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Harediism between a substantive definition and a sociological-institutional definition (column 731)
Induction – Continued: On accidental significance (column 730)
Scientific Generalization and the Problem of Induction in Halacha and in General (Tur 729)
The Third Path: On LGBTQ, Literacy, and Harmful Criticism (column 728)
A look at the current debate on war crimes in Gaza (column 727)
"Philosophers Against God" – on the book by Jeremy Fogel (Volume 726)
On discrimination against women and the essence of the Chief Rabbinate (column 725)
The relationship between Halacha and reason: What is the 'scriptural decree'? (Tur 724)
Between Guilt and Responsibility (column 723)
A Gloomy Look at Greatness in the Torah: Illustrations from Life (Tur 722)
On the Status of Secularists Today (Tor 721)
Another Look at Harediism: Long-Term Considerations and Large Scales (Tor 720)
The requirement of the reading: 5. What is the decree of the scripture? (Tur 719)
The requirement of the reason for reading: D. It is not possible for the law of incitement to be divorced from the facts (column 718)
Where are we headed: Another look at the current situation (column 717)
The requirement of the reading: 3. The decree of the scripture (Tur 716)
The requirement of a reason to read: B. Reason and Purpose (Tor 715)
Reflections on the Flag Parade on Jerusalem Day – A View from the Right (column 714)
Demand for a reading: A. Why not demand? (Tor 713)
Honor Murder: A Look at the Connections Between Religion and Culture (Tor 712)
On the 'Philosophy' of the Kidnappers and the Church of the Left (column 711)
The noose that ensnares us (column 710)
Another Look at Psychopathy and Altruism (column 709)
On the Halachic Loop and the Genitive Cap (Tor 708)
Dynamics and Statics in Halacha and Negative Titles: The Case of Giving a Divorce (Tur 707)
Two Notes on Methods of Ruling for Passover (Tur 706)
A systematic look at statics and dynamics (column 705)
"Painted with Words" – on books, paintings and film (column 704)
Another Look at Free Choice (Tor 703)
Transgenders in Halacha: B. A Critical Reading of Rabbi Katz's Article (Volume 702)
Transgenders in Halacha: A. Conceptual Analysis (Tor 701)
A mundane treatise on the purity of the Holy: The proper attitude towards the worldly world (column 700)
Man and the Savior Machine: F. On Empathy – Halacha Ruling from an Experiential Distance (Tor 699)
Man and the Savior Machine: E. Who is man – mind or will? (column 698)
Man and the Savior Machine: D. Is Man a Machine (Tor 697)
Man and the Savior Machine: C. On Errors, Lies, and the Measurement Work of Machines (Volume 696)
Man and Machine Will Save the ': B. Neural Networks (Tor 695)
Man and the Savior Machine: A. A First Look at a Computer (Tor 694)
Another Look at the Definition of Harediism (column 693)
On Teleology and Causality in Science (column 692)
On divine involvement in the framework of nature and on statements of faith in general (column 691)
Cosmic Purposefulness and Exponential Brain Confusion (Tor 690)
Superposition and Quantum Collapse in Halacha – Another Look (Tor 689)
Lament for the Second Kidnapping Deal (Tor 688)
Norton's Dome (Tor 687)
A Look at Prophecy and the Transmission of the Torah (Tur 686)
Do we learn moral values from the Torah? (Tur 685)
Another Look at Greatness in the Torah and the Relationship to Halacha (Tur 684)
A Halachic-Mathematical Problem and Its Meanings (Tor 683)
What is greatness in the Torah? (Tur 682)
When will it be better? (Tor 681)
On seconds and explosions in the Haredi world (column 680)
Between the halakhic validity of a mitzvah and the strength of the obligation to fulfill it (Tur 679)
On security experts, strategy and the current situation (column 678)
On Theology and Sociopathy (column 677)
On the New Talmud Criticism: Yitzhak Isakov (Tor 676)
On the New Talmud Criticism: Dov Elbaum (column 675)
On the New Talmudic Criticism: A General Introduction (Volume 674)
A Systematic Look at 'Witness Argument': The Irony of a Day (column 673)
A Systematic Look at 'Witness Argument': Critical of David Hume (column 672)
A Systematic Look at 'Witness Argument': David Hume's Critique (column 671)
Laughter and Crying Are Used in Arabobia: Proportions for Yom Kippur (Tor 670)
The State of Halacha: Torah and Politics (Volume 669)
Happy New Year 2015 wishes with some reflections on the situation (column 668)
Halacha ruling on intellectual questions (Tur 667)
Another Look at the Kidnapping Deal (Tor 666)
Another look at the identity seam line (column 665)
On Monadology in Our Public Discourse (column 664)
Conclusions based on a limited information base (column 663)
On Concepts and Conceptualizations (column 662)
Faith and Gambling: Two Types of Decision Making Under Uncertainty (Tor 661)
A look at the third law of avoidance (column 660)
"And there is one who perishes without judgment": Is there death without sin? (Tur 659)
On the "Law of Silence" in Universities (column 658)
Another Look at "You Shall Not Turn" (Tur 657)
On thinking outside the box (column 656)
On Intellectualism, Greatness in Torah, and Wisdom (Tor 655)
The Virtues and Disadvantages of Intellectualism: A Look at Paradoxes (Tor 654)
What is intuition? Cognition, thinking and emotion (column 653)
Between Legislation and Interpretation: The Synthetic-Apriori in Law (Volume 652)
Is it possible to act against the Torah (Tur 651)
Lesson in Critical Reading – A Look at Haredi Propaganda (Tur 650)
On the recruitment of yeshiva students and haredim – a halakhic perspective (column 649)
The Tragedy of Halacha in Our Time: The Chief Rabbinate and the Appointment of Rabbinates (Tur 648)
The Development of the Methodology of the Sermon and the Philosophy of Science (Volume 647)
A look at the Deterministic Dictionary of Delusions (column 646)
Free Will and Randomness (column 645)
About the Trees and the Forest (Tor 644)
The Parsha of the Children of Gad and Reuven: B. Halachic Implications (Tur 643)
The Parsha of the Children of Gad and Reuben: I. A Look at the Conditions (Tor 642)
On laws and judgments and what is in between (Tur 641)
The Issue of Skips and Codes in the Bible (Tur 640)
"Fixing God," by Arna Cousin: A Critical Reading (Volume 639)
