Judaism, Lessons, Times

Public Pressure

It is difficult to understand the attitude in Moshe's statement to Heaven that it had not yet freed the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage. Moshe certainly realized that Heaven was aware of the promises.

The Natural Process of Redemption is Even Better!

For many reasons, contrary to popular belief, the natural process of redemption is, according to Rav Kook & the Maharal, is even better! The topic is connected with why the world was created via evolution and analyzing through examples why skipping stages in many aspects of life is counterproductive.

SECULAR IN ISRAEL OR RELIGIOUS ABROAD? WHAT'S BETTER?

Would it be better for all of the Jews to be religious outside of Israel, or to be non-religious in Israel?

Don't Try this at Home

Rav Kook innovatively explains some difficulties in two Talmudic stories via relating to the issue of questioning G-d, and the difference between the great Torah scholars and the masses. This issue comes up often in the context of the Shoah and offers much food for thought.

What Do These "Shovavim" Days Mean to Us?

The initial letters of the weekly Torah portions that we read publicly over the course of the next few weeks, starting with Shmot, spell out the Hebrew word "Shovavim." Thus, the coming weeks are the "Days of Shovavim," widely regarded as days of fasting and atonement.

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follow-up to today’s response about Conservative Shuls

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman

Question

You wrote: "Rav Moshe Feinstein (Shu"t Iggrot Moshe Orach Chayyim IV 91) prohibits davening in a Conservative synagogue ... because of Conservative rejection of basic principles of faith and observance." Can you elaborate? What basic principles of faith and observance are rejected by the Conservative Movement?

Answer

While my intention in this forum is to explain and educate and not to find fault, unfortunately it is no secret that according to Conservative Judaism as it is today in the U.S., the use of a car on Shabbat is permitted as well as the use of microphones in the synagogue not to mention the use of electricity in the home. These actions are an outright violation of the Halacha and regrettably these are only a few examples. Halacha is the transmission of the Oral Law which was given to Moshe on Mount Sinai. Being indifferent to the Halacha is an abandonment of the principle of faith set down by the Rambam that the Torah which transmitted to us shall not be altered or exchanged.

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