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Let’s Talk About The Right Of ‘Bameh Dantoni’

It’s in the Shulchan Aruch. It means that if you lose in a Beit Din (Jewish law court), you have the right to ask the judges to explain why they ruled as they did. When you take a case to … Continue reading

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A Christlike Approach To Jewish Law

Donny emails: Hi Luke! I am an Orthodox convert. I was never involved with Jesus and Christianity. It’s only after converting that I started appreciating what he had to say to the Jews of his time. Based on what I … Continue reading

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Is A Reputation For Giving Blowjobs Enough To Keep A Girl Out Of YULA?

Yes. With few exceptions, no Orthodox day school wants students with a risque reputation even if their parents are rich and the kid has a great academic record. A girl thrown out of one yeshiva for fooling around will have … Continue reading

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Yiddish Theater: A Love Story

Sunday morning, I catch a screening at the Laemmle theater in Santa Monica. In it, a professor of Yiddish at Vilnius University in Lithuania, an absolute bear of a man, talks about immigrant Jews wanting their children to speak English … Continue reading

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Sephardim are rational — Ashkenazim, not so much

Dennis Wilen writes: From an essay in Zeek — A Sephardic Answer to Modern Jewish Identity By David Rabeeya: " . . . Ashkenazic authorities traditionally have placed a “fence around the Torah,” enlarging restrictions in order to be sure … Continue reading

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