On Values and Contrasts (column 638)
A Look at Methodology in Study and First-Order Ruling (Volume 637)
Desecration of the Sabbath to prevent destruction (Tur 636)
The appropriate treatment of the residents of Gaza (column 635)
Modal Logic and Barcan Formula (column 634)
Between October and Purim: And they were discovered with trembling (Tur 633)
Sustainability – Lecture and Exercises (Volume 632)
Why and how to keep the commandments according to the light of Maimonides (Tor 631)
The relationship between the question of origin and formation and the question of essence (column 630)
On the Contribution of the Haredim – A Look at Some Foolish Arguments (column 629)
Sacrificing one's life for an act without consequence (Tur 628)
On the Right, Kidnappers and Populism (column 627)
On Tradition and Dynamism: E. Autonomy in Jurisprudence (column 626)
On Tradition and Dynamism: D. Evolving Tradition and Plurality of Opinion (column 625)
On Tradition and Dynamism: C. Between Factual and Normative Tradition (column 624)
On Tradition and Dynamism: B. Historical Description (column 623)
On Tradition and Dynamism: A. A Fundamental Analysis (column 622)
On the division of the Torah between morality and law (Tur 621)
On religious, national and general traditions (column 620)
Displaced Tastes (column 619)
Laws of Displaced Persons (Tor 618)
Talmudic source for the principle of consistency of Rabbi Shkop (Tur 617)
The High Court of Justice: Between Intention and Result (column 616)
A general view of the High Court of Reasonableness (column 615)
The Halakhic Meaning of Probability Multiplications: C. Conditional Probability and the Most Likely to Happen (Tur 614)
The Halakhic Meaning of Probability Multiplications: B. Sfiq Sfiqa (Tur 613)
The Halakhic Meaning of Probability Multiplications: A. 'Tari Rubi' and 'Ruba Druba' (Tur 612)
The Return of the Kidnapped: On Contradictions, Politics, and Lies (Tor 611)
The Betrayal of Intellectuals: A Look at Progressivism and Anti-Semitism (column 610)
Yeshiva Recruitment: In Those Days, At This Time (Tor 609)
A systematic look at the release of terrorists (column 608)
A look at the prisoner deal (column 607)
Tiknat Usha: Intrinsic and incidental cost of a mitzvah (Tor 606)
On Morality and Emotion: A General Picture (column 605)
A magnificent observance of a mitzvah after performing a duty (Tur 604)
Surprise Test Paradox: Continued (Tor 603)
Reexamining paradigms following the events of Simchat Torah (Tor 602)
A Paradox that Tests Surprise: On Two Types of Solutions to Paradoxes (Tor 601)
Between fulfilling a mitzvah and the responsibility for its fulfillment (Tur 600)
The commandment of circumcision is like the commandment of the father over the son (Tur 599)
Joining women in blessing grooms (Tur 598)
On Survival and Truth: A Sober Look at Orthodoxy and Sociology (Volume 597)
A Look at Revenge: Mind and Heart (Tor 596)
The Yom Kippur War of 1944 – A Theoretical Perspective (Tor 595)
A Look at the Yom Kippur War of 1944 (Tor 594)
May you be signed and sealed in the book of life
Is materialism more suitable for the scientific view? (column 593)
Can artificial intelligence replace us? (Tor 592)
Happy New Year
The Philosophical Implications of AI Software (column 591)
On technological phobias and the rulings of artificial intelligence (column 590)
The Tribe of Levi in Our Time: The Form of the Discussion (Tor 589)
On Pragmatism (column 588)
On Pantheism (column 587)
Atheism as a Science: On Science and Philosophy (Volume 586)
Between Messianism and "Messianism" (column 585)
What about Providence and Messianism and Legal Reform? (Tor 584)
The Essence of Rabbinic Laws: B. Implications (Tur 583)
The Essence of Rabbinic Laws: I. Definitions (column 582)
A Time to Plant and a Time to Uproot What Has Been Planted: A Look at Reluctance and Non-Volunteering (Tor 581)
Modal Logic and Ontological Arguments (column 580)
Attitudes towards LGBT: Between Facts and Values (column 579)
On the positivist meanings of the expression 'constitution' (column 578)
Midrash: "There was a school" (Tor 577)
The Emperor's New Clothes: Qualities and a Look at "You Shall Not Turn" (Tor 576)
The Emperor's New Clothes: Releasing Repressed Beliefs (Volume 575)
A Globalist Perspective on Halacha (Tur 574)
On Saborim and Derechim – A Look at the Beginning of Tractate Kiddushin (Tor 573)
On the Shoulders of Giants: A Look at Altruism and Renaissance Men (Volume 572)
The Three New Laws of Michi: The Fallacy of Self-Resonance (Tor 571)
On 'Midrashic Conservatism' and the Status of Default Rules (Tor 570)
Mondialito Reflections (Tor 569)
"Have We Truly Lost the Spirit" – A Response to Rabbi Inbal's Criticism (Tur 568)
He shall be killed and shall not pass away (Tur 567)
A look at the Jerusalem Day parades + one sane parade (Tor 566)
What's wrong with ideologies? (column 565)
A Philosophical Perspective on Contemporary Controversies (column 564)
A Philosophical Perspective on Contemporary Controversies (column 563)
The mother's obligation to her fetus (column 562)
Reflections following the death of Jonathan Geffen (column 561)
On general questions in the Responsa and in general (column 560)
Some benefits that can be derived from serving God (Tur 559)
Haredi Voices for Integration (Tor 558)
Between the Tzamat Institute and the Weizmann Institute (column 557)
The meaning of the realm of the holy (Tur 556)
A Look at the Considerations of the Least Evil (Tor 555)
The advantages and disadvantages of academic reference (column 554)
An Analytical Look at Majority Rule (column 553)
A Constitutional Moment, or: How Public Discourse Is Conducted (column 552)
A great sin committed by a minor during the Purim feast (Tur551)
The Attitude to Contradictions: 2. Criticism of Rabbi Inbal's Article (column 550)
The attitude towards contradictions: 1. General picture (column 549)
Game Theory of Separation of Powers (Tor 548)
Evil in the World: The Big Picture (column 547)
Admits and Leaves: Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu's Apology and Its Meaning (Tor 546)
Completions to the last two columns (column 545)
On the obligation to demonstrate tomorrow (column 544)
Theological Interpretations of Reality (column 543)
Halacha and Morality: "A Priest's Wife" – Film and Halacha (Tor 542)
