Monday, July 24, 2017

Showering during the 9 days

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In recent years, this topic has become more controversial in the Charedi world. The din in the shulchan aruch is that tyou are not allowed t...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

Orthoprax Chasidim

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I was away for Shabbos and therefore went to a local Shteibel to daven on Friday night. Even though I know that there are orthoprax Chasidim...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Quality of life

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Judaism believes that life is sacred no matter what the quality of life is. I have never thought that much about this until now. My father w...
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Monday, July 17, 2017

Charedi women speak

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Mishpacha magazine published a whole set of letters from Charedi women in response to the column by R' Besser (see a discussion here  an...
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Thursday, July 13, 2017

Another source that the Torah was forgotten by the masses

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IMHO, the best answer to the Kuzari proof is to deny the underlying assumption, that there is a mass mesora about Matan Torah. The Gemara ...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

In the wake of Lakewood arrests, Lakewood honcho: "People are forced to find ways to bend the system."

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Here is the full quote : Duvi Honig, the CEO of the Lakewood-based Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, said that thousands of Jewish fami...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

The number of letters and Pesukim in the Torah

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The Gemara in Kiddushin (30) gives the following numbers/count: The early Chachamim were called Sofrim (counters), for they would count al...
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