admin | March 18, 2020
The Jewish mind loves to read every sentence four times, to dig for meaning deep underground, too bad viruses cant learn Talmud. A virus doesnt act according to any Talmudic law. On the contrary, a virus just spreads, a fact that makes the indifference of the religious and ultra-Orthodox population to the virus all the more vexing and worrying
admin | March 18, 2020
Why the Jews?
admin | March 18, 2020
As we as a society take steps to stem the novel coronavirus outbreak, we have plenty of enforced time at home. But although your body may be stuck inside, your mind can still roam the universe. This is a time to read: long books youve never gotten to, or new kinds of books you never tried
admin | March 18, 2020
For example, the Talmud teaches us not to shy away from conflict. Ive long subscribed to the theory that although school fills our head with a lot of knowledge, it also leaves out an awful lot of really important things that would be invaluable to know.
admin | March 18, 2020
In these unprecedented and difficult days, we turn to the wisdom of our ancestors. The Talmud teaches that life is so sacred that the mitzvah of pikuach nefesh, saving a life, supersedes all other Jewish commandments. In fact, we are obligated to push aside the performance of other mitzvot if there is even a chance that doing so could put a persons life in danger.
admin | March 18, 2020
Its hard to overstate how serious it was for Rabbi David Cohen, senior halachic authority in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn and nationwide, to cancel all shul-related activities due to the coronavirus outbreak. And yet, thats what happened. On Tuesday, he sent out a letter stating that all remaining schools which had not yet closed must do so immediately, and that all shuls must also cease operating and cancel prayer services for the foreseeable future.
admin | March 18, 2020
While the entire United States comes to a screeching halt due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and the entire NYC Public School System is closed, one community seems to be oblivious, or simply in total denial of what is going on. Multiple parents in the school emailed this flier to YWN The attached flier was sent home with Cheder children from the 4th and 5th grades at Talmud Torah Vyirah DRabeinu Yoel MSatmar on Sunday, announcing a school trip to Fun Station (amusement park) this coming Tuesday. The trip was to thank the children for collecting money on Purim for the Mosdos.
admin | March 18, 2020
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) students went to school Sunday as usual, following the directive of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, leader of the non-Hasidic Haredi community, who ordered Talmud Torah schools to remain open despite the Health Ministry order to close.
admin | March 18, 2020
Photo Credit: Aharon Krohn/Flash90 Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society in Israel and abroad, has decided that studies in Yeshivot and Talmudei Torah should be held as usual for the time being, while adhering to necessary precautions recommended by the health ministry, Behadrei Haredim reported late Saturday night.
admin | March 12, 2020
Yehuda Blum Illustration of Bruriah, the Talmudic female scholar Editors note: For Womens History Month, the Forward presents Unsung Women, a special project showcasing Jewish women from biblical times to our modern moment whose stories have rarely been told. Who she was: Bruriah Where and when: 1st-century CE Roman-occupied Judea What we know: Though the Talmud numbers thousands of pages, it names perhaps only a dozen women
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