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Another Look at Greatness in Torah (Column 733)
With God’s helpSeveral times in the past, and most recently in column 722, I dealt with defining “greatness in Torah,”…
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Haredi-ness Between an Essential Definition and a Sociological–Institutional Definition (Column 731)
With God’s helpSome time ago I received Rabbi Menachem Navat’s book, “Trembling at His Word – Haredi-ness Between Sector and…
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Induction – Continued: On Chance Significance (Column 730)
With God’s help In the previous column I dealt with generalizations in halakhah and in general; I pointed out the…
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Scientific Generalization and the Problem of Induction in Halakha and Beyond (Column 729)
With God’s help IntroductionIn the scientific process we measure some phenomenon over a set of sample cases, and from there…
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The Third Path: On LGBTQ, “Liteness,” and Harmful Critique (Column 728)
With God’s helpToday I was sent a post by Yael Mishali responding to a letter from the Binyamin Rabbis’ Council.…
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A Look at the Current Debate on War Crimes in Gaza (Column 727)
With God’s help Yesterday a brief discussion took place in one of the Third Path WhatsApp groups about the claim…
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“Philosophers Against God” – On Jeremy Fogel’s Book (Column 726)
With God’s helpA few days ago I received from my friend Jeremy Fogel a new booklet he published, whose Hebrew…
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On Discrimination Against Women and the Essence of the Chief Rabbinate (Column 725)
With God’s helpThis week (Mon.) the High Court of Justice (Bagatz) ruled that the Chief Rabbinate’s policy preventing women from…
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The relationship between halakhah and reason: what is ‘gezerat ha-katuv’? (Column 724)
With God’s help Parashat Chukat opens with the section of the Red Heifer (Parah Adumah), which is called a chok—the…
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Between Guilt and Responsibility (Column 723)
With God’s help The distinction between guilt and responsibility has been mentioned more than once here on the site. I…
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