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There is a big problem when you learn hilchos shemitta, there is no real mesora of pask. In every other area of halacha there is a mesora of...

The results are: Ehud Barak - 35.6% Ami Ayalon - 30.6% Amir Peretz - 22.6% Ehud Barak was the clear winner ( note: since no one received 40%...

A number of prominent left wingers who supported the disengagement have publicly stated that they were mistaken. Ilana Dayan (prominent Tele...

There was a fascinating article in last weeks Mishpacha (Hebrew) about the Mehadrin buses. One of the members of the organization in charge ...

The week after Shavuos is a time for second chances. This is the week of תשלומים, when people who could not bring their korbanos on Shavuos ...

This is unbelievable, the only thing that talks to the Charedi parties is money, period. 2 UTJ MKs offer PM safety net in exchange for educa...

Someone wrote the following letter to Hamodia (printed today May 2). Kollel families receive a certain siyata dishmaya that helps them to ma...

In America there is nothing to talk about. Except for Satmar just about all Charedi women drive. However, in Israel, most Charedi women don...

It is looking more and more like a realistic scenario. If Olmert resigns Peres very well could be the choice of Kadima to replace him for a ...

and it is harsher then expected. Here are some quotes from the report: we determine that there are very serious failings in these decisions ...

This past week's Mishpacha newspaper had an article which stated that a group of Rabbanim in EY, with the approval of R' Elyashiv, h...

Courtesy of the Yeshiva World

This is a repeat of a previous post with some small additions. In this coming weeks Parsha, Kedoshim, the Torah has the din of פאות הראש. Th...

The Gemara in Makos (20b) says that a man is prohibited from pulling out white hairs. The Rishonim explain that the issur is based on לא ילב...

This year the first day of בה"ב falls out next Monday which also happens to be ה' אייר, which I thought was Yom Haatzmaut. I was w...

Lately I have seen that some people have started doing the following. Mekabel Shabbos right after plag, then going home and eating the meal,...

With the advent of DST and many people again making early Shabbos, these posts from 2 years ago are very relevant. An Early Shabbos Primer ...

Wealthy Satmar Chasidim spent a quarter of a million dollars for the Seder of the Satmar Rebbe R' Zalman Leib. The new Rebbe could not u...

Based on what Rafi G. wrote ( Advocating for a simple Judaism ), this post Not eating chametz that was sold to a גוי is as relevant this y...

We are in America for Pesach and therefore I would like to share some observations. "Kosher" Circus This could only happen in Amer...