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The Meaning of Three Weeks
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Customs of the Three Weeks
From wedding bans and silent playlists to the laws of shopping: Your complete guide to navigating the restrictions of the Three Weeks.
Can I Take a Haircut Now?
When during the three weeks can I shave and have a haircut? What are the laws of mourning with regard to shaving?
Engagement Parties During the Three Weeks
Is it halachically permitted to celebrate an engagement before Rosh Chodesh Av? A direct guide on meals, music, and when it's best to postpone.
The Laws of the Nine Days
The Halachot that during the nine days by Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Zt"l.
Lessons on The Meaning of Three Weeks
Returning to the Torah of the Land of Israel
...There is a tremendous difference between the Torah of Eretz Yisrael and that of the Diaspora. In the Land of Israel, the abundance of Holy Spirit bursts out upon every Torah scholar who wishes to study Torah for its own sake – and all the more so upon a group of Torah scholars… The very source of the Exile and humiliation in the world is simply the fact that no one declares aloud the value and wisdom of the Land of Israel, and that the Sin of the Spies who spoke ill of the Land is not being corrected. There must be an appropriate response to this Sin...
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
