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Tag Archives: Hirhurim
The OU Marriage Satisfaction Survey
Zev writes on hirhurim: Very poorly done survey, obviously prepared by women and from a woman’s point of view. For example, a question asks how much of the following affects your marriage: drugs, internet time, inapprpropraite internet sites, gambling, illegal … Continue reading
Posted in Marriage, Orthodox Union
Tagged aleinu, guys point, happy marriage, Hirhurim, marriage counselling, orthodox jews, satisfaction survey, unhappy marriages, unrealistic demands
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Rashi Could Do Things We Can’t
Lawrence Kaplan writes on Hirhurim: "If I understand the end of Rabbi Slifkin’s article correctly, he was seriously saying that Rashi was allowed to say that God is a body while we are not, and he understood full well the … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged hazal, Hirhurim, lawrence kaplan, legitimate differences, rabbi, rambam, slifkin, special pleading
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Women Wearing Pants
I prefer life when men act like men and women like women (and wear skirts). Religious Jewish women wear skirts and those who wear pants are not being religious in that respect. Hirhurim writes: R. Shmuel Katz, Kedoshim Tihyu, ch. … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged ch 8, cold women, Hirhurim, jewish women, kedoshim, shmuel katz
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Conversion Controversy
Hirhurim reports: Late last week, the Chief Rabbinical High Court in Israel ruled that all conversions over the past 20 years by R. Haim Druckman–the head of the Conversion Administration–are invalid. This led to an uproar and Chief (Sephardic) Rabbi … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged appeals court, chief rabbi, conversion controversy, conversions, goren, Hirhurim, israeli court, leviticus 19, nrp, oppression, plural form, rabbi chaim, rabbi shlomo amar, rabbinical council of america, rabbinical court, rabbinical courts, respect due, screed, state conversion, uproar
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