The Jewish Worker

Thoughts on Torah, working, living in Israel and how they go together.

Monday, December 14, 2015

A Litvisher father tries to explain Chanuka to his son

›
The following made up dialog regarding Chanuka sounds very funny but actually points to a very big problem in today's society (translat...
Sunday, December 06, 2015

Some interesting Chanukkah related posts from years past

›
Here are some interesting posts related to Chanukkah that I posted over the years: Why aren't there 9 days of Chanukka? When to dav...
Monday, November 16, 2015

Questions on Toldos

›
For me, Toldos is one of the most difficult parshiyos in the Torah.  So many strange and difficult things happen that are realy hard to und...
Sunday, September 20, 2015

Shaved heads and Sheitels

›
Interestingly enough yesterday's (Shabbos) daf (נזיר כ"ח) discussed both women shaving their heads and wearing sheitels. There i...
Sunday, September 06, 2015

How does פרוזבול work?

›
As we approach the end of Shemitta now is the time to write a פרוזבול so that any loans that you made don't become cancelled by Shemitt...
Sunday, August 30, 2015

Parnassah knife - what have we come to?

›
The following ad was in this past weeks Mishpacha magazine This is most probably an issur d'oraysa but they have no problem pri...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

Kollel wife is insulted by a positive article about men who work and learn seriously

›
Mishpacha magazine published a very positive article about Charedi men who left kollel to go to work but are still very much involved in l...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Kollel to Work: The Transition

›
Binah magazine this past week had a cover story about couples transitioning from the husband being in kollel to the husband going out to...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Hamodia and the Hubble Space Telescope - Cognitive Dissonance

›
Hamodia published an interesting feature in this weeks English newspaper about the Hubble space telescope. Of course they emphasised the ...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Only in Israel can the Attorney General say that from a legal standpoint Deri can be a Minister but he will have a hard time defending it

›
What on earth does that mean? If legally Aryeh Deri can be appointed a minister (he fulfils all of the criteria set out in the law), what i...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Yated takes the money for the ads but assumes no responsibility

›
Basically what it says is that while Yated Neeman publishes advertisements for various investment/real estate schemes they takes no resp...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Have you ever wondered how all of the money change places make a living?

›
I have and this weeks Mishpacha magazine answered my question. Mishpacha interviewed 2 businessmen who lost everything due to the change pl...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

The electoral system is even more broken

›
All you have to do is look at the difficulties Netanyahu is having making a coalition and the deals he has to make to do it. These deals ar...
2 comments:
Monday, March 23, 2015

Local Charedi newspaper makes a pathetic and childish attack on former MK Dov Lipman

›
A local newspaper in Bet Shemesh printed the following article about Dov Lipman: It is difficult to part from you! In the context o...

Charedi newspaper בקהילה: Don't help poor families that didn't vote for a Charedi party

›
NRG quotes an editorial from בקהילה that the Charedi tzedaka organisations shouldn't give any money/help to families that didn't v...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Election analysis 2015 Israeli Elections - Updated Results

›
Now that the elections are behind us here is an analysis of the results. Results Likud - 30 Machane Hatziyoni (Herzog and Livni) - 24...
1 comment:
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Interesting points about the Luchos

›
In last weeks parsha (כי תשא) we read about the luchos (both the first and the second). There are a lot of questions and interesting issues ...
3 comments:
Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Can a modern state be run based on Halacha?

›
According to the Bostoner Rebbe the answer is no. At a news conference (http://www.nrg.co.il/online/11/ART2/680/325.html?hp=11&cat=1102...
1 comment:
Monday, March 02, 2015

Why is Charedi Poverty Getting Worse? A heartfelt column from a 30 year old Charedi man with no economic future

›
YNet published a column today by a 30 year old Charedi alumnus of Ponovezh who feels that he was done an injustice by the Charedi education...
13 comments:
Sunday, February 08, 2015

The value of work in the eyes of Chazal

›
In certain circles today, the word work is a 4 letter word. However, if we look at Chazal we see that Chazal actually believed the opposite,...
3 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

bluke
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.