There are times when
halacha mandates actual physical presence, and that can't really be changed.
Jachter,
Halacha file: The Keriat HaTorah of Rosh Hashana, http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/14-1%20The%20Keriat%20Hatorah%20of%20Rosh%20Hashana.htm (accessed Aug.
there are no any debates on this topic among the '
Halacha'
Thus, he asks at the outset, what "is the meaning of the common phrase, 'al pi
halacha (according to halakah)," that plays such a central role in considerations surrounding geirut (conversion), in both Israel and the Diaspora.
In the same way as a nonemotional law system was opposed to
halacha in chapter three, here the concept of Stoic selfmastery as ideal behavior is contrasted with Maimonides' notion of prophecy as a telos of human nature (159).
No caso da cultura judaica, a conduta moral e direcionada por um conjunto de leis denominado
Halacha, sendo esta derivada do livro biblico Levitico.
This compromise declaration was not acceptable to the ministers from Mafdal, who demanded that the said children be registered in keeping with
Halacha in cases that were doubtful according to rabbinical rulings.
the
halacha in interpersonal conflicts is far more problematic.
The civil law of the state trumped
halacha for Jews and Canon Law for Catholics.
- Yediot Ahronot wrote about Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburg, who wrote a book praising Baruch Goldstein, the perpetrator of the massacre at the Ibrahimi Mosque, and Rabbis Yitzhak Shapira and Yosef Elitzur who co-authored the book Torat Ha'Melech, which asserts that the killing of innocent goyim women and children is permitted in wartime under
Halacha, the Jewish religious law.
This status quo has been in place for the past 43 years and accords with mainstream Jewish
Halacha. Perhaps only the will of God or the arrival of the Messiah can change the present set-up.
Somewhat similar to the arguments of Savigny and Gierke is the argument of a Jewish spontaneous order within the Jewish textual tradition and elaborated on in Jewish thought and
halacha. I do not pretend to claim that a theory of spontaneous order exists in the history of Jewish philosophy nor that there is any awareness of one.
"The rabbi must not only be a competent posek, he must also be aware of the psychological problem of OCD and how it manifests itself in the area of religious practice." For many OCD sufferers, a clear psak from a respected rav on matters of
halacha is not always a sufficient deterrent for their overwhelming compulsions because of their obsession with perfection in the performance of a mitzvah and their nagging doubts that they've correctly fulfilled their obligations.
