Jewish law
Parashat Tazria-Metzora: Turning lemons into lemonade
These parashot deal at length with a unique phenomenon described in the Torah – tzara’at, which are marks or changes that appear on the walls of a house, on clothing, or on the body.
New Kentucky law says authorities must contact Chabad before cremating unnamed body
Time for Israel’s non-kosher public to push back - opinion
New study examines debate over brain-dead pregnant women kept on ventilator
Why is it ever okay to write down oral Jewish law?
"The truth is that the oral Torah was never written down. The meaning of the Torah has never been contained by books" - Abraham Joshua Heschel.
How are time-bound mitzvot in Judaism defined?
One of the major distinctions between the genders is women’s exemption from positive time-bound mitzvot.
Is preemptive warfare allowed in Jewish law?
Getting these decisions right can be the difference between triumph and travail.
Jewish law: May parents waive children’s obligation to mourn for them?
Can a parent request a child not to recite kaddish for them?
'Instant love': Two victims of Jewish divorce refusal marry
The couple, individually, needed to go overcome legal battles to regain their freedom from inside their trapped marriages.
EU court decision: Happy cows higher priority than happy Jews - analysis
It is not as if kosher meat is banned in Flanders of Wallonia, just that the ritual slaughter of the cows there is forbidden. This means if you want to eat kosher meat, it will have to be imported, something that will significantly increase the price.
Women are allowed to receive rabbinic accreditation, High Court rules
Mainstream Orthodox Judaism does not yet recognize women as rabbis, there is no reason that women cannot take the tests that are otherwise given to men studying to become rabbis.
Chief Rabbi: COVID-19 patients can't fast on Tisha B'Av, shorten prayer
"To our sorrow, the plague is intensifying and we need heavenly mercy," wrote Lau.
Conservative movement allows livestreaming on Shabbat, holidays amid virus
Noting the “unprecedented time” brought on by the virus, the movement’s Jewish law authorities voted Wednesday to allow livestreaming with a number of caveats.
Chief Rabbinate must disclose communications with RCA over testimonials
Controversy has long surrounded the way the Chief Rabbinate decides which Orthodox rabbis abroad it recognizes to give such testimony and it has still never provided clear criteria for this process.
