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...
by Micha Berger · Published May 15, 2022 – י״ד באייר תשפ״ב · Last modified December 28, 2022
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: I answered the following, looking less at the question of anything innately about Jews, and more about why Judaism takes work that...
Chessed / Other-Focused O / Other-Focused Orthodoxy / Uncategorized
by Micha Berger · Published October 23, 2020 – ה׳ במרחשוון 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
Shaarei Yosher / Uncategorized / Yahrzeits
by Micha Berger · Published November 6, 2019 – ח׳ במרחשוון 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׳ במרחשוון 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
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