Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

RaP forwarded Arutz 7: Amongst the famous names in Israel rubbing elbows at a cocktail reception launching the 6th annual Jerusalem Confere...

YNET wrote: Long-held notion that national poet hated eastern Jews stems from statements wrongly attributed to him, say researchers "Th...

Chabad Lubavitch global network Rabbi Moshe Meir Lipszyc announced today that Guma L. Aguiar co-founder of Leor Energy, an oil exploration a...

The Sun-Sentinel reported: [Jersey Girl forwarded] Fort Lauderdale, FL - In the legal annals of Broward County and the often furious back-a...

Rabbi David Bleich (Contemporary Halakhic Problems I page 14) : The prime argument cited in objection to the War of Independence, and indeed...

Kiddushin(81b): Every time R. Hiyya b. Abba fell upon his face he used to say, ‘The Merciful save us from the Tempter.’ One day his wife he...

We must stop using the word 'miracle' and start referring to ' hashgacha pratis' Hamodia , 26 Teves January 22nd,

Regarding the discussion on this post regarding whether a talmid chachom needs to appear before a beis din. All I have been able to find is...

I am making this comment a post as a reminder that the internet is not a private converation . Furthermore it does provide the opportunity ...

CNN reports U.S. markets slipped Tuesday on banking concerns and as traders also faced up to expected rises in government debt. Government d...

This discussion below of the validity of marriage of a cohen to a convert is relevant to this posting & this posting . It is also impor...

Rael wrote, There is an issue raised by the poskim that having long hair is a chatizah with regards to tefillin. See the following secondary...

Please click on the following link for a cogent discussion of this issue Full Rebuttal by PLANCK'S CONSTANT Jersey Girl disagrees with P...