Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

 Berachos (18a)  R. Hiyya and R. Jonathan were once walking about in a cemetery, and the blue fringe of R. Jonathan was trailing on the gro...

  https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/08/19/israel-confirms-syria-strike-we-repeatedly-warned-syria-over-turkish-troop-deployment/ For the firs...

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/08/18/politics-behind-probes-antisemitism-ivy-league-schools-whistleblower-says/ The Trump a...

 Chagiga (16a) Anyone who looks at three things, his eyes become dim; at the rainbow, and at the Prince, and at the priests. 

 Hi – I'm reading "Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science" by Peter Watson and wanted to share this quote with you. ...

  Shulchan Aruch YD (150:1) Entering an actual house of avodah zarah is clearly prohibited. Igros Moshe (Y.D. 3:129.6) Question: Is it perm...

  Teshuvos V’hanhugos (2:411) Question: Can clothing which has a cross on them be worn? Answer : According to the letter of the law it woul...

 Rambam (#436): This that you say that not everything that a person does is determined by Heaven is absolutely true. That is why a person r...

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-threatens-to-bomb-oman-says-hamas-giving-up-their-guns-under-gaza-peace-plan/ Asked abo...

  https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/431826 US President Donald Trump on Monday told Fox News that he would bomb Oman if they "get...

  Tehilim (051:07):. Behold, I was shaped in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. Alshich (Tehilim 51:7): Behold in sin I was formed...

   Chazon Ish (Igros Kodesh #01): It is important to note that our Sages are not saying to love one's wife with the natural love that m...

  https://www.newsweek.com/bill-cassidy-calls-trump-vaccine-plan-stupid-policy-12329123 Republican Senator Bill Cassidy on Sunday labeled Pr...

  https://www.newsweek.com/hezbollahs-new-battlefield-strategy-is-bad-news-for-netanyahu-and-trump-12308578 A resurgent Hezbollah armed with...