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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Rav Sperling on Eating Out

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I was looking for some info on eating out, as I am currently on the road and in a place with no kosher restaurants. I know the frum 'nor...

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Rethinking Driving on Shabbat

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Thought-driven cars aren't yet at mass market, but technology is in the works such that one day we may not be buying them. In such a cas...

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Equating Excessive Stringency to Idolatry

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Reading Ynet this morning, it was refreshing to note a Chabad rabbi making an argument for the more liberal and open orthodoxy advocated by ...

Monday, August 16, 2010

Problems with the Statement on Homosexuality

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In the past month or so there has been much discussion of a " Statement of Principles on the Place of Jews with a Homosexual Orientatio...

Monday, July 5, 2010

Shabbat Nose Picking

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So, can you pick your nose on Shabbat? I have to admit, the question had never really occurred to me. When I was a teenager in Yeshiva, we...

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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Toeva and Homosexuality

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A friend and I were recently discussing the term used in the Torah to discuss homosexual relations - toevah, normally translated as abominat...

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Back to Life

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We're looking to get the website up and running again! Sorry for the extended break. We should start posting once a week on Fridays as o...

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