Pesach Implications for Israel’s Societal Battles
The freedom we celebrate on Seder Night is not the personal liberty so cherished in...
Rabbi of "Ohr Chadash" Ramot, Jerusalem; rabbinical judge and legal scholar. Teaches at Yeshivas Chedvas HaTorah and at Hebrew University, heads the Iyun Institute, founder and editor-in-chief of "Tzarich Iyun". Has published hundreds of articles on Jewish law (predominantly on the Dinonline platform) and thought, alongside academic publications. Author of Binyan HaShtar (on workings of legal documents) and Prophecies and Providence.
Rabbi Sacks: A Light Unto the Jews
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l was known as a "rabbi to the nations," though his messages...
Rabbinic Responses to the Simchat Torah Calamity
Soul-searching after the calamity of Simchat Torah should focus on the national rather than the...
Should Insulting Us Be a Criminal Offense?
Proposed Israeli legislation to brand haters and inciters "racists" may provide us some protection and...
A Year of National Responsibility
Toward the Yamim Noraim, 5785, and in contrast with regular years, our attention is focused...
Independence in Black and White: On Charedim and Jewish Nationalism
For decades, Charedi society denied the significance of the State of Israel and advocated staunch...
Torah, Politics, and Citizenship: Between Israel and Eretz Yisroel
In the era of the Chazon Ish, we faced the urgent and crucial challenges of...
The Forgotten Virtue: Gratitude and the Charedi Encounter With the State
In striking contrast to the fate of Charedi Jewry in Europe, the strategy of communal...
Liberalism: Its Peril and Its Deliverance
The principles of contemporary liberalism, or “progressivism,” threaten the very existence of Orthodox Judaism in...
Charedi Awakenings: Taking a Leaf Out of Em HaBanim Semeicha
We returned to our homeland, the only one we have, yet we chose to withdraw...
