The author reflects on their daughter's decision to join a Midrasha/IDF program after high school. The daughter shares her experiences as a religious girl in...

Daf Yomi is discussing the concept of acquiring animals by lifting them up, with a specific question about how one would acquire an elephant. The Gemara cryp...

The article discusses a new book called "The Great Zmanim Debate," written by Rabbi Aharon Notis, which addresses the topic of Torah and science. The book ar...

The author discusses the importance of books in Jewish life and how the Charedi community has dominated the publishing field for many years, particularly thr...

The author discusses their disappointment with Pixar's new movie, "Elemental," which they felt promoted intermarriage. The film tells the story of Ember, a F...

The author discusses the laws of kashrut for birds and the different viewpoints of Jewish scholars regarding the signs that determine whether a bird is koshe...

The author discusses a case of a man from the charedi community in Bnei Brak or Beitar who was arrested in Madagascar for turtle trafficking. The man had 59 ...

The author discusses the radical halachic difference between rationalists and mystics regarding the mitzvah of shiluach ha-kein, which appears in this week's...

The author addresses a reader's accusation of an "unnatural fixation" on Charedim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) and explains that their criticisms of Charedi society...

The author reflects on his changed perspective regarding the charedi and dati-leumi approaches to Judaism through the lens of tefillin bags. In his youth, he...