Halacha Headlines

Coed dorms, bathrooms and classes; frats, drinking, and OTD risk; “orthodox” Jews mixed dancing parties at night and Shacharis the next morning; rampant anti-Semitism; extreme liberalism and Kefirah – is there any Heter? Are the Ivy League Schools worse than Brooklyn and Queens colleges? How does the situation in the U.S. compare to that of the U.K., South Africa and Australia?    

Can a Frum Jew become a doctor? Can a Kohein become a doctor? What are some of the many Halachic challenges they face?  Giving stitches on Shabbos, Working in a Hospital on Shabbos, and many more  practical applications…

How to insure against the horrors of divorce or being left an aguna: The new Prenuptial that has the Haskamos of Gedolei HaPoskim. Horror Agunah stories  that  prenups  would have helped. Is it a forced Get? Do they actually work? Can it solve the Agunah crisis?

E-commerce, Amira L’Akum, Schar Shabbos, Contracts and Partnerships

Why are “quick divorces” happening? What’s a good reason to get divorced quickly? Is “incompatibility” enough? What needs to be disclosed while dating? Addictions, mental disorders, abuse? How should references respond to Shidduch inquiries?

Is a Frum boy winning at Jeopardy a Kiddush Hashem? Israel sending aid to Haiti? Rallies for Rubashkin? An astronaut making Kiddush in outer space? Is Jewish success and or nationalism a Kiddush Hashem? Is learning in Kollel?  And many more examples

Can one go to court when faced with a corrupt Toen or Beis Din? Should we allow Toanim in Beis Din? Is the system in Eretz Yisroel the correct model?

Why are there so many broken engagements nowadays? How can they be avoided? Does the one who breaks the shidduch get penalized? Do the ring, sheitel and other gifts need to be returned? Who pays the costs which were committed to (wedding hall, photographer, band, make-up artist)? Does the Shadchan need to return the Shadchanus?

Is there an affordable way to go to Beis Din? How do outcomes and costs compare to the court system? How to identify a reputable Beis Din vs. a rouge Beis Din…

Is it good or is it putting women’s lives at risk?

Is it ever Muttar to fire a Rav, a Rebbi or employee? Non competes, Contracts, Severance, How to hire employees, and much more… 

Is Open Orthodoxy Orthodox

How should we translate the word “Simcha”? Why is Simcha so central to Jewish Torah life? What is special about the Simcha of Sukkos? How does Simcha become an ethical imperative? and much more…

Today’s Teshuvah is different than past generations: Find out how

Yud Gimmel Middos: How does it work? Is it magic? What do they mean? A fascinating new understanding

Does the employer or employee get to keep the frequent flyer miles, is bathroom time on the clock, how sick do you need to be to take a “sick day,” taking personal calls on company time, using the company printer, and much more…

The incredible impact & Mesiras Nefesh of the Shiluchim – from all six continents

Getting double reimbursements, expensing a business class ticket and flying coach, leaving your jacket at work so nobody knows you left, and much more

Dina D’Malchusa, Texting and Driving, Chiyuv to wear a seatbelt, Halachically allowed activities, and many more shailos

Can we Daven to Meisim? What needs a Hechsher? Sensors and motion detectors on Shabbos

Understanding the Holocaust

Are they still relevant? Have things changed? Would they still hold their positions today?