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Tag Archives: jewish law
I Walked Around Pico-Robertson In Jeans Friday Night
Friday was my graduation day. I had a friend in from the Bay Area. I had my psycho-therapy. And I did not have much spare time. So when my buddy came over at 5pm, I was still in my jeans. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged graduation day, jewish law, orthodox jews, psycho therapy, shabbos candles, split pea soup
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Beware Of Any Man Who Tells You He’s Elijah The Prophet And He Wants To Make Moshiach Baby With You
In his second lecture on Rav Yaakov Ettlinger in 2007, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro relates a famous story from 19th Century Eastern Europe. “The responsa I’m going to tell you now is almost like a movie. “A man was staying … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged elijah the prophet, ettlinger, holy temple, jewish law, Marc B. Shapiro, responsa
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Why Not Allow For Quickie Conversions To Judaism?
From Rabbi Moss in Australia: Question of the Week: I often hear rabbis complain that the Jewish people is shrinking due to intermarriage and assimilation. But it is you rabbis who are the major obstacle to Judaism growing! If you … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged becoming a jew, crime rates, intermarriage, jewish law, poverty line, secretary general of the un
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Three Reasons For Not Asking For Reasons For Jewish Law
In his 2000 lecture on Numbers 19, Dennis Prager says that this is the area where he most differs with the tradition. I do not believe that there are any laws we can not understand. The traditional interpretation is that … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dennis Prager, Torah
Tagged Dennis Prager, divine law, false god, god and goodness, halakha, hebrew word, jewish law, leibowitz, spirit of the law, traditional interpretation
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When Did Thoughts Become Sinful?
In a 2001 lecture on Numbers 21, Dennis Prager fields a question from a Christian woman who said she was raised to regard impure thoughts as destructive to her soul. Dennis: “When Christianity did away with Jewish law, thoughts became … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dennis Prager
Tagged christian clergy, Dennis Prager, impure thoughts, jewish law, orthodox rabbis, thinking thoughts
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The Sisterhood 50
The Charedim received almost no attention the past few years in Newsweek’s annual listing of America’s top 50 rabbis. Sure, some chareidim complain about this, but few care very much. I get a sense that these feminists care very much … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged feminists, jewish law, jewish world, newsweek, orthodox jewish life, orthodox life, own two feet, passionate marriage, sisterhood, top 50 rabbis, torah scholars
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The Reasons For Jewish Laws
In his third lecture on Deuteronomy in 2002, Dennis Prager says: “The rabbis [of the Talmud] distinguished between chukim (laws between man and God) and mishpatim (laws between man and man) as chukim are laws we can not understand and … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Jews, Torah
Tagged Dennis Prager, halifax nova scotia, intellectual inquiry, jewish law, jewish laws, orthodox rabbi
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Reb Moshe’s Lonely Stand On Seclusion
The law against “Yichud” (seclusion) is normally understood in orthodox Jewish law as preventing a man and a woman (who are not married, nor family members) from being together alone in a room. Given the bevy of women who traipse … Continue reading
Posted in Abner Weiss, R. Moshe Feinstein, R. Steven Weil
Tagged Abner Weiss, Beth Jacob, jewish law, moral accountability, office doors, rabbi mordecai tendler, reb moshe, violating the law
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Corruption In Jewish Law Courts
A.B. writes: I think that it is unanimously agreed that the state of Botei Din in the US is pathetic. Going to the Brooklyn Courts one comes across minyan after minyan of not only ultra Orthodox but even Chassidic Jews … Continue reading
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Tagged dayan, despicable conduct, jewish law, law courts, minyan, word corruption
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Who Turned Kashrut Supervision Into A Cash Cow?
Kof-K led the way in the 1970s with making serious money from kashrut supervision. Then everyone else, including the OU, woke up to the possibilities of making big bucks from overseeing the production of food within the guidelines of Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, R. Avraham Teichman, RCC
Tagged cash cow, jewish law, kof, possibilities, serious money
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