Halacha and Morality: The Theoretical Picture (Volume 541)
On melodies in prayer (Tur 540)
The meaning of collective determinism (column 539)
Moral dilemma and types of lotteries (column 538)
On Abduction and Mathematics (column 537)
A short reading comprehension exercise: What is diversity? – continued (column 536)
A short reading comprehension exercise: What is diversity? (column 535)
The debate over Levin's judicial reform (column 534)
A Look at Haredi Ideology (column 533)
Animal Farm: A Coalition of Horrors Against a Hysterical Opposition (Volume 532)
Desecration of Shabbat by the Police: C. Theoretical Basis (column 531)
Shabbat Desecration in the Police: B. What is Public Pikuach Nefesh? (Tor 530)
Sabbath Desecration in the Police: A. A Look at Considerations of Pikuach Nefesh (column 529)
The Mitzvah of Chanukah and the Candle (Tor 528)
On the Ruling of Lighting a Hanukkah Candle and Watching the World Cup Final (Tur 527)
WhatsApp messages and confirmation bias on Turbo (Tor 526)
On Money and Money Possession – Halachic Implications (Tur 525)
On Money and Money Possession (Tor 524)
"Our bride is our bride" in Kiddushin (Tor 523)
What is a loan? (column 522)
A Look at Metaphysical Dimensions in Halacha (Volume 521)
Lying and a Retroactive Offense in Halacha (Tur 520)
"Light from the Wasteland": II. On Heraclitus and Parmenides (column 519)
"Light from the Wilderness": A. What is secular revelation? (column 518)
The Four Laws of Michi (Tur 517)
"And in his confusion Yeshimon wept" (Tor 516)
Response to the column by Rabbi Michael Avraham/Noam Oren (column 515)
What is parenting (column 514)
Another Look at Evidence, Faith, and Religious Language (column 513)
Marital relations after divorce (column 512)
Voting considerations in elections (column 511)
Aliyah to the Torah for Women: Aliyah, Blessings, and Minyan (Tur 510)
Majority rule in moments of time (column 509)
The Sukkah Offering in the Towers (Tor 508)
A current look at Tshuva (column 507)
A Bayesian View of the Physico-Theological View (column 506)
Not in Heaven: A Look at the Rules (Tor 505)
A Look at Transgenderism and the Givat Shmuel Incident (Tor 504)
What are the 'accursed': The example of failing to observe the prohibition (column 503)
Does the world really exist? (Tor 502)
Two Types of Religiosity - Modern and a Look at Traditionalism (column 501)
The Third Identity (column 500)
A Look at Modesty and Its Meaning (Tur 499)
A Look at Christianity: Did God bring me here? (Absolutely not. Column 498)
What is a woman: "in a red dress" or "a song of a common day"? (Tor 497)
Between Optimism and Intellectual Pessimism: C. The Road to God (Tor 496)
Between Optimism and Intellectual Pessimism: B. Kant's Solution (column 495)
Between Optimism and Intellectual Pessimism: A. The Break (column 494)
Reflections on Psychopathy, Free Will, and Morality (column 493)
A look at love in marriage and in general (column 492)
Reflections on Our Attitude to the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (column 491)
The 'Respect and Friendship' Approach – A Look at the Treatment of Outgoing People in Question (Tor 490)
An educational-methodical look at the monkey law (column 489)
The Objective in the Subjective: A Look at the Mizrahi Singer (Tor 488)
Immodest Scenes in Movies and Books (Tur 487)
Bennett's rise and fall and their meanings (column 486)
Upon the passing of the late Prof. David Hivni Weiss (column 485)
Is Lehava a racist organization? (Tor 484)
Is Iran Here? On Progressivism and Sane Liberalism (column 483)
The Casuistic Structure of the Talmud (Tor 482)
The role of 'Nafka Minut' (column 481)
Is philosophy so boring, and what does it have to do with modern orthodoxy? (Tor 480)
Two Notes on Talmud Torah (Tur 479)
What is Modern Orthodoxy: What is the difference between it and Reform? (column 478)
What is Modern Orthodoxy? Between Authority and Essence (Tur477)
What is Modern Orthodoxy: The Gray Area (column 476)
What is Modern Orthodoxy: A Preliminary Analysis (column 475)
Proposal to Prime Minister Bennett (column 474)
Simplification in simple statistical predictions (column 473)
Two Notes on Concepts of Holiness (Tor 472)
Is it possible for a person to be obligated to kill himself? (Tur 471)
Liberalism and its Limitations (column 470)
A broad look at the conversion polemics (column 469)
The essence of the prohibition of leaven (Tur 468)
Mind and Heart – Emotions in the Study and Ruling of Halacha (Tur 467)
Causality: G. Causality as an internal timeline (column 466)
Causality: V. Various Mechanisms of Influence on the Past – A Halakhic Perspective (Tor 465)
Causality: E. Prayer for the former and prayer for the past (column 464)
Causality: D. Prayer for a Miracle (Tur 463)
Causality: C. A Look at the Logical Component of Causality (column 462)
Causality: B. The problem of formalization (column 461)
According to the law, all of Israel goes out in one shipment of food (Tur 460)
Causality: A. General View (column 459)
The wonders of trendiness – between stupidity and hatred (column 458)
A Look at the Dilemma of A'Tifron in Light of the Debate (Tor 457)
On God and Morality: The Discussion with David Enoch (Volume 456)
The categorical imperative again: He who desires peace and morality must prepare for war (column 455)
Another Look at Scholarly Investigations: The Law of Mission (Tor 454)
Plaginan Psikuta (column 453)
On Experience, Internalization, and Learning (column 452)
Socio-political polarization: B. A mathematical perspective (column 451)
Socio-political polarization: A. The Flounder (column 450)
Racism Chapter 2: Between those who worship God and those who do not (Volume 449)
This is the doctrine of 'Spast Not': Prohibition of Courts (Tor 448)
A Look at the Law of Loss of Worship in Our Day: The Principle of Haspast Niss (Tor 447)
On Rulings for Women and Laws of Stains (Rorschach) (Tor 446)
With Virtue – A Look at Racism (Tor 445)
How good it is that there are conservatives! (column 444)
What about the piglet, the lonely king, and the lion, "You shall not depart" (Tor 443)
In memory of the late Yoram Taharlev (column 442)
Definition of a crime: intention or act? (column 441)
A Look at the Principle of Grace (column 440)
On emotions in discourse and in general – a look at the Walder affair (column 439)
