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Untangling the Issue of Mamzer
In Halacha, there are two types of Mitzvot; Mishpatim and chukot. While Mishpatim are logical at first glance, chukot are mysterious and their reasoning is usually unclear…
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Galut, Geula, and the Status of Women
Galut is a state of separation. The Jewish People are astray, fractured, lost from our purpose and detached from the setting within which our mission can be fulfilled…
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What You Didn’t Know About Judging One Favorably
Have you recently observed someone encroaching on the boundaries of halacha or ethics? Judging one’s fellow favorably is arguably a mitzvah and obligatory…
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Benvenide Abravanel: A Woman of Nobility and Altruism
Despite 200 years of Jewish persecution in the Iberian Peninsula, several generations of the Abravanel family flourished with Torah scholarship, wealth, and influence…
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What Is Dat Yehudit?
The halachot and practices of tzniut are often the topic of confusion. While there is much room for personal expression, there are some guidelines that provide the framework for what is considered modest conduct…
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Bnot Tzelofchad: Female Agents of Change
Every word in the Torah teaches us something; no single term is excessive or unnecessary. Hence, the mention of the daughters of Tzelofchad in two different places, and the details that were chronicled, convey an important message for all generations…
