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• Two Great Emotions - YERACHMIEL {OFFICIAL} (video)

  

  The third single from the upcoming album "Off The Derech" by Yerachmiel. Chana Leah Reich grew up in a strict religious community and is now on her journey of... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Smotrich's Contradiction Regarding the Chief Rabbinate

  Yes, UTJ is back to using Facebook. They have reopened their Facebook page - the same one they used prior to the last elections after which they shut it down -... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Withholding the Kollel Stipend for a Cellphone

  It is common for kollels to make all sorts of rules and conditions to which any potential member must agree to adhere to in order to be accepted to learn there... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  From my perspective, the Chief Rabbinate has undergone a difficult process of a hostile takeover by the Haredim.. It stopped being a State institution. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Palestinian Authority Officials Come to the Aid of Netanyahu

  Probably one of the most interesting news items of the day is that of a senior Palestinian staffer in the office of PA President Abu Mazen telling reporters fro... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• the Arab Parties Never Wanted in

  There's a brouhaha going on with Televisio celebrity Roten Sela having said, or written on social media, a response to the talk of "we won't sit with the Arab... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Yossi Deutsch Disappointed Me

  Yossi Deutsch was very impressive in his recent run for mayor of Jerusalem, even though it was a doomed campaign from the start. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Campaigning on Rav Ovadia

  Shas is mainly featuring two figures in its election campaign ads - Benjamin Netanyahu and Rav Ovadia Yosef. I am not even sure which one of the two takes a... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Dropping a Client

  Someone in the printing and graphics business ran into what he thought might be a halachic problem and asked Rav Yiztchak Zilbershtein what to do. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  There is nothing more vulgar that what is being done to Litzman. Leifer is not a Gerrer chassid, they simply turned to him for help, and he helped. His telephon... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Smoking Parliament Cigarettes on Yom Tov

  The issue of smoking on YomTov has been discussed many times and very thoroughly by the poskim and by those who learn the topics in depth. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• the PM Campaign Being Funded by the Smaller Parties

  There is so little substance in this election campaign, at least as of now. Even less than usual. For the most part, with minor exceptions, the various parties... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Omar Refused the Neturei Karta

  It has been reported (YWN, Behadrei) that members of the Neturei Karta went down to Congress to try to meet with Representative Ilhan Omar. They wanted to show... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Matching Campaigns Or Local Needy?

  As I have said before, I am not a big fan of these tzedaka "matching" campaigns that are so popular right now. I think they are largely a low-level scam designe... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Lapid [unknowingly?] References Medrash in Attack on Netanyahu

  Many people are familiar with the medrash that says the Jews merited to be redeemed from the slavery in Egypt because they kept three aspects f their identity... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  Today I heard an interview on the radio in which Avigdor Lieberman said that Yisrael Beyteynu will request the Ministry of Interior after the elections. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day

  

  The first "selfie" posted online from the SpaceIL lunar module. The picture was taken from about 32,000km away from Earth, and that is Planet Earth in the... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The First Ten

  

  YR posted this notice he saw in a shul The plan is to encourage people to show up to the minyanim on time so they do not need to wait for a minyan. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Showdown at the Kotel

  The WOmen of the Wall have announced that in honor of the 30-year anniversary of them holding their monthly women's minyan at the Kotel, this Friday will be... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Good Morning

  Rav Bentzion Mutsafi was asked by one of his students if it is ok to say good morning to a woman collecting tzedaka money. The student specified that this... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2019 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY