Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

 Michtav M'Eliyahu (4:355): When Rav Dessler was asked concerning certain halachos that the reason that had been given for them is not i...

  https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin Kremlev footed the bill for hund...

  https://nypost.com/2026/09/14/us-news/bettina-trump-defends-letting-putin-linked-russian-oligarch-pay-for-don-jr-wedding-celebrations/  Fi...

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/15/gop-socialism-lite-risks-midterms-without-free-market-contrast/ When the GOP embraces b...

  https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/6087693-trump-midterm-affordability-gap/ In a Reuters-Ipsos poll last week, 47 percent of voters said...

  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/13/democratic-voters-trump-opposition-midterms-poll-01073868 Democratic voters are more motivated to...

 Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz (Sichos Mussar #33 5731): Everyone is required to thoroughly examine his deeds especially before Rosh HaShanna - the...

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-3-years-after-oct-7-antisemitism-in-canada-remains-at-an-alarming-high/ Amid a spate of attacks against ...

 Keser Rosh(132) An aveira Leshma has not been permitted at all from the time of the giving of the Torah otherwise why have the 613 Mitzvos ...

Rashba  (1:295) Mar, the Master already wrote: I have found that this custom of kappores was widespread in our town, that they would slaugh...

  https://outorah.org/p/5695/ This custom was soon adopted by many Ashkenazic communities, albeit with variations. Tashlich is mentioned by ...