks, as always, to Dan for his kind assistance in this matter.

Massive cuteness written by one of my teachers, Rabbi Ed Feinstein: (x-posted to Jewschool) Oh the Jews of old Jewville, just loved holidays, And kept them religiously, in all of their ways. On Rosh Hashana, they ate apples and honey Then came to the Temple, all...

I hope you're all having a lovely miracle season so far. Things aren't bad on this end. I've had my first latke of the season, though the woman who brought them insisted that they be dressed with tahini, not apple sauce and sour cream. This troubles me (and no, it...

Mishnah Ketubot, 5:5: These are the tasks which the wife must perform for her husband: grinding and baking and laundry and cooking and nursing her son and making his bed and working in wool. If she brings in for him (ie out of her own money) one maidservant, she does...

As many of you know, the Writer's Guild of America (WGA) is on strike because the major corporations for whom they work refuse to give them fair compensation for, say, DVD residuals and Internet downloading of their work on places like iTunes. The online thing is...

Questions About Angels by Billy Collins Of all the questions you might want to ask about angels, the only one you ever hear is how many can dance on the head of a pin. No curiosity about how they pass the eternal time besides circling the Throne chanting in Latin or...