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• Quote of the Day

  I want to say your place is in Degel HaTorah -- MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) Gafni said this to MK Meirav Michaeli of the Labor party who had just given her inaugural... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Jon Stewart: Crazy Stupid Dov and the War on Purim (video)

  The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook and this one is much funnier The... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Proposed Law: Leave Work Early and Spend Time with the Kids

  An interesting new law is being proposed that would affect the work week. No, not Sundays off, the long weekend idea that us American expats still hope will... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Shut Down the Tax Malshinon but Call It While It is Online

  Last week Rav Shmuel Eliyahu paskened that people should not be calling the tax authority's malshinon - snitch line. He said the tax authority should do their... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  nothing to do with Israel or the Jews, but qotd worthy.... People have sometimes wondered about why our Supreme Court allows one group or another to march in a... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Learn for 5 Days Straight

  

  On Shushan Purim this year, or Purim d'Mukafin as it is more commonly referred to in Israel (at least among the yeshivishe crowd), Rav Shteinman released a... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• 2 Israeli Harlem Shakes (video)

  In my opinion, the Harlem Shake is a lousy video meme, with no redeeming factors. These two are exceptions to that because the first is one that took place at... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• the Halacha of Firecrackers and Explosives on Purim

  

  The Rabbanut sent out the following psak issued by the two Chief Rabbis of Israel a few days before Purim. The psak is regarding the unfortunately all-too commo... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Will Barak Obama Ascend Temple Mount During Visit to Region?

  

  I don't know what President of the US Barak Obama is planning to do while on his trip to Israel, or what will be on his agenda... but I do not expect him to... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Facebook Status of the Day

  

  Ayelet Shaked gets today's FSOTD.. Translation: Never before have so many Israelis been so happy about not winning in the Oscars. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Lemaan Achai: Why We Are So Quiet

  As the carnival atmosphere warms up in Ramat Beit Shemesh - you may not have noticed Lema'an Achai's low profile campaign. Lema'an Achai's modest marketing... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Feiglin's Protest If Obama Doesn't Bring Pollard Home

  MK Moshe Feiglin has come up with an interesting idea regarding Jonathan Pollard. A petition had been passed around for signing that called upon US President... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Chief Rabbi Says Not to Send So Much Candy in Mishloach Manot

  Way too much candy ends up in mishloach manot. Today there is an increased awareness to eating healthy, and many people minimize the unhealthy foods used in... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Learning From, and Respecting, Other Communities

  I like this response to a letter of inquiry - it is critical and praiseworthy of all parties involved, and points to where everybody involved can and should... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Facebook Status of the Day

  

  When I was asked about Livni joining the forming coalition, I said the issue is not Tzippi Livni but the way of the Likud. Netanyahu has the mandate to include... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Snitching to the Tax Authority

  The Israeli tax authority recently devised a public campaign to encourage people, general citizens, to call in and report about people who are not paying their... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Charging Your Iphone is Theft in the Mir Yeshiva

  

  There has been a lot of halachic discussion, or declaration perhaps, around the issue of using iPhones and other smartphones with Internet access. Is the... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Violence in the Name of the Torah in Beitar

  I don't know the details of what is going on over in Beitar, but there is some serious investigation into the possibility of a municipal-controlled and funded... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• New Beit Medrash in the Knesset

  What do you think of this? MK Rabbi Shai Peron (Yesh Atid) and MK Dr. Ruth Calderon (Yesh Atid), along with MKs Yoni Chetboun (HaBayit HaYehudi) and MK Elazar... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Psak: Opening the Refrigerator on Shabbos

  

  This psak made me laugh and cringe at the same time, so I share it with you.... Rav Ofir Malka, a Sefardi rav in Modiin Ilit, was asked how one could open the... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY