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(Click on the Pictures for Larger Images) What is a “Siyum HaShas” (Completion of the Entire Talmud)? Started in 1923 in Poland, Rav Meir Shapiro began the practice of a daily learning schedule of...
This post is a continuation of “Women in Judaism, PART I: Woman = Man (so I was taught)” – read that first. A Logical Framework to the Discussion Let me preface by saying I’m...
“Feminist beginnings”, or “Orthodox Judaism’s Oppression” I grew up in a very liberal home, and went to secular public schools with almost all leftist teachers where we learned that traditional values discriminated against women,...
Looking From the Outside, In From the outside world, Orthodox Jews tend to look sort of . . . monolithic. This tends to be the case about anything one has limited knowledge about. For...
New Rich Matchmaking in China The New York Times provides more fodder for discussion in today’s article on new matchmaking services in China: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/business/in-a-changing-china-new-matchmaking-markets.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 The catch is, that in China, these services can cost...
The following audio lectures are available from Ani Maamin, run by Rabbi Dovid Sapirman. These lectures are on the fundamentals of Jewish belief, and are being made available freely thanks to a donation of...
Rabbi Elozar Ben Pedas’s Complaint and Reward Rabbi Elozar ben Pedas was extremely poor. On one occasion after being bled he found he had nothing to eat to regain his strength. He took the skin of...
Articles that begin with discussions about mikveh’s (ritual baths) are usually written from a feminine perspective, and for good reason. It’s a mitzvah carried out by women (along with Shabbos candles, challah, and other...
The Paradox of Choice To be “holy,” in the langauge of the Torah is “kadosh.” This literally means to “separate.” The Museum of Science in Boston actually has an entire exhibit, as of 5773...
As readers have pointed out various nitpicks with the article, italics and crossouts represent corrected information to make it most accurate. The “Women of the Wall” Controversy Recently, a tiny group of American-born Heterodox Jews...