Beit Midrash Series

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Tevet 13 5776 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Redeeming Jewish captives, protecting wounded terrorists
A halakhic analysis of two dilemmas with which Israel has to contend.
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Cheshvan 16 5776 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Israel's Sovereignty on the Temple Mount
Islam and Arabs respect the ruling power and accept its sovereignty, provided it demonstrates strength and authority. Take away the rights of ungrateful East Jerusalem Arabs.
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Cheshvan 9 5776 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Should Israel go for a decisive or partial victory?
The government is too weak to pursue a decisive victory, but the fortitude of the public may lead to a partial one. And demographics are on our side.
Revivim Israel and the nations
Cheshvan 2 5776 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Coping with terrorism through faith
Terrorism tries to sow panic and cause the public to give up. Israelis are finished with delusions of peace, so terrorism will not achieve its goal, but a rational, gradual, and realistic means of teaching the Torah view must be proposed.
Revivim Israel and the nations
Tishrei 26 5776 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Death of the Righteous
The leaders in building the country in our times are those who cling more firmly to the Torah. They also cling to the frontlines of settlement in the Land of Israel.
Revivim The Land of Israel
Tishrei 16 5776 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Meaning of Shmini Atzeret
Why is there an extra holiday added on to the Sukkot holiday.
Revivim Simchat Torah
Tishrei 12 5776 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Together in the Sukkah
The mitzvah of joy on Sukkot includes not only family members, but also the poor and lonely. A primer for the holiday.
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Tishrei 5 5776 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Yom Kippur - A Day of Liberty
Afflicting the body and soul on Yom Kippur releases one from the shackles of the body and the material, and allows one to connect to the root of his soul.
Revivim Yom Kippur
Elul 26 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Rosh Hashana - Expressing the Acceptance of G-d's Kingdom
The central theme of Rosh Hashana should be part of our appearance and actions.
Revivim Rosh Hashana
Elul 20 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Understanding Selichot
All about the custom of reciting Selichot for the Salvation of the Clal
Revivim The High Holidays
Elul 13 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Monetary Torah Laws at the Close of the Shmitta Year
What is shimittat ksafim, when does it apply and what is the pruzbul?
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Elul 5 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Rabbi Kook: Halakha and the Rabbinate
The iconic first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel had a unique way of approaching the Rabbinate and halakhic determinations.
Revivim Harav Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook
Av 21 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Far More than 13 Million
How you count the Jews makes all the difference
Revivim The Nation of Israel
Av 14 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Changing the Law to be What They Want it to be
The Attorney General should be fired for attempting to render meaningless the Law against Fraud in kashrut.
Revivim Kashrut
Av 7 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Tisha B'Av on Motsaei Shabbat: A Primer
The transition from Shabbat to the Fast of Tisha B’Av * How to make havdalah when Tisha B'Av falls on Motzei Shabbat * The halakha for pregnant and nursing women when Tisha B'Av falls on Shabbat, and is postponed to Sunday
Revivim The Laws of Tisha B'Av
Av 1 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
When Av Arrives, We Curtail Our Joy - but How?
A careful elucidation of the various expressions of ‘curtailing our joy’ - what is allowed and what is not.
Revivim The Three weeks
Tamuz 15 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
How Should Natural Gas Profits be Divided? The Torah View
The principle set by the Torah: A person is entitled to enjoy the fruits of his own hard work, but natural resources and means of production should be shared equally.
Revivim The Torah vs. Public Issues
Tamuz 8 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Haredi Boycott of Heter Mechira Fruits is Unsustainable
The only logical explanation for the fierceness of haredi opposition to the heter mechira is that they associate it with Zionism
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Tamuz 1 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The History of the Heter Mechira
The heter mechira came about in the first shmitta year, 5649 (1888), after thousands of years in exile. Some opposing poskim changed their positions when they saw how urgent the situation was. Anti-Zionism caused more opposition.
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Sivan 24 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
When Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Taught Halakha
Part I: Longing for the halakha classes of our mentor, Rishon Lezion Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu. A sample on shmitta. Part 2:The failure of IDF commanders in the pork-eating affair
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