Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 23, 2023 In our previous article, we noted that the Gemara asserts what seem to be three distinct principles exempting talmidei chachamim from certain categories of communal obligations. We began to…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 16, 2023 JNS reports: More than 2,000 ultra-Orthodox Israelis have asked to be enlisted in the IDF, in an unprecedented mobilization in the haredi sector. The volunteer recruitment follows Hamas’s murder…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 9, 2023 In the previous issue we discussed the procedure of writing gittin, or authorizing the writing of gittin, for soldiers heading off to war. We noted that R’ Malkiel Tannenbaum…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 2, 2023 R’ Asher Weiss recently discussed what he described as one of the most painful sheilos that he has been asked since the war in Gaza began: Many soldiers are…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 26, 2023 An annular solar eclipse occurred on Shabbos Bereishis and was visible in a narrow swath of the American West. Named for the Latin word for ring, an annular eclipse…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 19, 2023 VINnews reports: In a dramatic political development within the Lithuanian Chareidi party of Degel HaTorah, the two most prominent members of the Council of Torah Sages are split over…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 12, 2023 In recent years, there have been several incidents in which Jews in Yerushalayim spat on the ground upon seeing a Christian priest wearing a cross or when passing a…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 28, 2023 The Associated Press reports: Supposed aliens landed in Mexico’s Congress…Mexican journalist José Jaime Maussan presented two boxes with supposed mummies found in Peru, which he and others consider “non-human…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 21, 2023 Two very different cities, Bnei Brak and New York, are currently experiencing a rat crisis: The city of Bnei Brak is facing a distressing predicament as rats infest its…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 14, 2023 The Washington Post reports: Robert Withington thought he hit the lottery when he found a bag of about $5,000 in cash in the parking lot of a Connecticut bank.…