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Meorot A Forum of Modern Orthodox Discourse (formerly Edah Journal) Marheshvan 5768 CONTENTS Editor’s Introduction to the Marheshvan 5768 Edition Eugene Korn ARTICLES Farteitcht un Farbessert (On “Correcting” Maimonides) Menachem Kellner Ethics and Warfare Revisited Gerald J. Blidstein Michael J. Broyde Women's Eligibility to Write Sifrei Torah Jen Taylor Friedman Dov Linzer Authority and Validity: Why Tanakh Requires Interpretation, and What Makes an Interpretation Legitimate? Moshe Sokolow REVIEW ESSAY Maimonides Contra Kabbalah: A Review of Maimonides’ Confrontation with Mysticism by Menachem Kellner James A. Diamond Meorot 6:2 Marheshvan 5768 A Publication of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbini cal School © 2007 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE t Meorot: A Forum of Modern Orthodox Discourse (formerly The Edah Journal) Statement of Purpose Meorot is a forum for discussion of Orthodox Judaism’s engagement with modernity, o published by Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School. It is the conviction of Meorot that this discourse is vital to nurturing the spiritual and religious experiences of Modern Orthodox Jews. Committed to the norms of halakhah and Torah, Meorot is dedicated to free inquiry and will be ever mindful that “Truth is the seal of the Holy One, Blessed be He.” r Editors Eugene Korn, Editor Nathaniel Helfgot, Associate Editor Joel Linsider, Text Editor o Editorial Board Dov Linzer (YCT Rabbinical School), Chair Michael Berger Moshe Halbertal (Israel) e Naftali Harcsztark Norma Baumel Joseph Simcha Krauss Barry Levy Adam Mintz Tamar Ross (Israel) A Forum of Modern Orthodox Discourse M Meorot will publish two online editions per year, and will be available periodically in hard- copy editions. -
Harav Povarsky Pre Shavuos Chizuk 2021,Pre-Pesach Rabbonim Asifa 2021,Agudath Israel of America's Torah Project Commission
HaRav Povarsky Pre Shavuos Chizuk 2021 May 13, 2021 Pre-Pesach Rabbonim Asifa 2021 May 13, 2021 Pre-Pesach Rabbonim Asifa: Erev Pesach SheChal B’Shabbos HaRav Shlomo Miller: Rosh Kollel of Toronto, Chaver Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah Thursday, March 11th, 2021 Shiur Audio Agudath Israel of America’s Torah Project Commission Presents a Webinar Discussing the Intersection of Mental Health and Yiddishkeit May 13, 2021 Agudath Israel of America’s Torah Projects Commission is delighted to announce a unique webinar discussing the intersection of Mental Health and Yiddishkeit. We are pleased that the webinar’s presenter is Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein, Av Beis Din of the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood of Bnei Brak, Rosh Kollel of Kollel Bais Dovid in Holon, and the Rav of Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak. The webinar will be followed by a special Q&A session geared toward Rabbonim and Mental Health Professionals. The Shiur is open to all Rabbanim and Mental Health Professionals and will iy”h take place via webinar on Thursday, June 25, at 2:00 PM EDT (9:00 PM Israel). The presentation will be given in Yiddish with simultaneous Hebrew/English translation. Rabbanim who wish to register should click this link. Mental Health Professionals who wish to register should click this link. Video: Watch Maasei Oreg, a Video Presentation on the Shabbos Melachos of Sewing and Weaving May 13, 2021 Watch the video below or call 718-298-2077 and press 9 followed by 115949#. The Daf Yomi Commission of Agudas Yisroel is delighted to present a timely and fascinating video titled “Masei Oreg” highlighting the melachos of Shabbos dealing with weaving and sewing. -
Cincinnati Torah הרות
