Halakhic Discussions

What exactly did Rav Moshe Feinstein hold regarding our obligations toward secular law? Does Halakhah distinguish between the first forty days and afterward for gentiles? Michael Broyde responds to his critics.

Yoni Zolty and Jordan Soffer respond to Jeff Fox's recent article on football and halakhic values.

Aaron Cohen surveys the fascinating literature surrounding antipodal etrogim.

When Synagogues Reopen, May the Congregation Permit a Bar Mitzvah Boy to Make Up His Torah Reading? Moshe Kurtz weighs in.

Moshe Kurtz explores the different meanings of silence in Halakhah in light of recent political events

Moshe Kurtz explores several halakhic questions concerning the recitation of kaddish for the deceased, all of which point to a larger discussion about how one can confer merit on someone else.

Post-pandemic proposals to omit hazarat ha-shatz on a permanent basis have been soundly rejected by halakhic authorities. Is this due exclusively to halakhic considerations, or are additional factors at play? Yosie Levine contends that Ashkenazic rabbinic opposition to 19th-century attempts to eliminate hazarat ha-shatz may still be shaping halakhic discourse today.

Howard Apfel reviews Sacred Training: A Halakhic Guidebook for Medical Students and Residents.

Responding to yesterday’s article by Moshe Kurtz, Lehrhaus editor Tzvi Sinensky presents an alternative read of the Mitzvah of lo yilbash.

David Fried explores the humra of pat Yisrael during the aseret yemei teshuvah.