Kikar ha-Shabbat is reporting (via Rabbi Yosef’s Facebook page) that Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef cancelled the recitation of seliḥot that were suppose to be recited late at night in the synagogue found in the apartment building where he lives, because of complaints by the neighbors. Some of the neighbors said that the noise makes it difficult [...]
AIWAC has begun a series of posts titled “A Partial Guide to Non-Observant Israeli Jews.” See his first post here on the Traditionalist.
Tomer Persico has a post (Hebrew) discussing Elchanan Shilo’s article, “A Continuous Judaism Between Halakhah and Hiloni”, and some reactions to the original article. See here for a previous post on Shilo’s article.
Rabbi Jason Miller, a Conservative rabbi, has written a post titled Yes, Orthodox Judaism Changes Too. One of Rabbi Miller’s claims is that Orthodoxy, to varying degrees, also changes, it is just at a slower pace than the more liberal movements. The Judaism of 2010, in any of the denominations, looks different than the Judaism [...]
Tomer Persico has a posted (Hebrew) about another article by Yoav Sorek, this one was about Tisha B’av and how the historical reality of Israel behooves us to change the way the day is observed. I haven’t read Sorek’s article, but Persico posted his own response which was printed in Makor Rishon. Persico wrote that [...]
From the Jewish Week. (hat tip Failed Messiah) In a move that apparently would make history for an Orthodox synagogue in the United States, the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale is scheduled Friday night to have a woman lead a Kabbalat Shabbat service where both men and women are expected to be in the pews. Update: [...]
As a following up to my previous post about Rabbi Benny Lau, I see that Rabbi Haim Amsalam has published a companion volume to his book on conversion Zera Yisrael. The new book is apparently a collection of sources that were cited in Zera Yisrael and is called Mekor Yisrael. See here for Rabbi Amsalam’s [...]
At NRG there is an interview (Hebrew) with Rabbi Benny Lau. Rabbi Lau speaks about conversion,, social justice, you name it. This will give you some idea about his thoughts on conversion in Israel. Q: But according to the halakhah, a pilot cadet whose father is Jewish and mother is Christian is not Jewish. A: [...]
In this interesting responsum, Rabbi Yuval Cherlow explained why he didn’t tear his garment upon Rav Amital’s z”l death. Rabbi Cherlow was asked the following question. Upon receiving an email last Friday about the death of Our Teacher Rav Amital zt”l, I rent my shirt (on the basis of my feeling and according to what [...]
I am sure that many people reacted with scorn to the “Islamic” haircuts that are now permitted in Iran. Well I have news for you, many rabbis would feel right at home with such a decree. In a text that was appended to the Sifra that listed actions that were prohibited in order that Jews [...]
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