Lottery for Life (Tor 438)
A law that pursues in mutual persecution (column 437)
"You Thought Evil of Me": Another Look at Divine Involvement in the World (Tur 436)
Mathematical Platonism in General (column 435)
Is mathematics an invention or a discovery? (column 434)
The Hadarg and the Geth Refusers (Tor 433)
The Duty of Disclosure in Marriage (Tor 432)
On Use, Study, and Erudition (column 431)
Notes on the lighting of the Hanukkah candle (column 430)
A Look at Slippery Slope Arguments (column 429)
"You are called Adam": Reflections following the passing of Rabbi Shlomo Fisher (column 428)
A look at the privatization of kashrut and especially the debate about it (column 427)
A look at Ockham's Razor (column 426)
Another Look at the Plight of Secularism: How Do You Handle an Empty Cart? (Tor 425)
On disconnecting a patient from devices: The case of Elte Pixler (column 424)
Another look at the Rabin Carnival (column 423)
The logic of the majority criterion (column 422)
More on the hierarchy between the commandments and life (column 421)
Why We Murdered Jonathan, or: A Look at Peru and Rabo (Tor 420)
On Education and Educators (column 419)
Types of Mitzvot: 5. The Mitzvot of "Tishbitu" (Tur 418)
Types of Mitzvot: 4. Different Types of Positive Mitzvot (Tur 417)
Types of Mitzvot: 3. Between Do and Do Not – Continued (Tor 416)
Types of Mitzvot: 2. Between Do and Do Not (Tor 415)
Types of Mitzvot: 1. A Look at the Mitzvot of Fasting on Yom Kippur (Tor 414)
In honor of Rosh Hashanah – More on changing attitudes (column 413)
The Proper Attitude to the Temple in Our Day (Tor 412)
Does every verse teach the opposite of what it says? (Tur 411)
On the polemic of Rabbi Melamed (column 410)
Another Look at Fundamentalism: Is Afghanistan Here? (Column 409)
A look at Pascal's Wager and expectancy considerations (column 408)
Logical Loops and Self-Reference – Continued (Tor 407)
Logical loops and self-referencing (column 406)
Is psychology a science? (column 405)
More on irrefutable claims – a halakhic perspective (column 404)
Rebuttal (column 403)
On Statistical and Deterministic Drag (column 402)
Counting and Ordinal Numbers: Halachic Aspects (Tor 401)
Quality and Quantity: Another Look at Bennett and Bibi (Tor 400)
Between representation and implementation (column 399)
A look at the film 'A Legend of Destruction' (Tor 398)
Prohibition of Electricity on Shabbat: A Philosophical Look at the Work of a Builder (Tor 397)
What is a Jew and an Israeli according to Bennett (column 396)
Why be religious? (Tur 395)
"Turn away from evil and do good": Comments on Bennett's move and ours (Tor 394)
The role and authority of Mara Datra (Tur 393)
Commandments as virtues (Tur 392)
A Current Look at Narratives (column 391)
Appeal to the Desperate Palestinian (Tor 390)
"Until when will the riots end": Another look at the riots of 1941 (column 389)
A look at the riots of 1911 (column 388)
Reflections following the Meron disaster (column 387)
And may it be well with you; from the verse of Par (Tor 386)
On Platonism – Second Continuation (column 385)
On Platonism – continued (column 384)
On Platonism (column 383)
Confused? Change the axis system (column 382)
Representation and Nonverbal Thinking: 3. Linguistic Representation – Applications (Tor 381)
Representation and Nonverbal Thinking: 2. Linguistic Representation (Tor 380)
Representation and Nonverbal Thinking: 1. Conceptual Representation (column 379)
Alon in tears and a warning by his side: On a world that is disappearing (Tor 378)
The relationship between warning and punishment in Halacha (Tur 377)
The Limitations of A priori Thinking (Tor 376)
A look at personal legislation and law in general (column 375)
On Subjective Dimensions in Halacha (Tor 374)
A Respectable and Terrible Investigation into the Death of an Innocent Ox Who Stabs a Triple Bull on Purim (Volume 373)
A person's moral judgment according to his own system (column 372)
Emotional and Intellectual Motivation: Between Emotion and Experience (column 371)
On the Plain and the Preached (Tur 370)
A look at the relationship between seduction and blackmail in the form of forced divorce (column 369)
A few words following Ruth Dayan's funeral (column 368)
Self-Reflection in Making Repentance (Tur 367)
Instances of self-reference in Halacha (Tur 366)
The Paradoxical Tendencies of Shalom Hanoch, or: A Poetic Look at Paradoxes (Volume 365)
Clarifications on Ontological Arguments and Rationalism (column 364)
A Look at the Cogito: Cogito Ergo Sum (column 363)
The Moral Importance of Freedom, Honesty, and Intelligence (Tor 362)
About Mr. Shoshani, questions of identity and… Bible study (column 361)
On two arguments of the CPA and the secret of "Labor is a High Need" (column 360)
More on Spiritual Solipsism – Second Continuation (Volume 359)
More on Spiritual Solipsism – Continued (Volume 358)
More on Spiritual Solipsism (column 357)
Is the Torah a guarantee of proper conduct (Tur 356)
Two Types of Dimensions: A Look at Equal Derivation (Tor 355)
On freedom of choice and its meaning (column 354)
Between Forgiveness and Atonement: On Intention and Deed (Volume 353)
Is My Theology Anorexic? On a New Hellenization (Volume 352)
Another Look at Declaratory Laws (Tur 351)
Lighting Hanukkah candles online (Tur 350)
Reflections on the film "Rejected" (Tor 349)
Asymmetry between views (column 348)
'The Equal Side' and 'The Conceptual Construction' (column 347)
Another look at the 'equal side' (column 346)
The Work of Publishing, Shabbat, and Our Function in the World (Tor 345)
Another Look at the Categorical Command in Halacha (Tur 344)
What is a Mitzvah? Between Obligation and Fulfillment (Tor 343)
What is Mitzvah A: The Role of Intention (Tur 342)
On Armchair Research and "Computational Archaeology" (Volume 341)
No one has control over the spirit – a response to Rabbi Shilat’s criticism (column 340)
A Look at Judaism and Jewish Identity – Part 4: "The Struggle at the Yavuk River" (Tor 339)
A Look at Judaism and Jewish Identity: Part 3 (Volume 338)
A Look at Judaism and Jewish Identity: Part II (Volume 337)
A Look at Judaism and Jewish Identity: Part 1 (Volume 336)
Happy New Year and Happy New Year to everyone. Health, peace, and open-mindedness to all of us.
