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“After years of beating around the bush, Rabbi Avi Weiss came right out this past week and said what everyone assumed he’s been thinking all along: Sara Hurwitz, the woman he has mentored and trained to function as an Orthodox cleric is, in his view, an Orthodox rabbi.Rabbi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, […]

“The gemara in Brachos (6b) says that “Kol Neheneh MiSeudas Chosson V’Einoy Misamchoy Oiveir BChamisha Kolos”; whoever enjoys from a wedding meal without making the Chosson happy cheapens five brachos that Hashem gave Bnei Yisroel using the word “Kol”.  What happens if after the Chupah the Chosson and Kalla are taking a very long time […]

“This brings us to the issue of leaving Eretz Yisroel.  The Rambam in Hilchos Milachim (5:9) paskens that it is forbidden to leave Eretz Yisroel to go to Chutz La’Aretz.  Regarding this, says the Shevet HaLevi, it is clear from the Rambam that the main prohibition is going to Chutz LaAretz to take up residence […]

“The Shulchan Aruch HaRav (OC 158:17) says that the best method of drying your hands after Netilas Yadayim is to rub it with a towel.  The Debriciner Rav (Kuntras Electric 48) was asked if an electric heat dryer that is generally found in public places is acceptable for drying.He answers that it is perfectly acceptable […]

“Following haredi pressure, Ben-Gurion Airport keeps arriving passengers in planes which land in Israel with a body in their cargo areas, until corpse is removed. Airlines demand a different solution, saying ‘torture of passengers must end’. A number of airlines demanded last week that the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) stop the “impurity of Kohanim” procedure. […]

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky sent a letter to Religious Affairs Minister Ya’acov Margi last week in which he rejects Margi’s claim that only Orthodox institutions are eligible for state-funded religious services.”I was surprised to read your statements in The Jerusalem Post in which you claim that only institutions that are run in accordance with […]

According to sources close to Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the posek mhador has
ruled that that Yidden should not visit the Kosel on Shabbos due to security
cameras placed at the site, causing chillul Shabbos. The sources say that Rav
Elyashiv holds that Yidden may not walk in the Old City due to automatic shots
of passersby taken by […]

“Some 20 hotels that host vacationing ultra-Orthodox guests sign document detailing modesty code to be kept in order to make sure stringent guests comfortable. Among other things, hotels commit to unplug televisions, disallow looking into pool from rooms, instating modest dress code for female employees. Imposition of code not supported by rabbis responsible for granting […]

“The IDF will soon decide if it wants all military swimming pools to set separate bathing hours for men and women. The matter came up for discussion in a top decision-making body after Col. Yaron Boim, Commander of the IDF’s School for Platoon Commanders and Infantry Professions, asked the Chief Military Rabbi, Brig.-Gen Avichai Ronsky, […]

Photo: An Israeli police officer pushes an ultra-Orthodox Jewish protester as they scuffle during a demonstration outside city hall near the religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Saturday, June 6, 2009. DayLife.com
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