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Among contemporary poskim, Hashavas Aveidah K’halacha (2:16c) writes that Shulchan Aruch maintains that the halacha applies even when there are identifying features, such as a ring, whereas Pischei ...
The Mishna (167a) states that one may not write or sign a get on behalf of a man unless the man is known to be the husband named in the get. The difficulty is that if they (the scribe and the ...
Conservative/Masorti Judaism’s first official representative to the World Zionist Organization, Rabbi Joseph Wernik, ...
A resurfaced clip of conservative commentator Ben Shapiro in which he calls parts of the Bible problematic has recently drawn ...
Through text and images, “we can celebrate our story, the Jewish story,” said Nikki Schreiber. “We can give people a little flavor of our lives.” ...
They could see that we were two men caring for a baby,” Rabbi Greenberg said. “They asked us not to come back.” ...
“Articles of Faith” is a vital text for anyone interested in the complexities of Orthodox Judaism today as it faces a future ...