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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."
By JNi.Media
At the same time, there is a creeping acceptance of intermarriages within the Conservative movement.
By JNi.Media
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.
A federal court on Wednesday will hear arguments that the conditions prevent him from working and force him to violate Jewish law.
Her husband is Jewish and she converted before they were married in June, while she was pregnant.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The wave of terror also has made self-defense courses and pepper spray the new fad.
Update: The union has called off the strike after reaching an agreement with the Airport Authority.
By JNi.Media
“The prohibition against shaming a person, which is Torah-level, supersedes the obligation to read the Torah aloud, which is rabbinic.”
The Bible's first mitzvah: "And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth..."
It’s cute, inventive and raises an interesting question n Jewish law on appointing a representative to perform a mitzvah.
When a Muslim won’t look at a woman, it is called respect. When a Jew won’t shake her hand, it is called sexism.
Praying in a minyan on an airplane is forbidden if it robs others passengers of their sleep or interferes with the duties of stewards and stewardesses, ruled newly elected Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Replying to a congratulatory letter from El Al CEO Eliezer Shkedy on the election of the […]
By Jeremy Rosen
In Judaism sex is regarded as something wonderful, positive, and a gift of God.
The proper response for almost the entire population of planet Earth to these eternal questions about man-made meat is “I am not qualified to render an opinion on this matter.”
By Chabad.org
Preliminary thoughts on the halachic status of lab-created meat: it's kosher--if you started the process kosher. but no final words yet.
The mikveh barely existed in 19th century American, where Jewish immigrants turned against religion. But one has been found in Connecticut, and it is more similar those in Israel than in the US.
By Chabad.org
“Some of the women were doctors, and lawyers—educated women with tears running down their faces in gratitude..."
By Nathan Lewin
The late Israeli Supreme Court judge Menachem Elon, was a pioneer of Jewish and Israeli law.
"It is a Sabbath of Sabbaths for you, and you shall afflict yourselves, It is an eternal statute” (Vayikra 16:31). This is how our Torah sums up the upcoming experience of Yom Kippur: a Sabbath of all Sabbaths. Rather than use the more colloquially known "Yom HaKippurim," The Day of Atonement, the Torah reading of Yom Kippur morning uses the above term to summarize the twenty-five hour experience we are about to step into.
A monastery in Israel is desecrated, almost certainly by nationalist extremists. The desecration was condemned by the prime minister and others in the government. Chief Rabbi Metzger called it a “heinous deed.” The Internal Security minister did not hesitate to use the word “terror” and announced the formation of a special police unit to combat it. Many people traveled to the monastery to personally apologize, including Rabbi Dov Lipman of Beit Shemesh, who took brush in hand to help scrub the offensive words from the walls.
When it comes to Metzitza B’Peh, we are not discussing a Biblical Commandment, nor are we referring to a Rabbinical enactment from the Gemarah's time. We are referring to a hallowed Minhag from days of yore to use the mouth only.
By Rabbi Shimshon HaKohen Nadel
In the early days of Statehood, when Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, the famed Chazon Ish, and other leading rabbis reached a compromise with David Ben Gurion to provide military exemptions for yeshiva students, only some 400 students were exempted. Writing about a Milchemet Mitzvah, the Chazon Ish himself recognized that “if there is a need for them, they must come to the aid of their brethren.”
Question: Why do we celebrate when a boy becomes bar mitzvah?
By Rabbi Shimshon HaKohen Nadel
It has been said ‘It is easier to take the Jew out of the Exile, than to take the Exile out of the Jew’. While in Egypt, the Jewish people could not even hear Hashem’s promise of Redemption because of their “shortness of spirit.” Their bondage wasn’t merely a physical bondage, but a mental one. And so, while still in Egypt, Hashem began the process of taking the Jew out of the psychology of Exile, ridding him of his slave mentality.
By Rabbi Shimshon HaKohen Nadel
With thousands of Haggadot in print, it can be overwhelming to decide what to buy and what to use at the Seder. Just like kashering the home for Pesach requires preparation, so too the material for the Seder. And according to the investment is the return. Below are twenty of my favorite Haggadot.
Question: Are there limitations to the mitzvah of chinuch?
Question: Are there limits to the mitzvah of chinuch?
July 3, 2026 
