Meir Panim: Lighting Up Life for Israel’s Neediest Residents Across Israel, Meir Panim responds to the growing needs of the country’s 1.75 million impoverished residents through various food and social service programs.
Posted on: June 13th, 2012
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointI’d like to share with you a story I believe is a wonderful gift we can present to Hashem now that the painful summer months of Tammuz and Av – months that saw the destruction of our holy Temple – are nearly upon us.
The Tal Law and Jewish Law – In Conflict?
Posted on: June 11th, 2012
InDepth → AnalysisIn 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.”
Posted on: June 7th, 2012
Judaism → Judaism 101If you ask someone coming out of church on a Sunday, "Do you believe in G-d?" the worshipper will be shocked. "What type of question is that? Of course I do!"
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Posted on: June 7th, 2012
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: Why do we celebrate when a boy becomes bar mitzvah?
Beha’alosecha: Light And Reason
Posted on: June 7th, 2012
Judaism → ParshaEach detail in the Torah is laden with meaning. Surely the service vessels of the Temple had great importance and consequence over and above their routine service. In the description of the menorah that stood in chamber outside the Holy of Holies, Rabbi Avigdor Miller, zt”l, found layer upon layer of meaning.
Q & A: Chazzan And Congregation (Part III – continued from May 18)
Posted on: June 7th, 2012
Judaism → Ask the RabbiQuestion: I understand that at a minyan, the chazzan is required to repeat Shmoneh Esreh out loud so that people who may not know how to daven can fulfill their obligation to daven with the chazzan’s repetition. What, however, should the chazzan do when he reaches Kedushahh and Modim? I hear some chazzanim say every word of Kedushahh out loud and some only say the last part of the middle two phrases out loud. As far as the congregation is concerned, I hear some congregants say every word of Kedushahh and some say only the last part. Finally, some chazzanim and congregants say Modim during chazaras hashatz out loud and some say it quietly. What is the source for these various practices? A Devoted Reader (Via E-Mail)
Why Women Are Obligated To Build The Beis HaMikdash
Posted on: June 6th, 2012
Judaism → ParshaThe Rambam, in Hilchos Beis Habechirah 1:12, derives from the pasuk in this week’s parshah, “u’veyom hakim es haMishkan… – and on the day the Mishkan was set up…” (Bamidbar 9:15), that the Beis HaMikdash can only be built by day, not by night. Further in that halacha the Rambam writes that both men and women are obligated in the mitzvah of building the Beis HaMikdash. The Kesef Mishneh explains that the source for the halacha that women are obligated in this mitzvah is from the pasuk in parshas Vayakhel: “v’kol ishah chachmas lev beyada tavu – and every wise-hearted woman spun with her hands.”
Posted on: June 6th, 2012
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaA Shabbos Treat ‘Snow Is Neither Food Nor Drink’ (Niddah 17a)
Parshah Behaalotecha: Moses and the Challenge of Adaptive Leadership
Posted on: June 6th, 2012
Judaism → ParshaAdaptive leadership is called for when the world is changing, circumstances are no longer what they were, and what once worked works no more. There is no quick fix, no pill, no simple following of instructions. We have to change. At a certain point, Moses had to help the Israelites change, to exercise responsibility, to learn to do things for themselves while trusting in God instead of relying on God to do things for them.
Posted on: June 6th, 2012
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointDuring the past several weeks I have shared many of my own personal experiences and those of others. I am referring not only to my recent hospitalization following the breaking of a hip, but also to my series of articles on hashgachah pratis – events that befall us that can easily be attributed to random happenings but upon closer scrutiny and honest introspection testify to the ever-guiding Hand and mercy of Hashem.
Posted on: June 6th, 2012
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahHuge crystal chandeliers sparkled with points of light that shone like diamonds. Hundreds of ornate, gilded chairs had been arranged on the ballroom’s thick, blue and brown carpet in the palatial Miami Beach hotel. This elegant space had been converted into a temporary synagogue for the holiday.
Gaza’s Greatness And Shimshon’s Struggles
Posted on: June 4th, 2012
Judaism → ParshaWe often sit through the haftorah without understanding what it is all about. “Why do we read the haftorah anyway?” we sometimes think. Krias HaTorah of the parsha makes sense—we read a portion of the Chumash each week so that over the course of the year we have completed the entire Torah. But what is the goal of reading the haftorah? We know that it is not so we can finish Navi on some kind of schedule. What then is the purpose of the haftorah?
How To Make Good Memories: Remembering The Critical Parts Of Our Lives
Posted on: June 4th, 2012
Judaism → TorahHave you noticed that we seem to have preferential memory for the unpleasant things that happen to us? Try as we might to provide our children with good experiences and positive memories, it is the memories that evoke fear, pain, sadness, etc. seem to be the ones that stand out.
Safek K’vadai: When Doubt Becomes Certain
Posted on: June 1st, 2012
Judaism → ParshaIn this week’s parshah the Torah writes about the halachos of a sotah. A sotah is a woman whose husband warned her, in the presence of two witnesses, not to go into seclusion with a specific man – but two witnesses saw her in seclusion with that man. Even though the only testimony that we have is that she was secluded with this man, she is nevertheless forbidden to be with her husband as she is an adulteress. This is in effect until she drinks the sotah water.
Posted on: June 1st, 2012
Judaism → ParshaParshas Naso is notable for its length, and its length is notable for its redundancy. The Torah minces no words, and therefore we understand that the repetition in the description of the Mishkan's inaugural service is purposeful and laden with meaning. Rabbi Avigdor Miller, zt”l, explains that this is a reflection on the importance and centrality of the Mishkan.
Q & A: Internet Filters For The Orthodox Jew
Posted on: June 1st, 2012
Judaism → Ask the RabbiIn light of all the attention that the recent Internet Asifa garnered, we thought it wise to offer this analysis on the subject by Rabbi Gil Student, founder of TorahMusings.com and former managing editor of OU Publications.
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Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaSomewhat Lacking ‘A Deaf Woman, An Imbecile…’ (Niddah 13b)
Seudah Shlishit Before Yom Tov
Posted on: June 1st, 2012
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: Whenever a yom tov starts on Sunday (like this year), synagogues generally forego their Seudah Shlishit, eaten after Minchah on Shabbat. But why? If one is supposed to eat a third meal every Shabbos, why skip it if a yom tov starts that night?
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