בס"ד • A PROJECT OF THE CINCINNATI COMMUNITY KOLLEL • CINCYKOLLEL.ORG תורה מסינסי Cincinnati Torah Vol. VIII, No. XI Vayechi A LESSON FROM THE PARASHA A TIMELY HALACHA RABBI CHAIM HEINEMANN Hashem’s Favorite Times Some people have the misconception Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt for to teach us an important lesson. that the benefit of davening (praying) seventeen years (47:28). One should know and understand with a minyan is to be able to recite that the prime time for growing Devarim Shebekdushah (prayers with The Torah does not elaborate on spiritually in his avodas Hashem the status of sanctity), such as Kaddish, what happened to Yaakov during (service of G-d) is when he is going Kedushah, and Barchu. those 17 years. One could wonder through a difficult and troubling The Mishna Brurah (O.C. 90:28 citing what went on in Yaakov’s life during time and must overcome obstacles in the Chayei Adam 19:1) sets the re- that period. Is it possible that there his path. The effort we must make cord straight. He writes that obviously was nothing significant that the there are other secondary advantages strengthens our spiritual muscle and in davening with a minyan: creating Torah would deem necessary for us transforms the person we are. G-d to know? community, davening slower and with is looking for us to make the most more kavanah (concentration), re- R’ Yitzchok Zilberstein, Shlit”a, of these opportunities for growth; it sponding to Kaddish, and hearing the explains that during those 17 years is therefore precisely at these times Torah reading. -
On Vaccination, Parental Rights, and Religious Freedom
GEDOLIM LETTERS on Vaccination, Parental Rights, and Religious Freedom Gedolim Letters on Vaccination, Parental Rights and Religious Freedom • 1 Introduction is publication has been prepared on behalf of the talmidim of Moreinu Harav Shmuel Kamenetzky, shlit”a, Moreinu Harav Elya Ber Wachtfogel, shlit”a, and Moreinu Harav Malkiel Kotler, shlit”a. In this chapter, when mention is made of “our Gedolim,” the reference is to these three of our leading American Gedolim. Our Gedolim have made their views on vaccination known to their talmidim and to their petitioners. eir view is not extreme. ey do not advocate against vaccination. ey rule that vaccination is a parental choice, and that parents may not be coerced into vaccination. Perhaps most importantly, they state that parents who choose not to vaccinate should be viewed as parents exercising a right and making a justiable decision, not as agitators recklessly endangering the public welfare. is publication refutes the assertions—which have been recently circulated widely—that all Gedolim obligate parents to vaccinate, and that non-vaccinating parents are rotzchim and rodm. Non-vaccinating parents in our communities are acting with the full consent of da’as Torah, yet they are being maligned and vilied, and, in countless cases, victimized and hurt. e achdus and shalom within our communities and families is being gravely damaged; the above unfounded and untrue assertions have had much to do with it. Part 1: “We the Undersigned…” and the Chicago Letter Measles! e Original Lakewood Psak In years past, most states—including New York and In 2008, a Lakewood beis din was convened to hand New Jersey—granted parents the legal right to opt out down a ruling. -
Rabbi Joseph Dweck
בס"ד OnegShabbosarmest Mazal Tov W oneg edito w r-in-c ish hief es Rabbi Yonasan R to North West London’s Weekly and Fam oo n the birth on ily dy Torah & Opinion Sheets o his da n ugh A Torah publication that enables local Rabbonim and ter Avreichim to share their insights and Divrei Torah on a variety of different levels, to provide something for everyone For questions on Divrei Torah ,29TH APRIL 2017 please contact the Editor in Chief | ג' אייר תשע”ז | פרשת תזריע-מצורע Rabbi Yonasan Roodyn LONDON MANCHESTER GATESHEAD [email protected] Shabbos Times To receive this via email please email PM 8:19 PM 8:21 PM [email protected] 8:04 הדלקת נרות PM 9: 39 PM 9:43 PM 9:19 מוצש’’ק To Sponsor a Week KINDLY SPONSORED please email [email protected] לעילוי נשמת הש"ץ שלמה בן אברהם משה ז"ל לעילוי נשמת חנה בת אלעזר ע"ה (Cost per week: £500, which covers production costs) לרפואת אריאל יהודה בן יהודית נ" י Rabbi Joseph Dweck Senior Rabbi of The S&P Sephardi Community Parshah Tazria begins with instructions for ritual purification after a woman has given birth; commanding that she must bring korbanot (offerings) in the Bet HaMikdash. Two korbanot are brought: one is an Olah (completely burnt on the altar) in thanks to Hashem for saving her from the dangers of childbirth. The other is, interestingly, a korban hatat or sin offering. The hakhamim question this strange korban; why is incredibly humbling. How much more so for a must a woman who has just given birth bring a sin mother who has carried the developing life in her offering? An amusing answer is offered by Rabbi womb for nine months? Shimon in the Talmud (Nidah, 31b) explaining When we are aware of, and involved with, such that at some point during childbirth every woman wonders we tend to become awe-stricken, humbled swears never to bear more children!! The sin and grateful. -
