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The Torah vs. Public Issues
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Why Civilisations Fail
What is the real challenge of maintaining a free society?
Municipal elections in Israel
This lesson comes from the past but the message to the elected members today is more recent than ever!
Elected by Accident
A cleaning lady unintentionally became the mayor of a town. Is she allowed to back out, after having been elected?
When to Obey the Law?
The Laws of "Dina Demalchuta- Dina". Is it obligatory to obey civil law?
Lessons on The Torah vs. Public Issues
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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
