The other day, I was handling one of the large and impressive tarantulas at the Biblical Museum of Natural History. I now have a huge

Part II Last week’s discussion focused on the halachic justification for allowing ligitants to appear at a hearing remotely. If the litigants appear via video

This article was reprinted with permission from The Lehrhaus. It has become fashionable to say that Torah u-Madda has fallen out of fashion. In this

Rav Chaim had been involved with Dirshu for many years. The Sar HaTorah attended quite a few of the large Dirshu gatherings like the Siyumei

Passover is a time of asking questions. One of the highlights of the Passover Seder is when kids ask their parents the “four questions,” including

  On a wintry October day in 1941, the Jews of the Kovno Ghetto were assembled at an umschlagplatz (gathering place), about to be deported

The following article was posted on September 13, 2021 on Jewishprudence (bethdin.org/jewishprudence). Jewishprudence, the official blog of the Beth Din of America, is dedicated to

 Shootings and Stabbings In light of the recent shootings in Bnei Brak and stabbings in Be’er Sheva and in Hadeira, r”l—a halachic question arises: Is

The attribute of zerizut, or alacrity, although not an indispensable quality for fulfillment of Torah or rabbinic injunctions, is one that the Torah enjoins every

Two seemingly disparate events on different sides of the world held just weeks apart from each other with seemingly no connection. In today’s interconnected global

As the Seder winds down the tension builds. Who has stolen the afikoman, and what price will it take to release this crucial hostage so

The Torah prescribes several actions that must be performed vis-à-vis a person afflicted with tzara’at: And the leper upon whom the nega is [located]—his clothes