'The Social Dilemma': A Look at Social Networks (Volume 335)
On Mezuzahs and Their Influence (Tur 334)
The Aqidah and its meaning (Tur 333)
First-order ruling: The consecration ring as a parable (Tor 332)
A look at the renewed polemic regarding secularization (column 331)
On Zeal, or: The Dismissal in Momo (Volume 330)
On the demonstrations against 'The Jews are Coming' and a bit about demonstrations in general (column 329)
On Education, Faith, Wisdom, and Agenda (column 328)
Ontological and epistemic doubt and: methodological loop (column 327)
Ontic and epistemic doubt: Pseudo-ontic doubt (column 326)
Ontological and epistemic doubt: Risha's question (column 325)
Ontological and Epistemic Doubt C: Quantum Collapse in Halacha (Tor 324)
Ontological and epistemic doubt in: Halakhic aspects (column 323)
Ontological and Epistemic Doubt I: A Scientific and Conceptual Introduction (Volume 322)
On Meaning and Purpose in Haredi Ideological Discourse (Tor 321)
"Why do you have to pay for the sheep of Drachman?!": A look at a Talmudic legend and its lessons (Vol. 320)
A logical look at the issue of "Tari and Teri" (column 319)
In total, two hundred mena (column 318)
The Chatter Method, Rules of Conversation and Shutting Up (column 317)
The Bastards Changed the Rules: A Look at Political Correctness (Tor 316)
In Place of Lamentation: The Place of Religiosity in Religious Faith: E. The Hasidic Renaissance (Tor 315)
The Place of Religiosity in Religious Belief: D. On the Value in the Existence of Feelings and Experiences (column 314)
The Place of Religiosity in Religious Belief: C. Calm Emotionality (column 313)
The Place of Religiosity in Religious Belief: B. Religiosity and Explosive Emotion (column 312)
The Place of Religiosity in Religious Belief: A. General View (column 311)
Reflections on the discourse following the interview with Yair Sheleg (column 310)
On Haredim and Singers (Tor 309)
Two notes on the assumption of a bull's time (column 308)
Adding two witnesses in a case – a probabilistic view (column 307)
What is a party's admission (column 306)?
Haredi Reactions to the Corona Pandemic (Tor 305)
Autonomous thinking versus tradition and authority (column 304)
The Question of Knowledge and Choice 4 (column 303)
The Question of Knowledge and Choice 3 (column 302)
The Question of Knowledge and Choice 2 (column 301)
High Court of Justice's involvement in the appointment of a prime minister: the depth of limbo (column 300)
The Question of Knowledge and Choice 1 (column 299)
Is there divine involvement in the world? (Tur 298)
On Double Causality – A Logical and Theological Perspective (column 297)
On discrimination in the provision of services and bias in discourse (column 296)
A Look at Intentions and Their Meaning (Tur 295)
The Midrash of the Four Sons from a Philosophical and Logical Perspective: "Between the One Who Serves and the One Who Does Not Serve" (Tor 294)
Are there declaratory laws? (Tur 293)
On the pogroms and when to visit (column 292)
He shall be killed and shall not commit robbery (Tur 291)
On Criticism in Light of the Corona Crisis (Tor 290)
Halachic relaxations during the Corona and Shavran times (Tur 289)
The Envelope Paradox (column 288)
A Look at Our Political-Legal Limbo: The Rabbit Game and Its Applications (Volume 287)
Anna Karenina Principle (column 286)
On the Corona Virus and in General (Tor 285)
War on Corona – Systemic Thinking (column 284)
With virtue? Changing the perspective from guilt to responsibility (column 283)
In the law of the Lord, the Lord of the Lord and the Branching One (Tor 282)
Two reflections following the conference on the trilogy (column 281)
Divine Involvement in the World – The Complete Picture (Tor 280)
Another Look at the "Lie of Intercession" (column 279)
Nahma Dachisupa – Another Look at Israeli Thought (Volume 278)
The Role of the Husband and Daughter at This Time (Tur 277)
For a sin that we committed before you through inattention (Tur 276)
On the role and authority of a juror (Tur 275)
On Proverbs and Rules (Volume 274)
A Look at the Admiration – After the Bed of Mohari Bryant (column 273)
Another Look at the Bible and Morals (Volume 272)
On Politics, Youth Movements, and Divine Providence (Tor 271)
What's wrong with death? (Tur 270)
Membership in the Religious Values Test (column 269)
Kabbalah, Mysticism and Spiritual Intuitions – Continued (Volume 268)
Kabbalah, Mysticism and Spiritual Intuitions (column 267)
Two moral axes (column 266)
The "Pure Heart" Sect as a Parable (Tur 265)
Some reflections in memory of the late Geula Cohen (column 264)
On Conservatism, Rationality, and Form of Expression (column 263)
Reference to Rabbi Moshe Rat's post on the trilogy (column 262)
Birthday for the trilogy (column 261)
Your mercy will reach a bird's nest: on morality, halakha, and Torah interpretation (Vol. 260)
On the Religious Experience (column 259)
The Wallet and the Sword – A Look at the State of the Legal System and Society in Israel (Volume 258)
What is Halacha: the reasons or the bottom line? (Tur 257)
On the Presumption of Innocence and Other Animals (Tor 256)
Another Look at Expectancy as a Decision-Making Criterion (Tor 255)
A Mathematical Perspective on Consequential Ethics – The Halakhic Angle (Volume 254)
A Mathematical Perspective on Consequential Ethics – Kagan and the Heaps (Volume 253)
A Mathematical Perspective on Consequential Ethics – Parfitt (Tor 252)
Debate over definitions – between semantics and essence (column 251)
Did we invent everything? (Tur 250)
