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Bad Samaritans: What Is the Status of the Kusim?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 9, 2025 AP News reports: The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday. Sotheby’s said the 155-pound (52-kilogram)…

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Fish of Scale: Is the Livyasan Kosher?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 2, 2025 AP News reports: Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2…

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About Time: How Ought We Value a Little Bit of Life?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 26, 2024 AP News reports: Rescue crews pulled two women from rubble several hours after a Russian missile struck a medical clinic in southern Ukraine, killing nine people and wounding 22…

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With Bells On: Where Were the Pa’amonim Heard?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 19, 2024 Arutz Sheva reports: Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu met with British author and journalist Douglas Murray on Tuesday evening in Jerusalem. During the meeting, the minister surprised Murray by…

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Pardon Me: Does Family Loyalty Supersede Justice?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 12, 2024 AP News reports: President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past…

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Game Plan: May One Attend a Sporting Event?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 5, 2024 In our previous article, we cited R’ Moshe Feinstein’s teshuvah on the permissibility of playing ball (in an unspecified sport) in light of the danger involved.[1] In another teshuvah,…

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Moral Hazard: When Risky Behavior Is Permitted

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 28, 2024 The Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) reports: Sam Salz’s first taste of NCAA Division I football came during a kickoff—known in football as a “special teams” play. For most football…

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Monkeys on the Run: People and Ba’alei Chaim

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 21, 2024 AP News reports: Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina.[1] Most of the monkeys have since been recaptured: Just eight monkeys remain free…

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