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The Hell of Good Intentions

From Stalin to modern Cancel Culture, the road to tyranny is always paved with good hearts.

The Broken Child Syndrome
Does a child who obeys your every word mean you're a great parent — or that you’ve broken their spirit?
The Mind of Terror
Why does a single attack terrify us more than daily highway hazards?
The Camp Fax Spy
Is reading someone else’s messages to protect them a mitzvah, or a severe Torah violation?
Mom, I'm Safe
The surprising halachic breakdown of when it is actually a Mitzvah to twist the truth

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8 Tammuz 5786 | 23/6/2026

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Shabbat Balak

12 Tammuz 5786

Shabbat Times | Parashat Hashavua

19:13 Candle lighting
20:31 End of Shabbat
21:06 Rabeinu Tam

Fast of 17th of Tammuz

Thursday, 17 Tammuz 5786

Fast of 17th of Tammuz

4:25 Fast begins
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Women sitting with crossed legs in synagogue

Rabbi Ari Shvat

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I know that Rav Ovadia Yosef and others write that it's disrespectful to sit with one's legs crossed in synagogue, for one wouldn't sit that way when meeting with dignitaries. Does this apply to women as well, where it's totally accepted, and even modest for them sit this way?

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I asked Rav Shlomo Aviner, and he answered that women in shul are allowed to cross their legs under their skirt. With Love of Israel, Rav Ari Shvat (Chwat)

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The Hell of Good Intentions

From Stalin to modern Cancel Culture, the road to tyranny is always paved with good hearts.

The Broken Child Syndrome

Does a child who obeys your every word mean you're a great parent — or that you’ve broken their spirit?

The Mind of Terror

Why does a single attack terrify us more than daily highway hazards?

The Camp Fax Spy

Is reading someone else’s messages to protect them a mitzvah, or a severe Torah violation?

Mom, I'm Safe

The surprising halachic breakdown of when it is actually a Mitzvah to twist the truth

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A Very Pessimistic Man

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ASK THE RABBI: COVERING ONE’S FACE DURING BIRKAT KOHANIM

ASK THE RABBI: EARLY LIGHTING AND/OR LATE BERACHA

ASK THE RABBI: TEACHING HAGBAHA TO A SON

ASK THE RABBI: RETURNING UNCLAIMED ITEMS

P'NINAT MISHPAT: REGULATION OF LAND RIGHTS IN A SETTLEMENT EXTENSION – PART II

P'NINAT MISHPAT: REGULATION OF LAND RIGHTS IN A SETTLEMENT EXTENSION – PART I

P'NINAT MISHPAT: A MESS OF LOANS, REPAYMENTS AND GRIEVANCES – PART IV

P'NINAT MISHPAT: A MESS OF LOANS, REPAYMENTS AND GRIEVANCES – PART III

MORESHET SHAUL: TWO ELEMENTS TO WORK ON – PART II

MORESHET SHAUL: TWO ELEMENTS TO WORK ON – PART I

Moreshet Shaul: Jewish Philosophy in Daily Life

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 250

Moreshet Shaul: Character Refinement – part V

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p.154

"Tzniut vs. Cheap Attention"

Explaining Tzni'ut in a Modern Appealing Way of Rav Kook

"Stuck Up"- Too High & Mighty for His Own Good

On the Slippery Slope

Bare Minimum= Bare Results (When Chumrot are Necessary!)

Wealth: When is it a Worthwhile Assignment?

False Accusation of Non-Kosher Soap – #333

Date and Place: Yafo, 5 Nisan 5670 (1910)

Asking Restraint from Insulted New Yishuv – #334

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