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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Adoptive Parents

    Note that there is information about the Shmitta year at the end of the article.

    Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5774
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    An Enduring Name, Better than Sons and Daughters

    Dealing with the reality of infertility, both emotionally and spiritually.

    Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5774
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    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
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    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
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    Halacha

    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
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    Rosh Chodesh

    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
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    Berachot - Blessings

    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
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    Women in Judaism

    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
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    Women in Judaism

    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
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    Various Subjects

    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
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    Subjects of Jewish Thougts

    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
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    Various Subjects

    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
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    Marriage and Relationships

    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
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    Modesty - Tznius

    The Laws of Modesty

    The trait of modesty, so imbedded in the Nation of Israel, has served as the foundation for all the giant spiritual advances achieved by the Jews throughout history. This is why the Torah laid so strong an emphasis on maintaining modesty and sanctity.

    Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764
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