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 will happen to Second Gentlemen's house mezuzahs after election change?

Doug Emhoff installed mezuzahs at the Vice President’s Residence. What happens to them when he moves out, or up?

 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris accompanied by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, depart the Kotoka International airport to continue with her trip to Tanzania and Zambia, in Accra, Ghana, March 29, 2023.

The Halacha of sex and gender: The Jewish view on the Imane Khelif 'controversy'

How Jewish law views sex and gender and tackles intersex, chromosomal, and hormonal issues.

 BOXING, WOMEN’S 66kg semifinal at the Paris 2024 Olympics: Imane Khelif of Algeria, Aug. 6.

The problems with preimplantation genetic diagnosis in Jewish law

This method is time-consuming and expensive, but it is also an incredible method to prevent conception with eggs that have evidence of genetic abnormality.

 A petri dish is seen following an embryo transfer surgery at the Beijing Perfect Family Hospital, in Beijing, China April 6, 2023

MKs propose bill to enable burial of terror victims ‘lacking religion’ in Jewish plots

According to the bill, terrorists do not differentiate between these and other Israelis, and their families should therefore be allowed to bury their loved ones alongside Jews.

The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives

The red heifer: A statute with a cause - opinion

As a people bound to our Jewish texts, we question and delve into the unknowable to understand our relationship to God and mitzvot more fundamentally.

 The red heifers brought to Israel from Texas.

Shabbat has also become a casualty of the war - opinion

Violating Shabbat to keep our loved ones and country safe is a mitzvah. Let's pray we soon return to a time where it is a mitzvah we don't have to keep.

A religious Israeli soldier is seen near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, December 19, 2023.

Educating tomorrow's children: Three women certified as halachic leaders

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Rabbanit Avigayil Unterberg Nouriel, Rabbanit Idit Mevorach-Shaag, and Rabbanit Hila Naor joined 19 others already certified by the institute out of Ohr Torah Stone (OTS).

 From left: Rabbanit Hila Naor, Rabbanit Idit Mevorach-Shaag, and Rabbanit Avigayil Unterberg Nouriel.

‘Goyhood’ - Reuven Fenton on the story behind his debut novel

The character discovers, to his disbelief and horror, that his mother was not actually Jewish,

 REUVEN FENTON: ‘New York Post’ reporter, Orthodox Jew.

'Collected Essays': Invaluable insight on medieval Jewish life - review

Soloveitchik’s contributions continue to illuminate the corridors of Jewish intellectual history, leaving an indelible mark on generations of scholars and readers alike.

 The graves of Rabbi Avraham of Posquières (known as the Raavad) and his son Isaac, in Provence, France.

Is destroying frozen embryos permitted in Jewish law?

Halacha only allows for abortion for therapeutic reasons, with decisors greatly divided over the scope of justifying rationales.

 AN EMBRYOLOGIST holds a dish with human embryos at an IVF clinic.