Year: 2018

After a while of having broken links, I found Rabbi Yehoshua Sofer’s new site: Abir.org.il

I will soon update our content to reflect the change.

She writes:

Many citizens of Israel are confused on this matter and because of the assimilation of western values and ideals, they feel that so-called “separation of religion and state” should be the desired goal.

However, we are not a state like all others. This is supposed to be a Jewish state built on holy ground. If you want to see what that is supposed to look like, you need only go back to the last time we returned from a stay in the exile. It is most instructive to read the accounts of the first return from exile in the writings of Ezra and Nechemiah.

Count me among the “confused”, then!

Indeed, this is not a state like all others. The question of how exactly to coerce Torah observance and when is important. The knee-jerk response to either side is wrong.

In short, since when does the state get to do Beis Din’s job?!

1. Derech Eretz for the Lavatory
2. The Awesome Hypocrisy of Hurling Slavery Accusations Against the Torah
3. The State of Israel Was Founded to Destroy Judaism?

Do I need to beg?

Skirts: How Long According to Jewish Law?

Published on Oct 14, 2017

Interview with the head of Machon Shilo, Rabbi David Bar-Hayim

Visit us at www.MachonShilo.org

From YouTube, here.