Halacha

Make this year’s seder meaningful when tables are smaller - opinion

We are a link in a chain that stretches back over three millennia, a chain that has endured exile, persecution, and upheaval, yet has never been broken.

 An illustrative image of a Passover Seder plate.
Soldiers are ready for anything - including Passover.

IDF's ‘Operation Roaring Matzah’: Keeping Passover, ensuring security for army and country

A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground and the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in the background June 24, 2019

Western Wall debate must not overshadow prayer, unity during times of war - opinion

Smartphone shows a missile alert, in Mishmar David, Feb. 28.

Shabbat under fire: Navigating Jewish law, missile alerts in Israel during war - opinion


What's next for women's advanced halachic study in Israel?

When it comes to women’s halachic learning and certification, Israeli policy, legal reforms and communal acceptance all play a significant role

 ON THE rise: Women learn Gemara together (Illustrative).

Yad La'isha: Jerusalem center fighting trapped marriages

Also known as “The Aguna Warrior,” Yad La'isha director Pnina Omer and her Jerualem-based organization fight to free women in trapped marriages.

 Pnina Omer, director of Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha, in front of an artistic photo exhibit on the pain of being in a trapped marriage.

The Israeli Right has gone too far - opinion

The result is that although the majority of the public as of today does not really want to destroy the modern Jewish state, the Right has not been wiped out.

 PROTESTERS BLOCK a road and confront police over the government’s planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on Wednesday. It seems that Netanyahu didn’t foresee the extent of the resistance, says the writer.

Letters to the Editor February 13, 2023: Is it normal?

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Rabbis and LGBTQ+ Jews, a developing topic of compassion and halacha - opinion

What unites these rabbis is the idea that the Jewish community has an obligation to respect the divine humanity of each community member, without condoning acts that are outside Halacha.

 MEN WEARING  kippot attend the Pride Parade in Jerusalem.

Israeli Law of Return revision is another step to halachic state - opinion

The writer made aliyah 23 years ago in the framework of the Grandchild Clause of the Law of Return.

 Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

Will technology make Jewish law irrelevant? - opinion

Moshe Koppel: “I believe we are now at an inflection point, one that has implications for Halacha.” Here are 4 areas where technology can change how Jews observe the law.

 DOCUMENTING A meal featuring a lab-grown chicken nugget in Singapore, the first country to allow the sale of meat created without slaughtering animals, Dec. 2020.

15 women blaze trail in Halacha education

The Religious Services Ministry has recognized 15 women for their participation in Jewish leadership roles

 Standing and on the floor are the women who took the exam. In the middle row, heads of Ohr Torah Stone and Matan Sharon

Pulling the plug: What does Jewish law say about 'passive euthanasia?'

Jewish bioethicists significantly disagree regarding “passive euthanasia,” which can constitute either the withholding or withdrawing of treatment from the terminally ill.

 In such circumstances, the ventilator becomes a ‘bridge to nowhere’ (Illustrative).

From grass roots to the establishment - Opinion

We recently witnessed history in the making: The new state-administered Halakha exams for women.

 Ohr Torah Stone’s WIHL scholars, about to take the first Religious Services Ministry exam to test expertise in Halacha studies.