Haredim/Haredi-ism “Historically, ideological matters were kept separate from halakhah” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 February 2017 Historically, ideological matters were kept separate from halakhah. The various rabbinic organizations in Europe...
Judaism “The goals of tzeniut can only be fulfilled in a society that fosters intimacy and empathy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 February 2017 The unconscionable physical and verbal violence against women in Beit Shemesh and elsewhere have...
Halakhic Books/Works/Writings “Short apodictic summaries of halakhah are necessarily monolithic” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 February 2017 Short apodictic summaries of halakhah are necessarily monolithic. By contrast, discussions citing and accurately...
Halakhah “Emotional input is the reason why mature people go to a human being for psaq halakhah and not a computer” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 January 2017 There is a beautiful narrative in Ketubot 23a where Shmuel considered declaring a group...
Bible “…the concept of the ben sorer umoreh raises essential questions for parents who strive to build loving relationships with their children” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 September 2016 The law, as defined by the Talmud, ensures that it is virtually impossible for...
Divorce, Halakhah “…we can now better appreciate why certain rabbis have attempted to find solutions within Jewish law to the contemporary agunah problem” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 August 2016 I have been told that the Beth Din of America operates on the principle...
Halakhah “…the question of whether halakhah excludes women from holding specific roles or offices” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 May 2016 …the question of whether halakhah excludes women from holding specific roles or offices. From...
Halakhic Books/Works/Writings, Rabbis “The firmness of R. lsserles finds its fullest expression in his commentary on the Shulchan Aruch” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 March 2016 The firmness of R. lsserles finds its fullest expression in his commentary on the...
Halakhah “The halakhic inquiry…does not start out from the point of absolute zero as to sentimental attitudes and value judgments” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 March 2016 The halakhic inquiry, like any other cognitive theoretical performance, does not start out from...
Halakhah, Haredim/Haredi-ism, Modern Orthodoxy “For Rabbi Gordimer, all poskim share the same ‘process’. Not only is this historically incorrect, it isn’t even ‘doctrine'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 17 February 2016 Rabbi Gordimer claims that there is no such thing as Modern Orthodox pesak, and...