My Opinion on Abortion Legislation
Why should you care about my opinion about how Jews ought to respond to the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States? You shouldn’t. Here’s why. Halakhah prohibits abortion in most...
Why should you care about my opinion about how Jews ought to respond to the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States? You shouldn’t. Here’s why. Halakhah prohibits abortion in most...
Other-Focused O / Other-Focused Orthodoxy / Uncategorized
by Micha Berger · Published March 29, 2022 – כ״ו באדר ב׳ תשפ״ב · Last modified March 29, 2022
From Sanhedrin 103b: תניא רבי נתן אומר מגרב לשילה ג’ מילין והיה עשן המערכה ועשן פסל מיכה מתערבין זה בזה בקשו מלאכי השרת לדוחפו אמר להן הקב”ה הניחו לו שפתו מצויה לעוברי דרכים. A...
2- Shemos / Torah as Growth / Uncategorized
by Micha Berger · Published March 4, 2021 – כ׳ באדר תשפ״א · Last modified March 4, 2021
In this week’s parasha (Shemos 34:1), when Hashem tells Moshe to carve the second luchos, He says “פסל לך – carve for yourself”. The gemara comments on the apparently superfluous “לך – for yourself”...
by Micha Berger · Published January 17, 2021 – ד׳ בשבט תשפ״א · Last modified January 17, 2021
The following question appeared in the Orthodox Conundrum Discussion Group on Facebook: Been on my mind for a few years and never really discussed it, but feel this is a good forum for it....
Chessed / Other-Focused O / Other-Focused Orthodoxy / Uncategorized
by Micha Berger · Published October 23, 2020 – ה׳ במרחשון תשפ״א · Last modified October 23, 2020
On the topic of people insisting on maintaining risky behaviors during the corona pandemic… Too many of us are placing minyan, attending weddings or funerals, and other such mitzvos ahead of safety. Despite the...
by Micha Berger · Published March 10, 2020 – י״ד באדר תש״פ · Last modified March 10, 2020
Related to the Ramban’s position, about holiness being about following the Torah’s ideals, and not stopping at the letter of its laws… There is an enigmatic statement in the Talmud (Nedarim 81a, Koren edition (Links...
Shaarei Yosher / Uncategorized / Yahrzeits
by Micha Berger · Published November 6, 2019 – ח׳ במרחשון תש״פ · Last modified November 6, 2019
The following article appeared in this week’s Hamodia, in their Community magazine insert for 8 Marcheshvan 5780. The nicely formatted PDF proof of the article is available here. Torah Sparks Harav Shimon Shkop, Zt”l...
Teshuvah / Torah as Growth / Uncategorized
by Micha Berger · Published November 5, 2019 – ז׳ במרחשון תש״פ · Last modified November 5, 2019
Someone lamented on Mi Yodeya: I wasted my youth. I am 35 years old. I had a toxic relationship with my parents, especially my mother. My career never started, and I am still looking...
Other-Focused Orthodoxy / Rachmanus / Uncategorized
by Micha Berger · Published September 25, 2019 – כ״ה באלול תשע״ט · Last modified September 25, 2019
We close Birkhas Hoda’ah (“Modim”) “‘HaTov’ shimkha, ulkha na’eh lehodos — your Name is “The Good”, and it is pleasant to praise You.” And yes, it does mean that Hashem’s name, the way we...
by Micha Berger · Published July 17, 2019 – י״ד בתמוז תשע״ט · Last modified July 17, 2019
The Shulchan Arukh opens with a discussion of the proper attitude upon awakening and some of the fundamentals of Judaism. And so, the Arukh haShulchan does as well. In Orach Chaim 1:4, R Yechiel...
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