Posts Tagged ‘Jewish law’
Kee Teitzei 5779-2019
Tags: -Polygamy Illegitimacy and Punishing the Innocent, 2019, 5779, adultery and incest, biological mother and father, children, competition, favoritism, home, identity, illegitimate, Jewish law, Judaism, Kee Teitzei, king, mamzer, mamzerut, multiple wives, pain and travail, Rabbi Buchwald, sanctity of family, Tz'ara and Tsuris
Pinchas 5779-2019
Tags: -The Daughters of Zelophehad: Legitimate Feminist Claims, 2019, 5779, disenfranchisement, divorce, evolving law, husband's obligations to wife, inheritance of father, Jewish law, Jewish women, Judaism, love, marriage, Moses, Pinchas, property, Rabbi Buchwald, rights of women, role of women, secular society, social status, Torah
Korach 5779-2019
Tags: -Controversy Versus Conflict, 2019, 5779, Ashkenazic and Sephardic, community, ego, HaMapa, Hillel and Shammai, Jewish law, Judaism, Korach, majority and minority opinions, observance of Torah, opposing opinions, pursuit of truth, Rabbi Buchwald, Rabbi Moshe Isserles, Rabbi Yoseph Karo, Shulchan Aruch, talmud
B’ha’a’lot’cha 5777-2017
Tags: -The Convert and the Second Passover, "makeup date", 2017, 5777, B’ha’a’lot’cha, converts, freedom, Jewish identity, Jewish law, Judaism, observance of Passover, Pesach offering, Rabbi Buchwald, ritual impurity, second Passover, stringency, the 15th of Nissan, violation of the proper observance
B’ha’a’lot’cha 5776-2016
Tags: -Moses Realizes that His Dreams Were Not Going to be Fulfilled, 2016, 5776, B’ha’a’lot’cha, degenerate behavior, Jethro, Jewish destiny, Jewish history, Jewish law, Judaism, land of Israel, manna, Omer, pagan way of life, people of of Israel, Rabbi Buchwald, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, Tabernacle
Kee Teitzei 5773-2013
Tags: -The ‘Mitzvah’ of Divorce Revisited, 2013, 5773, adultery, community, get, husband, Jewish law, Judaism, ketubah, Ki Teitzei, love, marriage, public record, Rabbi Buchwald, relationships, Sotah, spouses, wife
Balak 5771-2011
Tags: -Taking the Law Into One’s Own Hand, 2011, 5771, Balak, Bilaam, debauchery, idolatry, Jewish law, Judaism, judicial system, Midianite, Moabite, Pinchas, Rabbi Buchwald, zealotry, Zimri and Cozbi
Shoftim 5764-2004
Tags: -Justice Justice Shall You Pursue, 2004, 5764, Batsheba, constitutional monarchy, Elijah, G-d as Ultimate King, Great Sanhedrin, halacha, Jewish judicial system, Jewish jurisprudence, Jewish law, Judaism, judicial structure, King Ahab, King David, king subservient to G-d, Nathan, Rabbi Buchwald, Shoftim, Supreme Court of Israel, Torah, Torah as constitution
Re’eh 5764-2004
Tags: -Identifying a True Prophet, 2004, 5764, Christian history, divorce, false prophets, forgiveness of sins, jesus, Jewish law, Judaism, miracles, Prayer, prophecy, Rabbi Buchwald, Re'eh, Torah commandments, treatment of enemies, violation of Shabbat, World to Come
Kee Teitzei 5760-2000
Tags: -Polygamy Illegitimacy and Punishing the Innocent, 2000, 5760, adultery and incest, biological mother and father, children, competition, favoritism, home, identity, illegitimate, Jewish law, Judaism, Kee Teitzei, king, mamzer, mamzerut, multiple wives, pain and travail, Rabbi Buchwald, sanctity of family, Tz'ara and Tsuris