Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity
Monday, October 7, 2013
Serious halachic deterioration in the Weiss-Dodelson divorce battle
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[my brother just updated his letter below 10/07/13] I recently received the following letter regarding new developments in the Weiss Dod...
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Another alleged Melbourne Yeshivah perpetrator – a current teacher
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Tzedek We are now in a position to release publicly the following limited information. Some time ago serious allegations against...
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Sunday, October 6, 2013
If Lashon Harah is a Character issue- not Issur - then Motivation is paramount not Actions
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[update - finished translations] There are a number of critical differences whether lashon harah is primarily a moral issue or prima...
Lashon harah can be false according to Chazal:Sde Chemed
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The Sde Chemed below shows that both true and false derogatory statements are also called lashon harah by Chazal. In contrast the Rambam ...
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Are online mugshot sites extortion/lashon harah?
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NY Times [...] But once he is done, Mr. Birnbaum’s record will be clean. Which means that by the time he graduates from the Universi...
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
Hynes to Run for District Attorney as a Republican
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NY Times The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, will campaign for re-election to a seventh term as a Republican despite havi...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Update from Zephaniah Waks: Major rabbi refuses to protect children against known pedophile
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I recently received a call from Zephaniah Waks to discuss his experiences in trying to get a senior Chabad rabbi in Israel to protect com...
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Rav Eliashiv: Ma'os alei - Kovetz Tshuvos vol 1 #174
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The following is a systematic discussion of the status of a woman who claims ma'os alei (he disgusts me) even when it is clear that s...
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The Open Orthodox Race to the Edge and Beyond: When Will It Stop?
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Cross-Currents The Open Orthodox rush to reshape traditional Judaism has become incrementally manifest in terms of both The Open Ort...
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Lakewood Rabbis: Pikuach nefesh to save a Jewish child only if assailant is a Goy!
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The messages in the following proclamations by Lakewood rabbis illustrate a critical problem with Lakewood's ability to protect the wel...
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Chasam Sofer: Israel had to be conquered militarily not through miracle
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Rashi (Bereishis 1:1) quotes Rabbi Yitzchok – What was the reason that the Torah started with Bereishis and not with the Redemptio...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
The Sukkah fiasco at the Rye Town Hilton by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
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Five Towns Jewish Times If the facts reported are correct, the events that unfolded this past Sukkos at the Rye Town Hilton are a bi...
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US Jews losing their religion, survey finds
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Ynet Jews in the United States are overwhelmingly proud to be Jewish, yet nearly one in five of them describe themselves as having no ...
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