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MainOpEds Rabbi Baruch Efrati The Laws of Yom Kippur 5780A summary of the laws that pertain to the holiest and most solemn day of the Jewish year. Laws for the Fast of the 9th of Av that falls on Shabbat (as in 2019)Sephardi and Ashkenazi customs are delineated in this primer for the unusual situation where the Fast of Tisha B'Av falls on Shabbat. The Pesach Primer: Halakhot 5779Everything you need to know about this year's Pesach that begins on Shabbat and ends on Erev Shabbat. The sanctity of the family as defined in the TorahOf the three types of sinners, there is one group that is brazenly opposed to the Torah-true way of life. That group includes the heads of the Gay Pride Movement, who publicly reject family structure as defined in the Torah. The 13 principles for modern day decadence: The 9th of Av LGBT rallyThe arrogance and insensitivity displayed in holding an LGBT rally on the Tisha B'Av fast mandates a clear declaration defining the difference between the holy and profane in Judaism. Laws for the 9th of Av that falls on Shabbat (as it does in 2018)Both Sephardi and Ashkenazi customs are brought here. Tzohar is wrong: We need a national kashrut system in the Jewish StateResponse to Rabbi Eliezer Melamed's article in favor of the Tzohar private kashrut initiative established to compete with the Chief Rabbinate's official nationwide certification in an attempt to replace it. A step by step primer of Passover laws 5778From ridding the house of leavened products to the counting of the Omer and the last days of the holiday, this primer will tell you how to do it right. Rabbi Shlomo Riskin's remarks on homosexual relations: A responseThis response to a controversial interview given by Rabbi Riskin, translated from the Hebrew press, was written by a young rabbi who heads the Israeli Rabbanei Emunah mainstream Orthodox young rabbis' group. Laws for the Fast of the 9th of Av 5777A primer for observing the fast we all hope will be unnecessary.Conversion in the Jewish StateThere can be no privatization of conversion in the Jewish State. The laws of Yom Kippur 5777A primer for the laws of the holiest day of the year. Mr. Obama, Mr. Ban ki Moon: What is a nation?The UN's battle to remove the Divine Presence from Jerusalem and the Jews from Judea and Samaria is not only immoral by definition, it is also the result of their different definition for a "nation." Get real, live without a smart phoneThere is life without a smart phone, real life. When the 9th of Av falls on ShabbatThe 9th of Av is on Shabbat this year so that actual fasting is from Saturday night to Sunday night and there are special laws in effect in addition to the regular ones. The critical difference between the Reform Movement and secular JewryArutz Sheva has received a position paper written for the Zion and Jerusalem Conference to take place next week on the topic of the Reform Movement and Israel. Laws of Pesach: A primer for the 5776 holidayA review of what has to be done for the holiday, including specific issues for this year. Laws of Purim Demukafin (in walled cities) that falls on a FridayLaws pertaining to Purim Demukafin (Purim in walled cities) that falls on a Friday: For Sephardim and Ashkenazim. "The nation that seeks to fulfill G-d's Will?" Sabbath in Tel AvivThe title is from the songs sung at the Sabbath table, zmirot, specifically the haunting and poetic "Ka Echsof" written by the Karliner rebbe. A Halakhic Primer for Yom Kippur 5776What to do before, during and after the holiest day of the Jewish year. Primer: When Passover Starts on Shabbat and is in a Shmitta YearDetailed laws of preparation and what has to be done especially this year when the Seder is Friday night and when it is shmitta year (for those in Israel) The National Anthem and Rabbi Sholom CohenThe concept of "everything or nothing" is not applicable to the generation of Redemption. Ours is the True Torah - Keep It That WayThe new Education Ministry program "A Chapter of Tanach"per day, or "929" is shocking in its cavalier and derisory attitude to Tanach, the Hebrew Bible. The Conversion Law and the 'Decisor's Proposal'Proclamation by the hundreds of young Orthodox Israeli rabbis of "The Way of Faith" movement. Halakhot of Yom Kippur That Falls on ShabbatA comprehensive guide for this year's fast, which is on Shabbat.Laws for Yom Kippur that Occurs on ShabbatRabbi Efrati takes us from the week of preparation for the fast through the fast itself, summarizing the halakhot. |
