Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 25, 2023 Our previous article discussed the prohibition against entering places of idolatry;[1] in this one, we survey various discussions of this issur by poskim of the previous couple of centuries.…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 18, 2023 CNN reports: Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, will walk to King Charles III’s coronation, in keeping with Shabbat laws…“[The King and Queen] are being exceptionally gracious in order to…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 11, 2023 Reuters reports: Some South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, which is set in the royal scepter that…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 4, 2023 Our previous article considered the applicability of the prohibition against charging for the performance of a mitzvah—ma ani bechinam, af atah bechinam—to commerce in human organs; this one considers…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 27, 2023 Libertarian law professor Ilya Somin writes: The United States has a severe shortage of kidneys available for transplant. As a result, many thousands of people die every year, and…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 20, 2023 Our previous article discussed a recent incident in which 38 migrants at a detention center in northern Mexico died in a fire set by the migrants themselves in protest…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 13, 2023 The Associated Press reports: After migrants in northern Mexico placed mattresses against the bars of their detention cell and set them on fire, guards quickly walked away and made…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman March 30, 2023 Arutz Sheva reports: New York State Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, who represents New York’s 48th State Assembly district, published a video in which he urged car wash operators not to…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman The Associated Press reports: Payments of $5 million to every eligible black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years, and…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman March 16, 2023 In our previous article, we cited the Chasam Sofer, who flatly maintains that …There are certainly no circumstances in the world in which a Jew would be (halachically) liable…