Judaism “The early rabbis tried for centuries to abolish or at least to adjust the Kol Nidre service…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 October 2014 The early rabbis tried for centuries to abolish or at least to adjust the...
Judaism “The Jewish New Year is an example of viewing reality with our eyes shut, of seeing things more deeply, more carefully” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 September 2014 Mircea Eliade, a specialist in world religions, wrote in his book “The Sacred and...
Judaism, Sex A Hasidic Rabbi Who Suggested Saying a Blessing Before Sex Author Drew Kaplan Date 18 September 2014 Regarding sexual pleasure, there is an old question as to why one does not...
Judaism Whence Might the Myth Derive that Jews Have Sex Through a Hole in a Sheet? Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 September 2014 I have no idea if there is anyone today who uses a sheet for...
Jewish Community, Marriage “Talking about the non-halakhic aspects of Taharat HaMishpacha should be another part of the healthy marriage toolkit” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 August 2014 No new bride should ever have to feel isolated and scared because of the...
Marriage “as much as we are stymied by halachah in these awful agunah situations, we are thankful to halachah for having created the marriages and the families that so many of us enjoy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 May 2014 There are indeed any number of ways that a couple and a rabbi can...
Divorce “…there is never, ever an excuse or justification for extortion” for a Get Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 May 2014 …there is never, ever an excuse or justification for extortion. No one, not our...
Marriage, Talmud “While the Torah itself spoke of marriage in only a legalistic way, the talmudic literature reinvented marriage as a deeply committed, truly covenanted relationship” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 May 2014 While the Torah itself spoke of marriage in only a legalistic way, the talmudic...
Intermarriage, Jewish, Judaism, Talmud “The rabbis of the Talmud knew the historical truth: post-biblical Judaism, not scripture, is the source for the general prohibition of intermarriage” Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 April 2014 The Talmudim are aware that the prohibition of intermarriage is a product of second...
Intermarriage, Jewish, Judaism “One of the central characteristics of post-biblical Judaism is its prohibition of intermarriage…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 April 2014 One of the central characteristics of post-biblical Judaism is its prohibition of intermarriage. A...