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3 years ago I posted The largest government ever in Israel 27+ ministers . Politics moves on and Netanyahu's new government will eclipse...

A number of acharonim say no based on the following. The Gemara in Shabbos has the following story. There is an issur d'rabbanan to go o...

This is a very important question for anyone who goes away. If מצה needs to be yours to be יוצא the mitzva, when you go away for the seder y...

I am traveling on business and therefore have very little time to post. I find that when I travel I am usually really tired and when I finis...

רבני המהדרין: לא לטוס באל על Instead of flying on El Al (which has movies) they recommend flying on European airlines with no movies. Here a...

There is a machlokes in Yoma whether the אבנט of a regular Kohen was כלאים or not. The Gemara in Erchin 3b assumes that it was. The Gemara t...

The אבנט is one of the lesser know of the בגדי כהונה. Length - It doesn't give a length in the Chumash. The Yerushalmi (Yoma 8:3) states...

Finally someone has said it, that someone being former chairman of Israel's National Security Council Giora Eiland, that there is no cha...

At first glance the answer seems obvious, Mordechai as it says in the Megilla. In fact Rashi comments on the pasuk, ויכתוב מרדכי - that Mord...

Six weeks ago, Olmert and Barak proudly proclaimed that Operation Cast lead was a great success, had exceeded all goals and restored Israel...

The Gemara in Succah comments that the Aron was a טפח thick. The Torah states that the Aron was made of pure gold. However, the Ralbag on Pa...

Disaster for the Israeli airlines. The EU is threatening to downgrade Israel and may ban Israeli airlines from landing or flying over Europe...

This is an interesting constitutional question. In Israel, the Prime Minister must be a sitting MK. As of today Olmert is no longer a sittin...

An open letter to Bibi Netanyahu: According to you, Kadima's ideas failed over the past 3 years and have led to disaster (Hamastan, war ...

Livni now has 2 choices, opposition or unity government. As I wrote on Tuesday , Kadima made a big mistake running after Lieberman as there ...

Charedi Classic ... My yeshiva-educated generation, for all the right reasons, and with the best of intentions, introduced a ‘new and improv...

Kadima's announcement yesterday that they agreed with 90% of Yisrael Beitenu's platform was a big mistake. On one hand, even after t...

חשד: רשת של חרדים עסקה בהברחת סמים תחילת הפרשה לפני כמה ימים, כאשר שוטרי משטרת יפן עצרו בנמל התעופה בטוקיו שלושה חרדים, שניים תושבי בני ברק ...

I have been going over the 7th Perek of Bava Metzia and the topic of עין הרע comes up. I believe that this is a very misunderstood concept a...

MK Amir Peretz: I will run for Labor Party chairman MK Amir Peretz announced Saturday he will be running for the position of Labor Party cha...