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Halacha is Not a Chinese Menu

Most issues raised by Rabbi Marc Angel’s recent essay on conversion standards are not going to change the quality of your life, unless you are a candidate for conversion. One issue does, and it...

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Democracy vs Halacha

A reader writes: The topic you broached, the disengagement plan, will be the subject of of a conference at Bar Ilan Univ. on Tuesday (23 bTevet). �The Disangagement Plan: Democracy versus Halakha?� (4-8 pm,...

A Life Lesson

Mishpacha Magazine asked me to contribute, as part of a symposium, a short essay on the topic of a lesson I would want my children to internalize. The symposium was recently published, and my...

Tetzaveh – When Obscenity is Apt

The imperatives of civility and refined speech are strongly stressed in the Talmud and in halacha. Yet, like all ideals, even those have their limits. An exception – the only one – to the...

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Conversion Conundrums Rabbi Michael J. Broyde Thank you to Rabbi Gordimer for his thoughtful article “Conversion Subversion.” While there is much of value to ponder in it, it is his closing statement that deserves...

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Conversion Subversion

Geirus – conversion to Judaism – is one of the weightiest institutions there can be. Geirus impacts not only the personal halachic status of those who undergo it, but the status (and marriageability) of...

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Parting Shot

Dear Michael, I’ll start with the least important point, to get it out of the way: Pas moi! Maybe check the last few pieces I posted before the one that gives you grief. You...

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