Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Fwd: Democracy in Halacha


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New on YUTorah this Week

Yeshiva University

Center for the Jewish Future

November 1-7 • Cheshvan 7-13

This learning on the site this week was sponsored:

by Emma and Jeff Lebowitz and family l'ilui nishmas Avraham Abish ben Tzvi Hirsch Halevi

by Rochelle and Avi Schneider and family to mark the yahrtzeit of Paul Cooper, Pinchas Ben Yehuda

by Susan Ginsburg in memory of her parents, Norman & Louise Shapiro

by Nora & Matthew Koenig for a refuah shleimah for גילה חנה בת מלכה רחל

for a refuah shleimah for Yehuda Baruch Noam ben Tova Batya betoch shar cholei Yisrael

l'ilui nishmas Tzvi Yehoshua ben R' Moshe

in honor of the bar mitzvah of Binyamin Godfrey

by Rhea and Leon Landau in memory of Selma Frost Herskovitz

by the Gluck Family l'ilui nishmas Dovid Yaakov ben Aryeh Mordechai Freund

by the Schulder, Gabe, Papilsky, Katz, Gewirtz and Richman Families in loving memory of their matriarch, Margaret Gabor, Perel Bat Shimshon Dovid, on her yahrzeit

New This Week

 
Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein

The Antidote to Anger

Practical guidance from the Iggeres Haramban for improving our middos and outlook.

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Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman

Lashon Hara and Shidduchim

Navigating the tension of the prohibition of speaking badly of others and the requirement to save others from bad situations.

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Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

Learning Halacha From Aggadata

Is there any rule about when we are allowed to derive practical halacha from the homiletical parts of the gemara?

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Rabbi Hershel Schachter

Lessons from the Nefesh HaChaim

Divrei Bracha and chizzuk at a siyum on the sefer Nefesh Hachaim.

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Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg

Another Chance To Start Again

The avodah of Marcheshvan and moving on from the highs of the Yamim Noraim and Sukkos.

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Rabbi Mordechai Willig

Pru Urvu and IVF

How do we define parenthood according to halacha? How many children should a couple have?

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Featured This Week

 

The Torah and Voting

What is the Torah's perspective on voting? Is it a mitzvah, optional or b'dieved?

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Democracy in Halacha

What is the ideal version of government according to the Torah? Should we treat the Prime Minister like a King?

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