Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

Rav Ovadiya Yosef (Yabiya Omer E.H. 2:2.13): Question: A man who had an adulterous relationship with a married woman and therefore she is...

Guest post by Dvar Torah - update with Rav Ovadiah Yosef    The Three Oaths - Sources Click here for Rav Herzog's view R Ova...

Yeshiva World News reported and has video Chacham Ovadia: Say’s No To Uman Rosh Hashanah August 22, 2007 In his weekly Mot...

 This news item is very problematic Rav Yosef clearly has poskined in writing that it is permitted. See the teshuva below. YNet [ Rav Mos...

Rav Schachter and his supporters keep insisting that Rabbeinu Tam allows all actions which are not physical and are not nidoi. Thus they cla...

[in a press release apparently from EJF itself it is claimed that Rav Yosef approves of EJF seminars - but no actual letter was published] ...

Jerusalem Post just reported the following. I personally find this item rather strange in that it doesn't directly mention what Rav Ova...

  https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-coward-and-phony-tim-pool-became-one-of-the-biggest-political-youtubers-on-the-planet   Since then, Pool...

  https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-accused-radicalizing-americans-former-neo-nazi-recruiter-1574330 Frank Meeink, once a prominent neo-Nazi...

  https://cross-currents.com/2014/02/10/rav-schachters-bright-line-rule-on-halachic-innovation/ Rav Schachter begins with trenchant criticis...

  https://www.jpost.com/opinion/gedolim-are-human-456462 There seems to be a strong tendency and need, especially from members of the haredi...

  https://www.yutorah.org/_cdn/_materials/Handout-on-Gedolim-Pesak-Humanism-Halakha-546795.pdf One of the most difficult questions in this f...

  https://www.torahmusings.com/2011/07/two-types-of-orthodox-judaism/ To be sure, every movement, religious or otherwise, needs a level of  ...

  https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-713159 The US Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump's actions in its crimin...