Author:
Rabbi Jay Kelman
Posted on:
September 28, 2017
In an amazing teshuva, Rav Yaakov Ettlinger (Binyan Tzion #172-173), basing himself on the story of…
Rosh Hashanah is first and foremost a day of prayer. Prayer, as Rav Soloveitchik often noted, is…
In recent years, as more forensic tools have become available, we have been able to free many…
The fact that the Bible allows – perhaps at times even encourages – the death penalty…
One often hears the lament that it is difficult to be a Jew. There are seemingly endless demands…
"They would cross-examine him with seven questions: in which year of the jubilee, in which…
There is nothing more precious than human life. As we discussed in our last post, it is due to the…
"And now, behold, I have brought the first fruits of the land which You have given me" (…
One of the most famous and beautiful teachings of Judaism is, “whoever preserves one…
With thousands going back to school today (myself included), parents, teachers and students are…
The conflict between truth and peace dates back at least as far as the creation of the world, with…
A legal brief and a good story are two very different forms of writing. We have even coined a term…
“Based on the words of two or three witnesses shall the matter be established” (…
Over the last few posts (see here and here) we have been discussing those who are…
“Rav Nachman said: Those who eat davar acher, the other, are pasul, invalid to give…
Innocent until proven guilty is a fundamental tenet of the our secular legal system. It finds…
"And G-d blessed them and G-d said unto them: Be fruitful and multiply and fill the land…