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If a person who lived in a place without the ability to build a sukkah still had access to a communal sukkah, there would be no limitation on renting or buying such a domicile.
There's a good reason historians remember this location...
At this corner, these two great Rabbis meet forever in Israel.
That’s one of the rules of judgment. If you’re very kind and forgiving, Hashem will be so with your judgment. If you’re very strict, very makpid, Hashem will be so with you.
We see this as our role as Israel’s national EMS organization and as part of our ongoing activities in our global fight against Covid.
The Pope appears to be reverting back to the pre-Second Vatican Council reforms of 1965 which supposedly repudiated the “teaching of contempt” toward Jews and Judaism.
How much significance should we place in eating the Simanim foods and saying Yehi Ratzon on Rosh Hashana?
NY’s Jewish Community working together to bring relief to Haiti after the 2021 earthquake.
Thanks to support from American and international donors, the Jerusalem Defibrillator Project was launched this month at The Jerusalem Great Synagogue, the city’s largest and most central synagogue.
While there are many advantages of technology, such as convenience and communication, one of the great downsides is social media.
Corona, New Taxes, Rockets, Area C, Progressives, Fires...
Many of the societies that were exquisitely sensitive to the treatment of animals were often quite callous and sadistic to their resident Jews.
The Black and Jewish communities had a wonderful relationship before 1991, Lipkind observed. Could the community’s wounds heal? Or would it spill over to hate, racism, and anti-Semitism?
Is it proper to give an aliyah to one who has a seirev issued against him by a reputable beis din? Generally how should one interact with such a person?
Enjoying that never-ending summer vacation?
Where it can be arranged such as a designated pray area away from the public’s way, then there should be no problem with forming a minyan for prayer. In fact doing so offers the public at large... great spiritual protection, as our prayers are not only for us, but for humanity at large as well.
What would you do about Ben & Jerry's if you were in charge of the Kof-K?
There exists an unfair balance in our world between building and destroying. While building needs planning and painstaking attention, and is accomplished step by step and layer by layer, destroying is easier and quicker.
Is it proper for a husband/father or wife/mother to leave their family for an extended period of time?
I spent Shabbat in a Sefardi community, where cycling is common, and saw a teen whose bicycle chain had come off…. I exclaimed: “How great are the words of our Sages!”
On Av 10, 5765 the Ariel Sharon government uprooted thousands of Jews from the Gaza Strip.
Perhaps one should better go to sleep than engage in these pursuits, if he can't properly engage his focus on the sadness of the day.
While this poll hardly covers the broad spectrum of religious practice, where do you and your fellow readers most closely fit in?
I would be comfortable with nature hikes, short family trips, small gatherings – activities that are more contemplative in character and that do not undermine the character of these days.
Is it proper to be overly familiar and casual with one’s parents?
Coming to Israel for the holidays? Going abroad? When and how do you plan to travel?
Is it proper for an adult to change his/her given Hebrew name?
Is it proper to pressure family members of a get refuser?
Notwithstanding the war that was raging during those two years, the Rebbe simply picked up the conversation where they had left off!
Unique multi-sensory composition entitled ‘Every Person is a Symphony’ featuring ADI residents with severe disabilities underscores importance of empowering people of all abilities.
Is It Proper To Have A Favorite Child?
Will the Bennett-Lapid Shinui government collapse, and if so, how long will it take to happen?
Is it proper to publicly announce donors' names and contribution amounts in shul?
Adam was created by Hashem, a perfect being. And yet, Hashem saw that Adam wasn’t complete without Chava by his side.
I think my chances are very high. This district is a very conservative district – 65 percent voted for President Trump. I am a Russian speaker, and there’s a very large Russian Jewish demographic in this district.
Is it presumptuous for a regular frum Jew to disagree (not face to face, obviously) with a great rabbi on a particular matter in Jewish thought or public policy?
Let's pretend you were the prime minister in charge....
If a Jew who knows better intermarries, how should one treat his or her spouse? Coldly? Warmly? Somewhere in between?
I’m planning to learn and teach the commentary of the Alshich HaKadosh to Megillas Rus. — Rabbi YY Rubinstein, noted author and lecturer
To be honest, I have never met a cheesecake I didn’t like, but over the last few years, I have replaced the vanilla in my cheesecake with bourbon, with fantastic results. It’s a subtle change, but a good one! — Sandy Eller, Monsey, NY
Hebron Day was celebrated in the City of Abraham with festivities and a special conference.
Is it proper to use the title “Rabbi” when referring to someone who received rabbinic ordination from a Reform or Conservative institution?
Should a person who desperately wants to make aliyah do so even if his or her parents object?
When visiting a shiva house, is it appropriate to repeat divrei Torah that seek to explain tragedy or death?
Should one take sides in a family fight? If yes, under what circumstances?
What we have here is a game of "Mexican chicken" to see who blinks first. There cannot really be a viable left-wing/Arab/fake right government – the numbers just aren't there.
An opportunity or a threat?
Some people insist that Hebrew and Lashon HaKodesh are two different languages. Is the assertion correct and is the motivation behind making this assertion commendable?
The days of Sefirat HaOmer are divided into sections of our attributes. We are meant to fix a different aspect of our middot as we count each day.
Yom HaZikaron: On May 8th, 2001, Koby Mandell and Yosef Ish-Ran cut class to explore the canyon near their homes in Tekoa, Israel...
The Jewish community of Hebron mourned Hastings as the representative who wrote a resolution supporting the Jewish connection to the City of Abraham.
Is it appropriate to discuss politics at the Shabbos table?
Is being on time a Jewish value?
The author of the book Ronit Treatman, the daughter of Israeli diplomats who speaks several languages and lives in Philadelphia, was inspired to write the book after she became involved with the Bnei Anousim, the tens of millions of people around the world descended from forcibly converted Spanish and Portuguese Jews through the organization Reconectar.
Is it appropriate to introduce “gimmicks” at the Seder (like 10 toys for the 10 makos) in an effort to make it more fun for children? Or should the Seder be more dignified and formal?
Who will you be having your Seder with this year?
Experts generally support coronavirus vaccination programs, but Daniel said not all scientists do and “the idea of science being settled is a fallacy of what science actually stands for.”
Is listening to rap or heavy metal music appropriate?
In looking up a pasuk online, the first result one gets is usually the King James translation or another Christian translation. Can one use this translation if the pasuk isn’t Isaiah 53:5 or something similar?
When publishing a deceased person’s writings, may one censor a tiny amount of material in order to vastly increase the number of people who will read it and be influenced by the author?
He Might Extinguish It ‘The Best Way of Performing the Mitzvah’ (Pesachim 103b)
The Purim Edition 2021
Should a lawyer defend someone in court whom he thinks is guilty? What if the man is truly despicable (e.g., a child killer)?
Is it safe to hang out with JewishPress.com readers?
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