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Lemaan Yilmedu's Yomim Tovim course is designed to guide you through the halachos of each Jewish holiday, focusing on halacha ...
To help guide the public, the Zomet Institute published a series of up to date guidelines for Israelis who keep Shabbat.
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 ...
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 ...
In Jerusalem spoke with Goldman-Barash about her life, work, and the importance of women learning Halacha.. Tell me about your teaching. I teach at a number of institutions. For example, I teach ...
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 ...
We want them to understand that halacha is not only about kashrut and Shabbat, but that it is also about business and their professional lives and social interactions. ...
To state that Halacha is pro-choice is the equivalent of claiming that Halacha is pro-theft or pro-lying concerning the Torah’s prohibition to steal and its requirement to be honest.
Brave New Halacha: Rabbi Edward Reichman (left) and Rabbi Michael Broyde say Halacha has had to address issues raised by genetics. By Debra Nussbaum Cohen August 11, 2010.
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).