"The New Religious Conservatism": Between Innovation and Preservation (Volume 249)
Another Look at Philosophy and Controversy (column 248)
Peer disagreement, or: Why isn't the other person as right as I am? (column 247)
The meaning of "Kol Nidrei" (Tur 246)
A note on the nature of the columns and the responses to them (column 245)
Value judgment of a person who followed a controversial method (column 244)
On interpretative honesty and dealing with difficulties and contradictions (column 243)
Between Gedaliah and Rabin, or: On the Bible and Current Affairs (Vol. 242)
Column for Rosh Hashanah: On Law and Mercy (Column 241)
On the Moral Saint (Tor 240)
The Dark Side of Platonism (column 239)
On Metaphysical Considerations in the Formation of Ideology (column 238)
Proposed explanation for "permanent" law (column 237)
On Spiritual Solipsism (column 236)
A commandment that a person treads on – some reflections (Tur 235)
What is slander? (column 234)
Separate but equal – on "Haredi" women's lobbies (column 233)
A look at the strike on Tisha B'Av and Yom Kippur (column 232)
About our family and yours (column 231)
What is the difference between a law of the land and a law of the sea? (Tur 230)
On lame explanations and shadow concepts (column 229)
On Statistics and Law – continued (column 228)
Child Education and Gang Rape: Between Psychology and Logic (Volume 227)
Statistics and Law: Legal Probabilities and Probability (Tor 226)
On conversion therapies and the problems in discussing them (column 225)
On Courts and Their Conduct – Then and Now (column 224)
The meaning of the disputes in philosophy: the law for the administration of justice among the French and their assistants (column 223)
The Need for a "Thin" Theology (column 222)
Trivial Rules as Negative Rules: On Psychology and Logic (Volume 221)
On the meaning of the giving of the Torah (Tur 220)
Applying Halacha as State Law (Tor 219)
On Asperger's and Humans (column 218)
What happened at two conservative conferences in our city (column 217)
Saint Hitler, or: On the Sanctity of the Holocaust (Volume 216)
The holiness of a Jew who died because of his Judaism: "Kiddush of Mistake" (Tor 215)
Evil in the world as fire damage (column 214)
On the connection between universality and artistic value: Following Assaf Inbari's article on Zionist-religious art (column 213)
Are there secular people in the world? Thoughts following the Notre Dame fire (Tor 212)
On the Meaning of Koans (column 211)
Should You Go Vote?: Another Look at Retrospective Statistics (column 210)
From Individuals to the People: On the Meaning of the Passover Sacrifice (Volume 209)[1]
On Religiosity and Libertarianism: A Reply to Persico (column 208)
On the 'Zehut' Party as an Oasis (Column 207)
On Haredi racism (column 206)
Those who preach in their lives are called dead (Tor 205)
On False Consciousness Arguments: Examples (column 204)
On the Arguments of False Consciousness (column 203)
On verses and verses – between positive and negative commandments (column 202)
On Polyamory and Other Animals – Another Look at Moral Values (Tor 201)
The Logical Polygraph: On Liars and Humans (Volume 200)
On idolatry as a conscious act and on sins in general (column 199)
About the film 'Three Identical Strangers' (Tor 198)
About robbers and games (column 197)
Paradox and anti-paradox – examples (column 196)
Paradox and anti-paradox in the world and in Halacha (Tor 195)
On Unconscious Views – Continued: Unconscious Heresy (Volume 194)
Two types of counting: quantity and quality (column 193)
On Commandments and Facts (Tor 192)
On Unconscious Views and Joining the Minyan (column 191)
The Shtreimel Policy – Lighting a Hanukkah Menorah Inside the Home (Tor 190)
On Voting: Considerations of the Least Evil (column 189)
On Universalism (column 188)
The Dependence of Spiritual Judgment on Time (Tor 187)
"And you will be like God, knowing good and evil": On technological phobias (column 186)
Go Vote: On Policy and Responsiveness (column 185)
From Marxism through the "New Criticism" to Academic Nonsense 7 (column 184)
From Marxism through the "New Criticism" to Academic Nonsense 6 (column 183)
From Marxism through the "New Criticism" to Academic Nonsense 5 (column 182)
From Marxism through the "New Criticism" to Academic Nonsense 4 (Volume 181)
From Marxism through the "New Criticism" to Academic Nonsense 3 (column 180)
From Marxism through the "New Criticism" to Academic Nonsense 2 (Volume 179)
From Marxism through the "New Criticism" to Academic Nonsense 1 (column 178)
Famous and Informed: The Role of the Public in Forming Values (column 177)
The Argument Against Determinism – Probabilistic Calculus (column 176)
On Choice and Discretion (Tor 175)
Circles and Breaks: On Your Miracles That Are With Us Every Day and on a Few Other Things (Volume 174)
On Weakness of Will – The Solution (column 173)
On Weakness of Will – The Problem (column 172)
A look at the halakhic status of Ethiopian immigrants (column 171)
"The Secret of Work is a High Need": A Discourse on the Answer (Tor 170)
Singing Tears with the Sound of a Shofar (Tur 169)
On the translation of ontology into moral ideas (column 168)
The Importance of Terminology: A Look at the Background to BDS and Boycotts in General (column 167)
The Role of Context in Halacha Ruling: A Look at Academic Explanation and Halachaic Argument (Vol. 166)
The Magic Circle of the Full and Empty Cart (Tur 165)
Death Penalty for Terrorists: A Halachic Position on the Question of Authority (Tor 164)
What and who is a rabbi? (Tur 163)
