The Jewish Worker

Much of this is taken from last years posts, however, I added some additional material. As now is succah building time I would like to post ...

This is something that the Charedi world has not yet learned. The Charedi world makes everything into a big issue and fight. A perfect examp...

See my post from 2 years ago Why is Rosh Hashana before Yom Kippur?

The Gemara in Rosh Hashana (34a) seems to offer 3 possibilities. 1. What we call a תרועה 2. What we call a שברים 3. What we call שברים-תרועה...

Wednesday night we are all going to start saying המלך הקדוש, what does it really mean? I refer you to an old post What does המלך הקדוש mean?...

The following ad appeared in yesterday's Yated Neeman.

Every day we say the שיר של יום which is what the לויים said in the Beis Hamikdash. The Gemara in Rosh Hashana (31a) details the שיר של יום ...

The Mishna in Rosh Hashana (29b) states that they blew shofar in the mikdash but not בגבולין (for our purposes outside of Yerushalayim, ther...

At first glance there are 2 possibilities, שמיעה or ,תקיעה. The mitzva is either to hear the shofar or blow it. This seems to be a machlokes...

The only crematorium in Israel went up in flames last night sparking a debate about cremation. Shas is introducing legislation which will ba...

In this week's parsha we have the din of יפת תאר. The Rambam writes in Hilchos Melachim (8:4) הכוהן מותר ביפת תואר בביאה ראשונה, שלא דיב...

In last week's parsha שופטים, we have the din of לא תסור. There is a well known מחלקת between the Rambam and the Ramban (ספר המצות שורש ...

According to last week's Mishpacha magazine the numbers are as follows (approximations): Yeshiva Ketana (high school age) - 21,000 Yeshi...

The Gemara in Rosh Hashana 24b and Avoda Zara 43b learns out from the pasuk לא תעשון אתי that we are not allowed to make representations of ...

These days every ad that I see in Yated Neeman for צדקה is pushing how the צדקה will help you the giver. Talmidei Chachamim will daven for y...

Some Charedi musicians/singers took some popular rap songs and transformed them into Yiddish. It has of course been banned in Israel. You ca...

Everyone in Israel has been talking about the collapse of the construction company Hetziba especially the Charedi world as Heftziba did a lo...

Naomi Blumenthal was convicted of bribery and was sentenced to a few months in jail. She appealed to the president for clemency because of h...

Mofaz: Arabs, Jews to be subject to same airport security check This is so stupid it would be laughable if it wasn't so serious. The sys...

From today's (8/7/2007) Jerusalem Post.