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Total Recall: May the People Depose Their Ruler?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 2, 2021   In the wake of President Biden’s withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and the subsequent fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the stranding of thousands of U.S.…

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Code of Arms: Weapons in Halacha

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 26, 2021   Shmuel Silverberg, a nineteen-year-old yeshiva student, was fatally shot last week in front of Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Denver, in the culmination of a crime spree that included…

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Crypto-Judaism: Is Bitcoin Money?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 19, 2021   Several months ago, Peter Kacherginsky and Rebecca Rose “got married on the blockchain”: In addition to a traditional Jewish ceremony, we wanted to solidify our vows in a…

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All Hail Seizure: May Government Expropriate Property?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 12, 2021 Federal authorities recently seized seventeen items, including “funeral scrolls, prayers for the dead, rules governing how a community member should behave in society, and other records,” from Kestenbaum &…

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Muzzle Rise: Is the Creeping Censorship Justifiable?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 5, 2021 Over the past several years, social media companies have increasingly engaged in the censorship of people and ideas that they say are wrong, dangerous to society, or dangerous to…

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Terminal Velocity: May One Hasten Death?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 29, 2021   In the previous article, we considered various rulings of R’ Shlomo Zalman Auerbach regarding the withholding of medical treatment and life support from a terminally ill and suffering…

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Risk Factors: Can You Be Too Safe?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 15, 2021   In the aftermath of the horrific tragedy of the Surfside, Florida building collapse, analysts and reporters have been attempting, often with the benefit of hindsight, to explain why…

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Domain Name II

Does a wife actually own property titled in her name? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 8, 2021   In our previous article, we surveyed the positions of the classic poskim on the question of whether purchase…

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Domain Name

Does a wife actually own property titled in her name? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 1, 2021   In our previous article, we discussed the classic halachic framework governing marital assets and their disposition in divorce:…

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