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Gil StudentOct 1, 25
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• Chief Rabbis: Pray for the release of the hostages – Chief Rabbis of Israel urge rabbis nationwide to designate special prayers in Yom Kippur and Selichot for release of the 48 hostages

• RM Taragin – The emotional landscape of repentance – teshuva demands sincere inner effort, not mere ritual; repentance must include intent, confession, and spiritual churn

• RS Aviner – Teshuva the right way – verbal confession is essential to teshuva: it forces ownership of sin and resists self-deception

• I have an article on forgiving unrepentant evil-doers (in contrast to Erika Kirk) in this magazine – COLlive Magazine: A Rov’s Ascent, Donor’s Story, and Wine by Shluchim – Halacha distinguishes forgoing from forgiving. True forgiveness requires sincere teshuva, restitution, and reconciliation. Terrorists without repentance cannot be forgiven; withholding forgiveness may itself protect justice and memory

• He was a friend of Torah Musings – Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer OBM – in memoriam: Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer, a prolific Torah teacher, journalist, and public voice, has passed away

Gil StudentOct 1, 25
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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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