Parashat Hashavua: Areivut, Arvut, and Aravot – part I
We start with the Tiferet Shlomo’s ( Rav Shlomo Rabinowitz, b. 1801) deep ideas on parshiyot Miketz and Vayigash: Yehuda represents the element of malchut (kingdom) in Israel....
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Harav Yosef Carmel
Ask the Rabbi: Davening and Putting on Tefillin after Passing Date Line
Question : I am traveling from New York westward to Japan (flight XX YY), leaving early Monday afternoon and arriving Tuesday afternoon. What do I do about davening...
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Rav Daniel Mann
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Plowing to Prevent Loss during Shemitta – #260-264
Date and Place : 3 Shevat – 7 Shevat 5670 (1910), Yafo
Recipient : Letters to Mr. Brill, a supervisor of moshavot at the International Colonization Association and to...
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Eretz Hemdah
P’ninat Mishpat: Who Pays for an Unexpected Tax? – part III
(based on ruling 83095 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts) Case : The defendant (= def ) was interested in buying the plaintiff’s (= pl ) house,...
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Eretz Hemdah