One of the ideological revolutions of the Zionist movement was the notion of the inherent value of…
Ketubot 49: Family Support
The increasing age for marriage coupled with the high cost of housing has led to a…
Ketubot 47: The New Family
Our conception of the family unit has undergone revolutionary changes in the last few years.
Vayikra-HaChodesh: Welcome Home
This week the focus of the Torah reading shifts from the construction of the Mishkan to the …
Ketubot 33: Worse than Death!
"One should be as careful with a light mitzvah as with a heavy mitzvah" (Pirkei Avot 2:1…
Ketubot 30: In the Hands of Heaven
Malcolm Gladwell, in his bestselling book Outliers, demonstrates how so much of our…
Ketubot 28: Kids Talk
In our last post we discussed the fickleness of memory and how and when one may…
Shushan Purim: One People, Two Holidays
“Kol Yisrael Areivim zeh lazeh”, all Jews are guarantors for one another. While we may…
Ketubot 20: Keeping Memories Alive
Our memories are notoriously fickle and even untrustworthy. Yet we have little choice but to rely…
Mishpatim: Say What You Mean
Modern man loves his freedom. No one is going to tell him how to act. This is why giving criticism…
Ketubot 19: Dying for Lying
It is well known that a Jew must give up his or her life only if asked, or ordered, to violate one…
Ketubot 11: It's Great to Be a Jew
A legal system is much more than a collection of laws. It signifies the values a society holds dear…
Ketubot 10: Money, Money, Money
Money is a great motivator, impacting so many of the decisions we make. The crucial role money…
Ketubot 5: Moving Yom Kippur
In our last post we discussed that a betulah should marry on a Wedne
Ketubot 2: We Would Like to Invite You...
Planning a wedding is no easy task. One must pick a date, hall, caterer, band, florist, and on and…
Some Opening Thoughts on Masechet Ketubot
The Ketuba is one of the best known, but least understood, documents in Judaism. Read at every…
Some Concluding Thoughts on Masechet Yevamot
"Rabbi Elazar said, in the name of Rabbi Chaninah: Torah scholars increase peace in the world…
Yevamot 116: One Witness Is Enough
We have previously referred to the special leniency that allows a woman to remarry on the testimony…