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
‘No one should be an aguna for even a day’
Organization for wives with recalcitrant husbands aims to bring awareness to plight
Uggs, the beloved footwear, may be unkosher
Three separate shatnez labs found shoes from Ugg contained a mixture of wool and linen. Ugg has denied the claims.
Third woman gets divorce after independent Orthodox court annuls marriage
Court convened at request of Center of Women’s Justice represents a challenge to the state rabbinical courts which decline to use tools for annulling or dissolving marriages even in long-term cases.
Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and U.S.
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Distinguished Fellows of Hebrew Law meet with President Reuven Rivlin
“It amazes me how Hebrew Law, which was formulated 2,000 years ago, is applicable to current legal problems. Sometimes there’s a great philosophy in only one or two sentences.”
First-ever ‘Ask the Rabbanit’ website to be launched by women scholars
The initiative, called Meshivat Nefesh, follows an eight-month pilot period in which leading female halachic experts have answered more than 200 questions on a popular websites.
Limits to Basic Law
When basic laws are easily amended, where the legislature is composed of a single chamber, with government dominance in the legislation, there is a greater fear for abuse of constituent power.
Editor's Notes: Time for a Halachic revolution
Halacha is being used as a tool in the hands of cynical politicians.
Chupa Pratit - New Orthodox wedding service to be launched
In a challenge to the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly on marriage and divorce, new wedding service will use legal loopholes to circumvent draconian laws banning Orthodox, non-rabbinate marriage.
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