Halachic Musings: Kallah Drums Up Controversy In Bnei Brak
Videos and news items have been circulating of a kallah playing the drums at her wedding reception in Bnei Brak. First the chassan joined the band as a vocalist;...
Rabbi: Judaism Does Not Forbid Same-Sex Couples From Building a Family
(Israel Hayom) A religious-Zionist rabbi has decided to tackle a hot-button issue: Couples from the LGBTQ+ community raising families.
On Saturday night, Rabbi Benny Lau, formerly of the Ramban Synagogue in...
Honoring Step-mothers and Other Relatives
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
“YOU’RE NOT MY MOTHER! SO I don’t have to honor you.”
“Yes you still do, young lady.”
Everyone knows about the Mitzvah of honoring parents –...
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Storyline: Damaged Sefer
Menachem entered Sofer’s Seforim Store. “I’d like a sefer on the laws of Pesach that’s user-friendly,” he said to Mr. Sofer.
“A popular new sefer just came out:...
Halachic Musings: Women Learning Torah
A recent article published by JTA highlighted a Siyum HaShas for women only, spearheaded by an Orthodox woman. Michelle Cohen Farber, founder of Hadran: Advancing Talmud Study for Women...
Halachic Musings: Lev Tahor and Pidyon Shvuyim
When is it appropriate to raise money to help someone get out of jail?
On motzaei Shabbos, yet another Lev Tahor leader was arrested for kidnapping. The FBI made the...
Halachic Musings: President Trump and Hakaras Ha’Tov
The world is a better place because of Winston Churchill. He inspired the free world to fight against the evil of Hitler, yemach sh’mo. However, we, the world, demonstrated...
When Tisha B’Av Falls on Shabbos
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
“Can we take those pre-fasting pills on Shabbos or is that considered hachanah?”
“Do I really bring my Tishah B’Av shoes to shul on Friday?”
“Is it true...
Eating in the Sukkah on Shmini Atzeres: Chassidim Versus Misnagdim
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
One of the general differences between Litvaks (Misnagdim) and Chassidim lies in what they do on the holiday of Shmini Atzeres regarding eating in the Sukkah....
Halachic Musings: Reboot Our Moral Compass
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Attention all EMTs:
“If you feel that the sick person you are tending to has a good chance of not making it, just leave him there. We...
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Jewish Yale student stabbed in eye with PLO flag
(April 21, 2024 / JNS)
A Jewish student at Yale University was stabbed in the eye with a PLO flag during an anti-Israel demonstration at...
OU Responds To Jewish Danger At Columbia University
Statement from The Orthodox Union and the Orthodox Union-Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus
This morning, the following guidance was shared with the students in our...
Are We Midgets or Giants
Moshe Taragin
More than two centuries of Egyptian persecution and oppression had shuttered the Jewish imagination. We couldn’t imagine anything beyond the squalor and misery...