Tag: Jewish law
Jews worldwide join Israel’s farm families for challenges and blessings of ‘shmita’ year
“Grant blessing on the face of the Earth and from its goodness satisfy us, blessing our year as the best of years. Blessed are you G-d who blesses the years.” — Morning prayers
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Graduation marks new class of leaders in Jewish law
The Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute for Halakhic Leadership (WIHL) of the Ohr Torah Stone network commemorated the graduation of its 2021 class, attended by hundreds of family and friends.
Three women—Rabbanit Dr. Hannah Hashkes, Rabbanit...
The Israel Defense Forces is becoming ‘God’s army,’ warns Lieberman
The Israel Defense Forces is becoming an organ of the country’s Chief Rabbinate, Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday.
His comments, which he posted on Facebook, came in reaction to a booklet authored...
New center to grapple with Torah and technology, aims to be an international resource
The Jerusalem College of Technology recently announced the launch of the Torah and Technology Research Center, which will provide specialized expertise necessary to respond to the complex ethical and halachic (Jewish legal) issues of our times.
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Jerusalem’s Chief Rabbi: Israel has obligation to help free Palestinians imprisoned for selling land...
The Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Jerusalem, Aryeh Stern, issued an unprecedented halachic ruling that Israel has an obligation to help free Palestinians who have been imprisoned for selling land to Jews.
In a letter sent to Lt....
Orthodox group says loans from Quicken are forbidden under Jewish law
The Agudath Israel of America organization issued a Jewish legal ruling prohibiting Jews from taking out loans from majority-Jewish-owned American mortgage lender Quicken Loans, due to the fact that Jews are forbidden to charge...
This Israeli Woman Is On A Hunger Strike To Get A Divorce
A 53-year-old Israeli Jewish woman is on a hunger strike outside Israel’s parliament building because the state has forbidden her from divorcing her husband.
Jewish law requires both husband and wife to agree to a...