העורך Editor

See an astounding overview here, on The International Napoleonic Society.

The article also deals with Napoleon’s attitude toward the Jews in general.

There is a great book on the many applications and misapplications of “Dina demalchusa dina” in Israel and in general. This hidden treasure is called “Sela Medinah” by Yonasan Oshinsky and can be found free on HebrewBooks here:

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If you know to read between the lines and assess proofs and read carefully you can get a lot from it, page by concise page.

Here is a list of Halachic instructions for women wishing to ascend the Temple mount in French and English.

כידוע, החזון איש עודד לימוד לאחר החתונה ב”כוללים”. האם הוא התכוין שכך ננהג לעולם? הרב יצחק ברנד מבהיר.

I read that Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch said the following (while teaching the laws of this year’s Tisha Be’av, which fell out on Shabbos and was postponed to Sunday):

Our custom is to sing less Zemiros this Shabbos. But not so fewer than usual this would be noticeable, since that would be “public mourning”, forbidden on Shabbos.

The logic here seems very strange. And by “our custom” does he mean himself? Either nothing whatsoever is gained by less singing or he violates the prohibition of mourning, especially by telling us what he is doing.

Also, he must sing quite a few to be able to tell what “somewhat fewer” is…