Tag: halacha

The device could be a game-changer in the next step towards reopening shuls on Shabbat.

“This will allow us to positively contribute to helping these couples build healthy new relationships and families in accordance with Halacha and the laws of the State of Israel."

Since the identity of the father is unknown, it could have imposed severe restrictions on whom the woman would be allowed to marry.

"It would have been great if this issue had been resolved amicably between the sides rather than by the court."

"If everyone would ask himself, ‘What does God want from me?’ that would bring us together.”

The book of Bereishit keeps Halacha under control. It restricts and regulates it, and ensures that it will not wreak havoc.

What is the nature of chetzi nezek? Is it compensation or is it a fine?

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked accused the Israeli courts of ignoring Jewish law and promised to set up a steering committee to promote implementing the principles of Jewish law in the Israeli legal system.

Rabbi David Lau’s cousin, the Jerusalem Ramban Synagogue’s spiritual leader Rabbi Benny Lau criticized the Chief Rabbi’s attack on Bennett.

A federal court on Wednesday will hear arguments that the conditions prevent him from working and force him to violate Jewish law.

“The prohibition against shaming a person, which is Torah-level, supersedes the obligation to read the Torah aloud, which is rabbinic.”

Please note: The video is not from this year in terms of the specific days the rabbi mentions, but the rest of the content...

If feminism is mentioned at all, it is usually to condemn it as an anti Torah ideal.

An opinion recorded in the Talmud states that prayers correspond to the daily sacrifices offered in the Temple that are mentioned in this week’s...

One measure for living a "normal" life is Halacha, and the other is societal standards.

Israel Police arrested an eight-month pregnant woman in Yitzhar before dawn Wednesday on suspicion of incitement.

Rebbeim are consulted on all of life’s major decisions and a fair number of minor ones.

A tribute to Rav Ovadia Yosef on his Shloshim.

Praying in a minyan on an airplane is forbidden if it robs others  passengers of their sleep or interferes with the duties of stewards...

I happen to know Gedolei Torah and Roshei Yeshiva who use I-phones and the internet. Are they all doomed?

The Supreme Court has ordered Tel Aviv to enforce the law that prohibits stores from operating on the Sabbath. It overruled a February ruling...

You don't have to be 'right' – to be correct.

Rabbi Pirutinsky discussed the issue of 'metzizah b'peh' at length, concluding that if medical experts determine that there is a danger to the child, metzizah should be performed by other legitimate methods.

Making gay marriage not just value neutral but something positive. It is in effect koshering a forbidden lifestyle.

This is Torah. This is its rightful place in all our lives, both private and public.

There are always people who in cases like this will cast the victim as a provocateur.

A Chareidi rabbi lamented the attempt to denigrate a kiddush hashem preformed by a dati-leumi (national-religious) student.

The tragedy that we face today is that everyone thinks they are the sole possessors of the answer.

Using the term "Halacha" for policies which are not in fact Halacha, delegitimizes those who differ and causes ill-will towards Jewish law.

The Jews living outside Eretz Yisrael began reciting vesein tal u’matar in the Shemoneh Esrei this week. If one does not say vesein tal u’matar (instead continuing to say “vesein berachah”) and finishes the Shemoneh Esrei, he must repeat the Shemoneh Esrei. If one accidentally does not daven at all, he must daven two Shemoneh Esreis during the following tefillah. If one did not say vesein tal u’matar and finished davening and only remembers this fact at the time of the next tefillah, he must daven two Shemoneh Esreis at the next tefillah.