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Here is what Lieberman said: [Ze'evi] would never agree to the self effacing attitude of Israel vis-à-vis Egypt. Time after time we wen...

Do these apply today? The simple reading of the Gemara in Bava Kama 38a seems to say no. The Gemara says: מה ראה ראה שבע מצות שקיבלו עליהם ב...

What planet is he living on? He is really in a dream world. As Professor Robert Auman said The very act of running crazedly after the longed...

I cannot understand how after almost 3 years of a disastrous Kadima government people actually want more. Let's remember that Tzipi Livn...

The Rambam in Hilchos Yesodei Hatorah (3:9) writes: כל הכוכבים והגלגלים, כולם בעלי נפש ודעה והשכל הם; והם חיים ועומדים ומכירים את מי שאמר וה...

Livni failed in creating a coalition. Here are the big winners and losers: Winners 1. Netanyahu and the Likud - Netanyahu will most probably...

After all if אדם הראשון had no יצר הרע how could he do a חטא? We can ask an even more basic question. Did he even have בחירה? R' Dessler...

On Simchas Torah I davened vasikin at a different shul then I normally daven in. The בעל קורא who read וזאת הברכה was a well known talmid c...

Generally speaking it doesn't rain in Israel on Succos. However the forecast is for rain late tonight and early tomorrow and therefore w...

This year buying an Esrog is different then other years because of shemitta. Shemitta raises a number of different problems. Esrogim accordi...

This post ( Some halachic points regarding building a succah ) covers a number of the main issues.

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Here are some of the ads that appeared in today's Yated Neeman. As you can see R' Chaim Kanievsky is featured prominently in many of...

This post, What does המלך הקדוש mean? , from 3 years ago is very relevant now during the עשרת ימי תשובה

The mitzva of shofar seems pretty simple, blow a few קולות and that is it. However, there are a number of very fundamental disputes relating...

R' Chaim Kanievsky is probably the biggest בקי of this generation and is כולו תורה. Unfortunately the various tzedaka organizations seem...

The fact that anyone would even think about appointing him highlights one of the biggest problems in the Israeli political system. The probl...

After losing in the Kadmima primary last week Shaul Mofaz announced that he was taking a break from politics to decide what his next steps w...

It is amazing, but there are now actual multiple commentaries in Hebrew on the Gemara that have come out recently. You have Artscroll (in He...

Last night was the first night of selichos and in Israel חצות was about 12:30 so many shuls started selichos at 12:30. Many shuls have a min...