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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
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
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
Muslim Idolatry Trees – Do They Interfere With Davening Mincha on the Temple Mount? List of Topics Introduction Animal Sacrifices to the Trees These Practices Are Evil but Are They Avoda Zara loosely translated as Idolatry? Is There a Dispute … Continued
The Future Borders of the Tribes of Israel as Evidence for the Size of a Cubit By Shlomo Moshe Scheinman Summary of Yechezkel (Ezekiel) chapter 48 verses 1-29 according to the Herzog Academy College In this chapter, Yechezkel describes the … Continued
What are the Facts? In another post I quoted former Pres. Donald Trump bragging that his administration’s Warp Speed program got the vaccines through clinical trials and approvals in under a year, whereas it would have taken a minimum of … Continued
The Talmud, tractate Menachot 41b sets the relationship between Tefach (halachic handbreadth) and Etzba (halachic finger width). Menachot 97b and 98a explain the relationship of the handbreadth to the cubit. Thus if we could figure out the handbreadth we can … Continued
Post revised: 26th Elul 5782 – Sept. 22, 2022 https://www.voanews.com/a/king-charles-iii-formally-proclaimed-britain-s-monarch/6739599.html Based on: https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Brachot_on_Sights Bracha for Seeing a King or Queen It is a mitzvah to go and see rulers and kings, whether they are Jewish or non-Jewish.[14] Nonetheless, one shouldn’t waste … Continued
The following is a translated quote of the last halacha in chapter 6 Mishneh Torah, Tefillin, Mezuzah and the Torah Scroll A person should pay heed to the precept of the Mezuzah; for it is an obligation perpetually binding upon … Continued