Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (1798-1878)
Rabbi Yehuda Chai Alqalai (or Alkalai) was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He came to Israel with his parents at the age of 11. At...
RELIGIOUS INTEGRITY: When all depends on the intention
We have explained the prohibition of genebat da'at, i.e., when I falsely pretend that I care or I want to help, just to benefit from...
Do the bride and groom fast on their wedding day?
In many Jewish communities the bride and groom fast on their wedding day, until the Hupa. The reason is that according to the Talmud...
THE 13 PRINCIPLES: # 9. The Tora will not be changed...
The ninth principle asserts that our God given Law, the Tora ( see this), could never be changed or replaced by another set of...
Rabbi Ytzhaq Nissim (1895-1981)
√ A picture of Rabbi Yitzchaq Nissim z'l.
Rabbi Yitzchaq Nissim was the Sephardic chief Rabbi of the State of Israel from 1955 to 1972. He was...
RELIGIOUS INTEGRITY: Leaving involuntarily a false positive impression
The Rabbis defined geneabt da'at (stealing other people mind) as a situation in which I mislead other people to think favorably about me or...
SHUSHBINIM: When your friends paid for the wedding
Everyone knows what a wedding costs. And everyone knows a young couple who pushed off the date because the numbers did not work. It...
When the 9th of Ab falls on Shabbat
This year, 2012, the 9th of the month of Ab falls on Shabbat (from Friday July 27th at night, until Saturday July 28th at...
Music during the three weeks (Part 2)
Yesterday we saw the opinion of Rabbi Eli'ezer Melamed regarding playing or listening to music during the three weeks. The thrust of his opinion...
Music during the three weeks (Part 1)
Yesterday we explained that during the three weeks between the 17th of Tamuz and the 9th of Ab we keep certain traditions of mourning...
