“If the wise sages of the Orthodox world were able to pull back for a minute and look at the big picture, they would see Open Orthodoxy not as a threat but a potential asset.”
If the wise sages of the Orthodox world were able to pull back for...
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“…the transformational ritual of Orthodoxy is the prohibition against driving on Shabbat”
Orthodoxy, more than any other denomination, is obsessed with sacred action. It doesn’t matter...
“…in truth, dreidel is not Jewish in origin. Rather, dreidel is really the rather old game of teetotum”
According to at least one source, the custom of playing dreidel was actually started...
“…if we don’t tackle the quest for meaning in the Jewish world, at some point all of our programs are going to run out of steam”
I think reflection and ideas in the Jewish world today are devalued. We’re extremely...
” The end result…is the institutionalizing of ignorance and poverty not out of principle but out of neglect”
This is not about a community’s right to religious freedom. So far, chasidic communities...
“While some earlier rishonim required waiting between eating beheima meat and eating dairy, Rambam was the first to state that one must wait after eating poultry, as well”
While some earlier rishonim required waiting between eating beheima meat and eating dairy, Rambam...
“Today, half of all married Reform Jews have non-Jewish spouses, and 80 percent of those who married between 2000 and 2013 wed non-Jewish spouses”
Today, half of all married Reform Jews have non-Jewish spouses, and 80 percent of...
“Continuity is not an end in itself, but a culture’s purpose is not to be an ephemeral work of performance art”
Marriage in the classical sense is a commitment to sustainability. Continuity is not an...
“…within Mishna Torah, there may be Talmudic laws which have been redefined or reformulated for anti-Qaraite reasons”
Professor Haym Soloveitchik has argued convincingly that the unique arrangement of Hilchos Shabbos in...
“Scholars have noted that many minhagim began as a response to the Qaraite movement”
Scholars have noted that many minhagim began as a response to the Qaraite movement....