A poetic look at Torah study and halakhic rulings (Tur 162)
The Nation-State Law: A beacon for revival (column 161)
What is Philosophy: An Ontological Proof of the Existence of Philosophy, or: Growing Up on the Existence of God (Vol. 160)
What is Philosophy: On Happiness and Meaning (Volume 159)
What is Philosophy – On the “Cat That Isn’t There”: B. The Transformation of Detachment (column 158)
What is Philosophy – On "The Cat That Isn't There": A. Circularity (column 157)
What is Philosophy – continued (column 156)
What is philosophy? (column 155)
On Aesthetic Values (column 154)
Songs from the Land I Loved: An Aesthetic Look at the Lesson of Homeland (Vol. 153)
More on racism – the case of Barkan Wineries (column 152)
The Kite Runners – Between Right and Left (Volume 151)
On interpretations of statistical findings and their meaning: Are we getting stupider, and why? (column 150)
On Education, Security, and Policy: The Importance of the Middle Way (column 149)
Cancellation of Kiddushin and Rejection of Get – The Halakhic Level (Tor 148)
Cancellation of Kiddushin and Rejection of Get – The Paradoxical Structure (Tor 147)
What is a disease, or: Is obesity a disease, and why? (column 146)
Halachic examples of errors in the use of conditional probability (column 145)
The Physico-Theological Argument – Probabilistic Detail (column 144)
A Look at Quality and Undefined Concepts (column 143)
On Brisque and Experience (column 142)
Cupid and Other Animals: Why Marry? (Tor 141)[1]
On Existentialism (column 140)
Rabbi Elyashiv Hav – Words in memory of the late Rabbi Elyashiv Knohl (Volume 139)
Miriam Peretz's Speech – Supplement to the Columns on the Bible (column 138)
On consideration and coercion (column 137)
On Ceremonies, Organizations, and Demonstrations (column 136)
Reflections on Bible Study – Summary and Clarifications (Volume 135)
Reflections on Bible Study (Volume 134)
On Apes and Men – More from the Pearls of Maran Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (Volume 133)
Selling Chametz and Halachic Formalism (Tur 132)
The slave of the ' is alone free: 6. Conclusion: On constraints and diversity – a look at freedom and liberty in art (column 131)
The slave of the ' He alone is free: 5. On secular Jewish identity – "Our nation is not a nation except in its teachings" (Tur 130)
The slave of the ' is alone free: 4. On George' Orwell, Karl Popper and Isaiah Berlin (Tor 129)
The slave of the ' is alone free: 3. A second look at rabbinicity and sovereignty (column 128)
The slave of the ' is alone free: 2. Definition of concepts: freedom and liberty (column 127)
The slave of the ' is alone free: 1. To the essence of the problematic (column 126)
On secrecy, ambiguity and equality before the law (column 125)
Reflections following the passing of the late Benjamin David Levi (Tor 124)
More on women and feminism (following statements by Rabbi Ali. Column 123)
Another Look at Altruism: The Categorical Imperative and the Prisoner's Dilemma (Vol. 122)
Between the Tzamet Institute and the Weizmann Institute or: The Importance of the Shamash (Tor 121)
Is there an act without a motive (column 120)
On Means and Goals, Rules and Models (column 119)[1]
"Words Can Kill": A Look at Contemporary Antisemitism and Freedom of Expression (Volume 118)
On the Me Too campaign and the branching out (column 117)
Impressions and insights from the "Forum for Civil Consent" conference (column 116)
Tu B'Shvat and Chapter Shira (Tur 115)
On the disabled and suicidal: Threat and undue influence (column 114)
On Poetry, Torah, and Hasidism: The Final Chord (Volume 113)
What is poetry: V. The meaning of the whole process (column 112)
What is Poetry: E. Between Poetry and Literature (Volume 111)
What is Poetry: D. The Complex Map (column 110)
What is poetry: C. The initial definition (column 109)
What is Poetry: B. Methodological Introductions (Volume 108)
What is poetry: A. Presenting the problem (column 107)
On the text and its meaning: continuation of the previous columns (column 106)
More on Hasidism: Examples (Tor 105)
On Hasidism, Women, and What's Between Them (Volume 104)
Salah, This is the Land of Israel: Another Look at the Failures of Immigration from North Africa (Vol. 103)
Comments on the High Court, Litzman and Shabbat (column 102)
On Changes in Halacha and the Question of Authority (Tor 101)
The relationship between intuition and recursive thinking: puzzles, intelligence, and intelligence tests (column 100)
On Psychophysics and Sukkah Laws (Volume 99)
On Meretz's Zionism: Slogans versus Essence (column 98)
On Secular Prayers and Their Meaning (Tur 97)
On the traditional family and the postmodern "left-talk" (column 96)
A Look at Fictions in Halacha and in General (Tor 95)
On the Meaning of the High Holy Days: Best Wishes to Readers and a Request for Their Forgiveness (Volume 94)
Plunters in rule sets (column 93)
Reflections following the resignation of MK Guetta (column 92)
On a reply in a court of law (column 91)
Angels as Humans: Following the book by Hanoch Daum, Rav HaNester (Vol. 90)
A Look at the Ministry of Lack of Education: Grades, Values, and Learning (column 89)
Predictions and Modern Primitiveness (column 88)
On Retroactive Proofs: Writing on the Wall and Hindsight (Volume 87)
Is morality in the stomach or the head, and why does it even matter? (Tur 86)
"The New Likudniks" – Another Look at Representation Failures (column 85)
State Witnesses: A Gloomy Look at Halacha and the Rabbis of Our Time (Volume 84)
