24 Lessons
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.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Av 14 5775
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.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775
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.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775
Did the Rabbis Invent a Prohibition?
It is a mitzvah to marry by the age of twenty and no later than twenty-four Postponing pregnancy is similar to postponing circumcision to the ninth day.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775
The Laws of 'Brit Milah'
This first commandment to the Jewish People symbolizes the history of the chosen nation - and much more.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Halakha on Abortion of Fetuses with Severe Abormalities
A fetus is considered a living entity in regards to certain laws, but there is no penalty of death for taking its life. What do the rabbinical decisors say?
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Adoptive Parents
Note that there is information about the Shmitta year at the end of the article.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5774
An Enduring Name, Better than Sons and Daughters
Dealing with the reality of infertility, both emotionally and spiritually.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5774
The Pain of Childlessness
When a childless couple overcomes their sadness and unites with devotion and passion, they become partners in bringing down souls to the world, giving them sparks of soul from their union.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5774
Comfort for Childless Couples
Reading articles about the mitzvah to have children is agonizing for couples who have tried every medical option and remain childless. Words addressed to them.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5774
Postponing Pregnancy
I will be getting married soon, God willing. I would like to know if I am permitted, according to Jewish law, to postpone pregnancy for two years in order to finish the majority of my university studies without the burden of pregnancy and parenting?
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tammuz 5768
The Sanctity of the New Moon
On the Sabbath before the New Moon there is a custom to announce the day (or days) of the week on which it will fall, and to recite a blessing, "that God should renew this coming month for us and the entire Jewish people for goodness and blessing."
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5765
Counting Blessings . . . and Calories
The Sages teach that “jealousy, greed, and honor remove a person from the world” (Avot 4:21). These negative traits stem from the fact that a person is not satisfied with his own life and believes that his happiness depends upon exterior factors.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5766
Women, Precepts, and Perimeters
As a rule, women are obligated to observe the commandments of the Torah just like men, with the exception of positive time-bound precepts. Yet, if a woman wishes to voluntarily perform a positive time-bound commandment, she receives merit for this.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5766
The Woman and Her Commandments
Essentially, men and women are created equal and both are graced by the divine image through which every human being is created. Likewise, the unalterable chosenness of the Jewish people and their innate holiness embraces men and women alike.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5766
A Woman's Obligation to Pray
According to most authorities, women are no less obligated to pray than men. Therefore, they must pray “Amida” in the morning and the afternoon (“Shacharit” and “Mincha”). The evening Amida prayer (“Maariv”), on the other hand, is voluntary.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5766
Torah Study or Profession?
After a student has studied for a number of years and has received a firm Torah foundation, it is best to direct him according to his talent and ambition – whether in the field of Torah, viz., education or the Rabbinate, or some practical vocation.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5765
Honoring Adoptive and Divorced Parents
Does the biblical commandment to honor parents obligate an adopted child to honor his adoptive parents? Should the son of divorced parents maintain relations with both of is parents? Rabbi Eliezer Melamed addresses these and other interesting issues.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764
Marriage, Plain and Simple
How can we shout “Mazal Tov!” after breaking the glass in memory of the Temple’s destruction? Who aught to decide where the wedding will be held? Rabbi Eliezer Melamed addresses these and other interesting questions.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764