Artscroll-Shabbos-Newsletter Vayeishev-Pages-1
A PROJECT OF THE פרשת וישב שבת חנוכה כ״ו כסלו תשפ״א At the 5781 DECEMBER 12, 2020 ISSUE #20 ShabbosTable RABBI YITZCHOK WEEKLY INSPIRATION AND INSIGHT ADAPTED FROM CLASSIC ARTSCROLL TITLES HISIGER, EDITOR DESIGN & LAYOUT: AVIVA KOHN Parashah / CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE Chanukah Rav Pam on Chumash from Rav Avrohom Pam zt”l, by Rabbi Sholom Smith When Yosef Hatzaddik in- Chanukah, the Chashmona’im that brought terpreted Pharaoh’s dreams, are portrayed as mighty war- about the he asserted that he deserved riors who fearlessly fought the victory, but no personal credit for giving Syrian-Greek armies and led the Hand an interpretation. “It is beyond the Jewish people to victory. of Hashem me. It is G-d Who will respond They displayed great courage that orchestrated the miracle. with Pharaoh’s welfare,” he and heroism in defeating such They were merely the players said. On these words, the Mi- a formidable military force chosen to bring about the sal- drash (Bereishis Rabbah 89:9) despite being heavily out- vation of Klal Yisrael. comments: “Talah hagedulah numbered. Yet in the word- The concern of the Chash- bivalav — He credited the ing of the special Al HaNissim mona’im was first and foremost greatness to its true Master.” prayer that Chazal instituted to rectify the great chillul Hash- When Pharaoh heard this, in commemoration of this em perpetrated by the Greeks and the brilliant interpre- great miracle, a different pic- and their Jewish collaborators tation that followed, he was ture emerges: Masarta giborim who astounded. Pharaoh realized that Yosef could have taken IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE this opportunity to demand PRACTICE OF GREAT JEWS anything that he wanted — NOT TO ATTRIBUTE THEIR wealth, honor, prestige or power. -
Vaccination Part 2
5779 - bpipn mdxa` [email protected] 1 c‡qa HALACHIC AND HASHKAFIC ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 130 - VACCINATION - PART 2 OU ISRAEL CENTER - SPRING 2019 In Part 1 we examined the halachic parameters of taking risks and saw the following: • The Tiferet Yisrael quotes a Yerushalmi and rules it is permitted to take a small immediate risk to avoid a larger potential risk. Thus, one may dive into a river to save someone who is drowning, even though this places the person at some risk of death and even though there is no certainty that the other person will actually drown. If adopting a small risk to save another person is permitted, all the more so adopting such a risk to save oneself! The Tiferet Yisrael applied this to smallpox inoculations of the time which carried a 1 in 1000 risk of death. • There are three categories of danger which we are obligated to avoid: (i) Immediate risks to life and limb (eg roof without fence): Torah obligation to avoid and proactively prevent (ii) Low-level risks which are common (eg drinking unchecked water): Rabbinic obligation to avoid and prevent (iii) Standard risks of everyday life: Good to avoid BUT Shomer Peta’im Hashem • Shomer Peta’im Hashem is a halachic principle which allows us to take normal low-level risks in life and rely on God for protection. There are number of ways in which such risks can be defined: - risks below a certain threshold (10%?) - risks which are future possibilities and not imminent - risks which are normal in society - risks which are justified by sufficient gain A] RISK TAKING - APPLICATION TO VACCINATIONS zcn iedc icen r'ek t'kre ,`id daeg llk dievn dpi`y xzeia dwegx dpkqa xaecn m`c izazk mixacd zpwqnae 1. -