A Look at the Meaning of Destruction: Conduct According to Rules (column 83)
Why does excellence have a bad name here? A post to lift the soul of the Labor Party (column 82)
"A man lives within himself"? (Tor 81)
The Western Wall Outline and the Conversion Law: Another Look at Normative Duplicity (column 80)
Majority in the court and in general (column 79)
More about prayer (column 78)
The Synagogue as a Preaching Arena for a Captive Audience: Another Look at Prayer (Tur 77)
Conflicting or complementary views? (column 76)
"And do not follow your eyes" – on superficiality in perceiving facts (column 75)
On Labels and Discussions, or: Am I Epicurus? (Tor 74)
On Abortions: Halacha, Morality, and Public Debate (Volume 73)
The Meaning of the Giving of the Torah: The Decision and the Necessity (Tur 72)
The meaning of the giving of the Torah: Observance of a commandment without a commandment (Tur 71)
On the appointment of female judges in rabbinical courts (column 70)
The meaning of majority: Is the majority right? (Tur 69)
Philosophical Reflections on Memory (Volume 68)
Lessons from the Holocaust – On Fundamentalism, Atrocities, and Autonomy (Volume 67)
The meaning of majority: Does the majority decide? (Tur 66)
Column for Passover: Between Chametz and the Evil Inclination – Another Look at What is Necessary (Column 65)
On public broadcasting and freedom of the press (column 64)
On Style and Essence – Clarifications and Basic Assumptions for Website Readers (Column 63)
A look at the Amarats (column 62)
About Gypsies and Thieves (Volume 61)
The Sciences of the Heart: Between Agenda and Science (Volume 60)
On the Ruling of Reading the Bodleian Scroll in Times of Distress (Vol. 59)
The meaning and importance of female scholarship in general (column 58)
On scholarship as a Talmudic paradigm (column 57)
Publishing women's articles in Torah journals: The case of 'Asif' (Volume 56)
A Look at Postmodernism and Truth – Fake News – Continued (Volume 55)
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (column 54)
A look at postmodernism and truth – fake news (column 53)
Drosh, Pfalpol, Love of Israel and its virtue (column 52)
On Moral Numbness: Protests, Kippah Wearers, and Animal Rights (Volume 51)
More on the relationship between theory and reality: the meaning of logic and mathematics (column 50)
Bottom-up or top-down? (column 49)
Reverse logic in the service of anti-establishmentism (column 48)
Sorrowful Reflections on Our Punishment Theory (Volume 47)
"The People with Elor" (letter I sent this morning. Column 46)
On Indifference and Denial – Our Attitude to Animals (Tor 45)
"What is between the sons of Laban, my father-in-law": the menorah and the fir tree (column 44)
More on incitement (column 43)
On incitement (column 42)
Further reflections on the quality of our public debate: the Regulation Law, the rule of law, and the dignity of the High Court (column 41)
On Feminist Theology (Volume 40)
"Crossing the Wall": Between Theology and Life (Volume 39)
The Law of Small Numbers: What about "breaking the silence" and alternative medicine? (column 38)
A Halachic View of Obedience to State Laws (Tor 37)
On the phenomenon of exiting the question (column 36)
What is intelligence? On freedom of will and discretion (column 35)
On Torah Preservation: The Need for a New Social Covenant (Tor 34)
Time Travel (Volume 33)
A look at the value and meaning of the answer (column 32)
On Faith and Rationality (column 31)
More on Complex Assessment: Reflections on Shimon Peres (column 30)
Of Wolves and People: A Complex Assessment of People (Volume 29)
Bennett's Dilemma or: What is more important, Judaism or mathematics and science? (column 28)
The meaning of "Ramzei Elul" or: Elul in Lithuania (Vol. 27)
On Deviance, Expertise, and Values – A Response to Prof. Yoram Yuval's Article, "They Are Not Deviants," Shabbat Supplement, P. Akev – Continuing Column (Column 26)
On Deviance, Expertise and Values – A Response to Prof. Yoram Yuval's Article, "They Are Not Deviants", Shabbat Supplement, P. Akev (Vol. 25)
On "Studies" and Their Meaning – Part Two (Volume 24)
On "Studies" and Their Meaning (column 23)
On Love: Between Emotion and Reason (Volume 22)
On 'Holy Lies' (Tor 21)
On Rationality (column 20)
On currents and sects in Judaism: What about Mount Moriah and Chabad? (Tor 19)
Who wants a Halacha state? (Tor 18)
On proverbs, poems and koans, and their meaning (column 17)
More on the Rabbi Krim polemic: homosexuality, refusing a command, burning the "New Testament" and the nature of women (column 16)
Rape in Battle: Law and Morality (Volume 15)
On Holocaust and Identity: In Memory of the Late Elie Wiesel (Volume 14)
On Means and Ends, or: The Importance of Seriousness (Volume 13)
On Mikvahs: Between Halacha and Law (Volume 12)
The Trojan Horse Effect – on the allocation to democratic parties only (column 11)
What is racism? (column 10)
On Politics, Media and Information (column 9)
Between temptation and rape (column 8)
What is memory? On the modern transition from the ontitudinal to the mental (Volume 7)
On freedom of expression, Holocaust denial and "don't turn" (column 6)
The Right and Left's Attitude to Racism (Column 5)
Should a day of fasting be established in Halacha to commemorate the Holocaust? (Column 4)
On conducting private kiddushin in a more correct way or: How to contribute your modest share to the Chief Rabbinate's Mitut (column 3)
On "cutting" legumes, conservatism and blasphemy (column 2)
On complex thinking and mixing levels of discussion: The case of the shooting soldier (column 1)