The Torah vs. Public Issues

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.

Confusing Roles

Prevailing Versus Winning

Who is Entitled to be Called "Rav"?

A necessary requirement of every person who receives rabbinic ordination is to faithfully and selflessly continue the traditions that Moshe Rabbeinu started when he laid his hands upon his pupil Yehoshua Bin Nun.

Adding, Uprooting, and Rabbinical Authority

What gives the Rabbis the right to add laws to those which the Torah commanded us? From where do they derive the authority to enact preventative safeguards that result in the uprooting of Torah law?

Torah and Politics - "The King's Second Torah Scroll"

When Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Kook, zt"l, was asked his opinion regarding the involvement of rabbis in politics, he answered as follows: "Rabbis are obligated by the Torah to involve themselves in politics..."