B'chol D'rachecha

Therapy: Navigating Strange Incentives, Murky Goals, and Elastic Training

I’ll begin this post by admitting that - having been neither a consumer nor a practitioner - I know nothing about mental health therapy.

Oct 19 • 

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Are There Controls and Limits to the Creativity of Minhagim?

If we (theoretically) removed all innovations to the modern siddur which were added in the past 500 years, we’d probably spend considerably less time in…

Oct 9 • 

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September 2025

Swapping Selichos: why should it make a difference?

As many of you have probably noticed, there’s a widespread custom to switch the selichos designated for the fourth day of עשרת ימי תשובה with those…

Sep 29 • 

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A Yomim Noraim and Sukkos Reading List

This Substack has been dragging on now for 160 posts over nearly four years.

Sep 14 • 

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Why Wash Hands When Leaving a Cemetery?

There’s a widespread minhag for people leaving a cemetery to wash their hands using a cup before entering their homes.

Sep 11 • 

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Doing Judaism My Way (by Manipulating Halacha)

Shabbos and Yom Tov are, apparently, not appropriate times to daven for our personal needs.

Sep 7 • 

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August 2025

Are We Ignoring Opportunities for Understanding Tanach Better?

One of the major challenges I’ve faced in my attempts to understand the later prophets or books like Iyov (Job) is developing a sense of a sefer’s…

Aug 24 • 

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Rabbi Hirsch on Losing the Battles You've Won

The novelist Michael Crichton was supposed to have observed that activists are never useful for more than ten years or so.

Aug 18 • 

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[REPOST] Private Economies and the Public Tax Burden

Do members of a community rich in local social services have the moral right to avoid taxes?

Aug 12 • 

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[repost] What Are We Supposed To Be Doing on Tisha B'Av?

We all know the things we can’t do on Tisha B’Av.

Aug 3 • 

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July 2025

Should You Learn (and Practice) Kabbala?

I suppose it might be useful to have an opinion about whether or not the Zohar is an authentic Torah source or whether or not the Ari’s innovations…

Jul 20 • 

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Rebelliousness, Parnassa, and Hirsch: the Podcast Edition

Just when you thought it was safe to venture out onto the internet again, B’chol D’rachecha goes and adds a brand new media category to its growing…

Jul 15 • 

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