Program 2014 YERUSHALAYIM YARCHEI KALLAH AGUDATH ISRAEL of AMERICA ¿ TORAH PROJECTS COMMISSION JANUARY 20-23, 2014 / 19-22 SHEVAT, 5774
2014 YERUSHALAYIM YARCHEI KALLAH AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA ¿ TORAH PROJECTS COMMISSION JANUARY 20-23, 2014 / 19-22 SHEVAT, 5774 PROGRAM (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) MONDAY – JANUARY 20/19 SHEVAT 7:30 a.m. Shachris Hotel Shul (“OF” Floor) 10:00 a.m. Hachana/Limud B’chavrusa Yarchei Kallah Bais Medrash (Main Ballroom) 1:00 p.m. Mincha 3:00 p.m. Hachana L’shiur Rabbi Shlomo Gottesman (also on Tues, Wed. & Thurs. at 10:30 a.m.) לזכר נשמת אביו הרה''ח ר' ישעי' ארי' בן הרב ר' אברהם ז''ל גאטעסמאן 4:00 p.m. Mincha 4:15 p.m. Hakdama Shiur HaRav Asher Weiss Av Beis Din, Darchei Hora’ah Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Darchei Torah Dedicated by Rabbi Mordekai Shapiro לזכר נשמת אביו הרב שלמה דוב שפירא בן הרה"צ ר' מרדכי האדמו"ר מקמינקא-קוריץ זצ"ל 5:15 p.m. Shiur Harav Yaakov Perlow Novominsker Rebbe, Rosh Agudas Yisroel Dedicated by Mr. Herby Friedman לזכר נשמת הוריו ר' משה ב"ר צבי ע"ה ומרת מרים ב"ר אברהם שלמה ע"ה פרידמאן 6:15 p.m. Psicha/Divrei Machshava HaRav Yaakov Eidelshtein Rav U’Moro D’Asra, Ramat HaSharon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch Rosh Yeshiva, Slabodka Yeshiva HaRav Aaron Leib Shteinman Rosh HaYeshiva, Orchos HaTorah, Bnei Brak Maariv to follow 2014 YERUSHALAYIM YARCHEI KALLAH AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA ¿ TORAH PROJECTS COMMISSION JANUARY 20-23, 2014 / 19-22 SHEVAT, 5774 PROGRAM (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) TUESDAY – JANUARY 21/20 SHEVAT 6:30 a.m. Daf Yomi Shiur* HaRav Naftoli Prizant Yoma 74 R”M, Yeshiva Gedola Chechnov Maggid Shiur Daf Yomi Tiferes Menachem, Boyan 7:30 a.m. -
An Elder Among the Rabbis
BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 21 Issue 3 Article 6 7-1-1981 An Elder among the Rabbis Dennis Rasmussen Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq Recommended Citation Rasmussen, Dennis (1981) "An Elder among the Rabbis," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 21 : Iss. 3 , Article 6. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol21/iss3/6 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Rasmussen: An Elder among the Rabbis an elder among the rabbis dennis rasmussen why should a mormon be interested in judaismjudaism1I1 I1 can speak only for myself in judaism I1 have found a part of my religious heritage handed down from the ancient prophets of israel through the rabbis of the greco roman era to thejewsthejews of today 2 this essay is an account of my experience among the teachings and teachers of judaism how my interest began what brought me to a jewish theological seminary who my teachers were and what I1 learned about rabbinic history and teaching together with some reflections and comments about these and about the talmud the great com- pendium of rabbinic law and lore which we studied so diligently my interest in judaisminjudaism began at the institute of religion in salt lake city I1 went there every wednesday evening to hear elder marion D hanks teach two courses -
Comment, ENFORCEABILITY of AGREEMENTS to OBTAIN a RELIGIOUS DIVORCE
\\jciprod01\productn\M\MAT\23-2\MAT210.txt unknown Seq: 1 3-MAR-11 14:33 Vol. 23, 2010 Agreements to Obtain a Religious Divorce 425 Comment, ENFORCEABILITY OF AGREEMENTS TO OBTAIN A RELIGIOUS DIVORCE Religion and divorce are not complementary ideas in our so- ciety. Most religions, at the very least, discourage divorce.1 The spectrum is very broad and some religions are stricter than others regarding their approaches to marriage and divorce policy. Re- ligious groups have not come as far in equal rights for women as the U.S. government has. In many religions, women are treated more harshly than men when it comes to divorce. This Comment will discuss whether a court may enforce an agreement that requires one spouse to provide the other spouse or ex-spouse with a religious divorce. Part I will describe secular approaches to marriage and divorce agreements and give an overview of a number of