Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

Garnel Ironheart September 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM Interesting application to medical halakha. If a Kohen wants to go to medical school, can he a...

 Or HaChaim (Shemos 21:04) All tumah comes for free While in contrast Mitzvos and Kedusha requires great effort and expense

 "Trump’s reelection in 2024 signaled that a large swath of white America was unwilling to struggle any longer over race matters. Inste...

 Kli Yakar (Vayikra 21:03) The reason for the prohibition of impurity is because of the spirit of impurity that remains attached to the huma...

  Recanti (Chukas 19:14) This is the law of one who dies in the tent. You already know that a gentile, while alive, is impure and transmits...

  https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/hkxobxhofg?tbref=hp Nearly 1,400 physicians left Israel between 2023 and 2025; doctors abr...

  https://www.timesofisrael.com/adidas-apologizes-for-offense-over-promotion-featuring-ex-idf-soldier-who-lost-leg-in-2021/ Adidas apologize...

  Garnel Ironheart September 6, 2026 at 4:22 AM Here's the question of the week How is multiple Chasidic rebbes going to Trump and deman...

 Shemos Rabbah (15:05) Great was the love God showed to Israel in that He revealed Himself in a place of idol-worship, immorality, and uncl...

 Zohar (01 10b)  For while a man is asleep his soul departs from him and an impure spirit comes forth and settles on his hands and defiles t...

  https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/09/06/9-year-old-in-serious-condition-after-contracting-brain-eating-amoeba-in-sea-of-galilee/ Following ...

  https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-907743 By pushing Gafni out of the next Knesset, the party's rabbinic leadership ha...

    Last week, we read: " Ha-Shem , Your G-d, will circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed" (Deut. 30:6). Mishnah Berurah...