Refusing Anti-Torah Military Orders

Must I Honor My Parents if They Tell Me Not to Live In Judea/Samaria?

What if one's parents tell him not to live in Judea/Samaria? Is living there considered an extra important mitzvah, and therefore he should ignore his parents, or is it only a "beautification" of the existing mitzvah of living in the Land of Israel?

How Should One Repent For Oslo?

How does one do teshuva for voting for a party that participated in carrying out the Oslo Accords with the Palestinian Authority?

Jews' Special Status: Doing Good For the World

Translated by Hillel Fendel

What makes Israel special? This question was keeping me awake at night. But see the end of the article for very practical answers.

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.

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.

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.

Monetary Torah Laws at the Close of the Shmitta Year

What is shimittat ksafim, when does it apply and what is the pruzbul?

Far More than 13 Million

How you count the Jews makes all the difference

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.

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.

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

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.

"Do Not Give Them a Resting Place in the Land"

Does the biblical prohibition in the title of the article contradict the application of heter mechira (selling land temporarily to a non-Jew during the shmitta year).

The Mitzvah of Settling the Land of Israel

Granted, we are not yet in control of the entire Land, and we are partially dependent on the nations of the world, but we are actually fulfilling, once again, the mitzvah of Yishuv HaAretz.

Waking to the Call: Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael

If we had dedicated ourselves to redeveloping the Nation in Eretz Yisrael, then the resettlement of the Land, in accordance with the words of the Prophets, would have filled the hearts of our people with awe, and brought wanderers back to the fold.

Homosexuality: The Malady of Our Generation

Many people are afraid to express the position of the Torah on this issue, and give in to the power of today's liberal paganism.

Uproot Terrorism from its Islamic Source

Western intellectuals ignore the human longing for a life filled with faith, content, and idealism that leads people to religion. And on the other hand, will Europe be able to free itself from anti-Semitism?

The Torah's Way in Social Welfare

The leftist theory: State and society are to blame for the situation of the poor.The Torah view: Responsibility rests first and foremost on the person himself, and only when he cannot take care of himself are we obligated to assist him.

Managing a Home Below the Poverty Line

The recent poverty 'report' was intended to help the Left in the election campaign. In 2013 there was a significant decrease in the number of poor. The worrisome statistics in the report mainly reflect the situation in the Arab and Haredi sectors.