Halakha

Against the backdrop of the harsh statement against the candidacy of Yoseph Haddad, the Tzohar rabbinical organization is issuing an unprecedented clarification and recruiting a surprising example from the Tanakh period to resolve the public debate.

A new animation video by content creator Zack D. Films explained to millions of followers how the Halachic Eruv works in Manhattan. The popular documentation sparked a huge wave of questions, mockery of Jewish law, and even explicit antisemitic responses and calls to damage the wire.

A revolution in the Ketubah: The Council of the Chief Rabbinate has for the first time set a uniform threshold for amounts recorded at wedding ceremonies — between 36,000 and 360,000 shekels, addressing cases of excessive sums that grooms cannot realistically meet.

On a farm in Moshav Shadmot Mechola, staff were surprised to discover the rare birth of a reddish-brown heifer. A delegation from the Temple Institute and rabbis examined the heifer and found it kosher for the time being. A red heifer is considered a complex commandment, dependent on finding a rare cow without any blemish. A few months ago, an Iranian missile fell on the farm and did not explode...