Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 14, 2026 The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 7, 2026 Ars Technica reports on an egregious case of medical malpractice: A Florida grand jury has indicted surgeon Thomas Shaknovsky on charges of second-degree manslaughter for the 2024 death of…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 30, 2026 Our previous article cited the psak of two distinguished poskim, the Eimek Halacha (R’ Yehoshua Baumol) and the Debrecener Rav (R’ Moshe Stern), that if a polygraph indicates that…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 23, 2026 From Undark Magazine: Scientists, the press, and the justice system have also derided polygraphs (lie detector devices) as inaccurate. Research has suggested that the physiological signals they pick up…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 17, 2026 Our previous article cited the case of an IDF reservist facing indictment for exploiting classified military information and risking operational security in wartime by means of a bet he…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman March 26, 2026 Mishpacha Magazine reports: An IDF reservist…held a golden opportunity—a chance to turn obligation, duty, and danger into profit… The app open on his phone was Polymarket, a decentralized prediction…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman March 20, 2026 On February 28, President Donald Trump released a prerecorded eight-minute address to the nation announcing that the United States military had begun major combat operations in Iran. Before concluding…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman February 12, 2026 Reuters reports: The Kalshi prediction market was sued for failing to pay $54 million to people who bet that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would leave office before March 1,…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman March 5, 2026 Ring, the Amazon-owned maker of video doorbell cameras, recently released an ad touting how its network of cameras could be used to find lost dogs. The public reacted negatively,…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman February 26, 2026 In our previous article, we cited the position of R’ Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg and R’ Yaakov Ariel that as important as it is to bury a meis mitzvah, it…
