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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 ...
Halacha & Hashkafa; Daf Yomi. By. Rabbi Yaakov Klass - 3 Tammuz 5785 – June 29, 2025. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...
The common practice is to use silver coins, whether silver dollars minted in the U.S. or special silver coins minted now in Israel with the proper silver content, concluded Rabbi Dayan. Where this is ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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).