Authors Posts by Yaakov Jaffe and Menachem Butler

Yaakov Jaffe and Menachem Butler

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Yaakov Jaffe is the rabbi of the Maimonides Kehillah, and the Dean of Judaic Studies at Maimonides School. Menachem Butler is the Program Fellow for Jewish Legal Studies in the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School, and co-editor with Aviad Hacohen of Praying for the Defenders of Our Destiny: The Mi Sheberach for IDF Soldiers (Cambridge, MA: The Institute for Jewish Research and Publications, 2023).

Should American Orthodox Jews Have Fasted on July 12, 2024?

Yaakov Jaffe and Menachem Butler explore the Halakhot of when fasting is proper and when it’s not.