Ofakim city workers noticed that the Eruv around their city was down and fixed it moments before Shabbat - using a drone.

A class by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: The Rambam establishes that consuming religious offerings before proper separation creates liability to Heaven but not to human courts ...

Halacha vs. health. Rabbis ponder covid-19 queries of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life. October 3, 2020 at 3:26 a.m. by ILAN BEN ZION THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

“How does halacha deal with technology — such as with the use of computers on Shabbat,” Rabbi Glatt asked rhetorically. “There is never a simple answer. When dealing with life threatening ...

While it is important to carefully observe the Halacha, there are times when the needs of the moment, take precedence over that particular Halacha. About the Author ...

Halacha recognizes our human tendencies toward selfishness or inattention and repeatedly directs us to ensure others’ well-being. “Whoever wishes to be a hasid, a pious person,” Rav Yehudah ...

It was pretty much a given that my most recent article, with the provocative title “Sex and halacha: a disturbing look at the sources,” was going to attract attention.But even I was surprised ...

Expertise: “Women who suffered from ‘halachic infertility,’ where the very observance of halacha impeded conception, as well as women who felt alienated and frustrated by taharat hamishpacha ...

Later this year, the Conservative movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards will most likely reconsider the subject of homosexuality. As in the past, the extremes in these discussions are ...

Still, within the guidelines of halacha, maybe relief can be found. Not coincidentally, the Torah is called Etz Chayim (a Tree of Life). It could have been called Etz Hada’at (a Tree of Knowledge).

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