separate faiths with regard to marriage and divorce. Part II will describe judicial approaches to religious marriage and divorce agreements. This will include arguments for and against enforcing agreements to provide a religious di- vorce and an explanation about the courts’ limited enforcement ability. Part III will conclude this Comment by reviewing the re- strictions on remarriage to women of different religions and the arguments for and against judicial involvement in forcing relig- ious divorces including how courts have ruled on the constitu- tional arguments for and against such. I. Secular Approaches to Marriage and Divorce Agreements Religion is an area where people have strong opinions and beliefs that are different from the opinions and beliefs of others. -
Cincinnati Torah הרות
בס"ד • A PROJECT OF THE CINCINNATI COMMUNITY KOLLEL • CINCYKOLLEL.ORG תורה מסינסי Cincinnati Torah Vol. VIII, No. XXXII Chukas-Balak A LESSON FROM THE PARASHA Lessons From Davening The quintessential chuka, unexplained This also explains Chazal’s statement THE RABBI WAS ASKED statute, of the Torah is the commandment that Moshe Rabbeinu knew the reason for ADAPTED BY RABBI DOVID TZVI MEISSNER FROM of the Parah Aduma, Red Heifer. Even Parah Adumah. He had not sinned at all ME’AH SHE’ARIM BY RABBI YITZCHOK ZILBERSTEIN Shlomo Hamelech, wisest of men, wasn’t with the Egel; his emunah was completely able to understand this mitzvah. The intact, so he didn’t need this “remedy” One time, Yaakov saw his friend Yoni commentators ask about a Rashi. In of not knowing the reasoning of this put down his tefillin in an unsafe his commentary, he quotes Rav Moshe mitzvah. place and decided to teach him a HaDarshan as explaining the mitzvah of lesson. Yaakov took Yoni’s tefillin and Parah Adumah was given to atone for the There’s nothing wrong with trying to hid them. When Yoni returned, he sin of the Chet Ha’egel, the Golden Calf. understand the reasoning of the mitzvos couldn’t find them and was very “This is analogous to a maidservant’s we perform, but in no way is that the distressed. Finally, Yaakov told Yoni child who dirtied the king’s palace. They reason why we perform them. We do that he took them, but warned him said, let his mother come and wipe away so regardless of our understanding, that next time he should be more his filth. -
Vaccines & Jewish
Vaccines & Jewish Law Contemporary Halakhic Quandaries Young Israel of West Hartford Rabbi Tuvia Brander [email protected] 1. Infectious Diseases Society of America, Always-deadly measles complication more common than believed 10/28/16 Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a neurological disorder that is 100 percent fatal. Infants younger than 12 months, who are too young to receive measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, can get infected with measles and later develop SSPE, which may lay dormant for years. While it was once thought the risk of post-measles SSPE was one in 100,000, recent research identified a rate as low as 1 in 1,700 in Germany among children infected with measles before they were 5 years old, and the new study found it is about one in 600 for those who get measles as infants before being vaccinated. There is no cure for SSPE and the only way to prevent it is to vaccinate everyone against measles. 2. Non-Medical State Exemptions from School Immunizations, 2017 (from National Conference of State Legislatures; www.ncsl.org) 3. Talmud, Shabbat 82a אמר ליה רב הונא לרבה בריה מאי טעמא לא שכיחת קמיה דרב חסדא דמחדדן שמעתיה אמר ליה אמאי איזיל לגביה דכי אזילנא לגביה מותיב לי במילי דעלמא אמר לי מאן דעייל לבית הכסא לא ליתיב בהדיא ולא ליטרח טפי... אמר ליה הוא עסיק בחיי דברייתא ואת אמרת במילי דעלמא כל שכן זיל לגביה Rav Huna said to his son Rabbah: Why are you not [learning] before Rav Chisda, whose lessons are sharp? Rabbah replied: Why should I go to him? He questions me about mundane matters! He tells me, "One who goes to the washroom should not sit immediately or press too hard…" Rav Huna replied: He is involved in human life, and you say "mundane matters"? You certainly should go to him! Contemporary Halakhic Quandaries: 1 Vaccines & Jewish Law 1 4.