Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

  Igros Moshe (Yoreh Deah 4:8): Since the Torah has permitted a person to be cured by a doctor and according to the Rambam(Hilchos De’os 4:...

 Moreh Nevuchim (3:45) THE precepts of the tenth class are those enumerated in the laws on the Temple (Hilkot bet ha-beḥirah), the laws on t...

Nida(31b): It was taught: R’ Meir asked: Why did the Torah decree that the impurity of menstruation should be for seven days? That is becau...

  Moreh Nevuchim (3:32) Many precepts in our Law are the result of a similar course adopted by the same Supreme Being. It is, namely, impos...

I just received a letter regarding  Pesachim (113b): Three the Holy One, blessed be He, hates: he who speaks one thing with his mout...

updated below with review of 22 Faces - about Satanic abuse which was endorsed by Dr. Silberg After exchanging a number of emails with ...

I am making a post out of the comment below - because it is so bizarre. I have been discussing in previous posts the allegations of a Sat...

  Maharal  ( Nesivos   HaTorah  1:14): It is prohibited to learn from a teacher who is not fit. However, this is not a valid objection since...

I asserted in my previous post that being a gadol is the result of being accepted and once accepted the gadol's authority is not from hi...

  Sotah(12a) The verse states: “And there went a man of the house of Levi , and took for a wife a daughter of Levi ” ( Exodus 2:1 ). The Ge...

 https://www.torahmusings.com/2006/06/age-of-universe/  I received this via e-mail from R. Daniel Eidensohn, with permission to post: This ...

 There seems to be a major dispute whether to understand Yaakov's bracha as  referring to an angel or simply an agent of G-d  Rashi unde...

update: added an approved English summary at the bottom Rabbi Eidensohn, I spoke with Rav Gestetner and he reviewed and approved the...