Halacha
The Israeli “Limpieza de Sangre,” or, Are You Jewish Enough to Read This?
Pin It What is a Jew? And why does it matter? The number one article emailed over the last day from the NY Times is a piece from the magazine... Read More »
The 71 Sided Die
Pin It One idea that is thrown around in Jewish thought is that there are seventy different approaches to learning. “Shivim Panim Latorah” (Bemidbar Rabba 13:15). The phrase in its... Read More »
Wig Store Banned: This is the stuff Horror movies are made from…
Pin It I was doing some “Jewish website web-surfing” and came across an article on Yeshiva World about a sheitle (wig) store being banned for putting up pictures of women.... Read More »
The Wisdom of the Ancient World Gets Some Good Press!
Pin It An article in Slate Magazine from April 10, 1998, by Steven E. Landsburg, discusses the way in which modern economic theory backs up the rabbis of the Babylonian... Read More »
Learning About Sex the Yeshiva Way
Pin It As secular society becomes more sexually open, the capacity for frum teens to be affected becomes greater. In order to combat this, Yeshivas and Bais Yaakovs have become... Read More »
Trembling
Pin It I recently came across a review for the 2001 movie, “Trembling Before G-d.” For those of you who are not familiar with it, the movie tells the story... Read More »
The One Thing
Pin It When I hear someone who expresses an opinion that is to one extreme or the other, I tend to roll my eyes and dismiss it. No matter how... Read More »
Genocide and Jews
Pin It Last month, there appeared in the Yeshiva University (YU) Commentator an article by Rabbi Aryeh Klapper titled, “Is there a Mitzvah to Prevent Genocide?” The piece talks about... Read More »
Upsherin; It’s Finally Time To Look Like a Boy, Son.
Pin It The Before Shot A few weeks ago I attended a ceremony which celebrated a beautiful custom of some Jews, an Upsherin. For those of you unfamiliar with the... Read More »
The Halachot of Festivus
Pin It Festivus is celebrated each year on December 23rd. For the uninitiated, Festivus comes from a Seinfeld episode in which George Costanza’s father creates a holiday because he is... Read More »
The Fast of the Ninth of Tevet
Pin It a Medieval Jew carrying wine for the Sabbath The other day I was reading an article that a good friend sent to me about the fast of the... Read More »
