Audio: Menachem Gottlieb Discusses New Realities Affecting Rambam’s Ruling on Islam and Avoda Zara

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   The Chafetz Chaim informs us in Mishna Brura, chapter 304 and in Beu’r Halacha to chapter 330 that trinity believers and Muslims do not have the more honorable status of Gair Toashav. Excerpt from the post of Fri, … Continued

Menachem Gottlieb’s Audio Shiur on Rambam, Islam, and Avoda Zara

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Introduction by the main editor of vilnagaon.org Bamidbar / Numbers 29:21 as translated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan states: 29 Woe is to you, Moab; you are destroyed, nation of Kemosh.* Your* sons have become refugees, your daughters are captives To … Continued

A Few Days After the Attack on the World Trade Center – Moshe Feiglin Already Predicted the U.S.A. Would Lose the War. His Analysis Also Has Implications for the Efforts to “De-Nazifi” Gaza

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Excerpt from a larger article, written by Moshe Feiglin soon after the Attack on the Twin Towers (World Trade Center). It was impossible to get away from the reports of the massacre in downtown Manhattan. The news was everywhere: on … Continued

Did The Holy Ohr Hachaim Really Accept Rambam’s Famous Position on Islam and Idolatry?

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The following is an excerpt from a larger article on this site, entitled: Muslim Idolatry Trees – Do They Interfere With Davening Mincha on the Temple Mount?  Revised: Wed, 29 May 2024 = 21st of Iyyar, 5784 Is There a … Continued

From the Islamic Invasion to the Crusades – A History of the land of Israel by Rabbi Joseph Schwarz (first published in 5610/1850) with Commentary

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The Historian, Rabbi Joseph Schwarz, wrote the article: History of Palestine: 614-1096 C.E. From the Accession of the Mahomedans to that of the Europeans for a Periodical Called the Occident. source: http://www.jewish-history.com/palestine/period2.html I decided I would directly quote an excerpt … Continued

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring’s Surprising Revelations About the Karaites and the Ethiopian-Falasha Community

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring’s Surprising Revelations About the Karaites and the Ethiopian-Falasha Community In an audio by Rabbi Jonathan Ziring at https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/871805/rabbi-jonathan-ziring/psak-and-history-marrying-karaites-and-ethiopians/  he lists the historical problems of accepting the Jewishness of Karaites and the Ethiopian (Falasha) community. He says straight out that … Continued

When Is It Permitted to Bow to Men and When Is Bowing Considered Forbidden Intermediary Worship , According to Rabbeinu Nissim

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When Is It Permitted to Bow to Men and When Is Bowing Considered Forbidden Intermediary Worship , According to Rabbeinu Nissim Table of Contents A Saudi Cleric Admits That Some Muslims Stumble by the Sin of Idolatry via the Grave … Continued

Dear Ben Tzion: Proud Jews Should Not Visit the Mosque of the Killer of 24000 Jews

Tue, 25 September 2018 after sunset = 17th of Tishrei, 5779 Dear Ben Tzion: Proud Jews Should Not Visit the Mosque of the Killer of 24000 Jews There are Muslim places that Rambam explicitly noted that it is forbidden for … Continued