Realism and Faith Some argue that Rabbi Kook was an
Questions from Religious LGBT’s Q: I am a religious person,
From the Sin of the Spies until today: The real
Pregnant and nursing mothers who find it difficult to fast
Gid Hanasheh, which according to the deeper teachings of the
The obligation to study the Torah applies throughout the year,
When our Sages determined the “minor” fasts, they did not
In the past, it was obligatory to check eggs when
Jewish courts of law have always given representation to all
The thoughts and decisions behind the new volume of ‘Peninei Halakha’ dealing with kashrut * The order in the new book differs from the order in the Shulchan Aruch: In the Land of Israel, the mitzvot dependent on the Land are once again the main laws * In exile we focused on prohibitions whose main concern was survival amongst the Gentiles, whereas the mitzvot that are dependent on the Land deal with society’s rectification, and the building of holy life * As long as most of the Jews live abroad – the mitzvot dependent on the Land are not applicable from the Torah, and the vision of overall redemption is far from realization * We are not close to a Jewish majority in Israel, because there are many Jews in the world who are not aware of their Jewishness, such as Madeline Albright and John Kerry, for example
Shabbat is meant for holiness and rest, and it should
The enactment of the ‘override clause’ is only the beginning
