Rabbi Gil Student writes: The Purpose of the Priestly Garments R. Mordechai Willig reminds us to emulate the character of Aharon HaKohen in our everyday conduct: link R. Shalom Rosner discusses many halachic aspects of the Bigdei Kehunah: link (audio) R. Berel Wein explains the symbolic role of &ldq...

From Hirhurim: R. Dr. Moshe Bernstein, a Professor of Bible at Yeshiva College, writes a very eloquent (and surprisingly forceful) opinion piece on the Kugel incident (link) in the current issue of The Commentator (link): Why Lines Need to be Drawn (and Where) When a writer for The Commentator asked...

Zev writes on hirhurim: Very poorly done survey, obviously prepared by women and from a woman’s point of view. For example, a question asks how much of the following affects your marriage: drugs, internet time, inapprpropraite internet sites, gambling, illegal activities. Clearly these are MOS...

Biblical scholarship is the single most uncomfortable matter for discussion among Orthodox Jews, particularly those familiar with the unanimous acceptance of the Documentary Hypothesis by university scholars. Orthodox rabbi Gil Student blogs: You might recall the "Jacobs Affair", in which ...

Lawrence Kaplan writes on Hirhurim: "If I understand the end of Rabbi Slifkin’s article correctly, he was seriously saying that Rashi was allowed to say that God is a body while we are not, and he understood full well the irony that a very similar statement is attributed to Rav Elyashiv r...

Hat tip Hirhurim: Ari writes to Hirhurim: I think this is a bit of a tempest in a teapot. There are some people who think that any mention of their group-identity is inherently offensive. That’s most of what I saw. There was nothing wrong with the music video. Some people thought it was funny,...

Mark writes on Hirhurim about Modern Orthodoxy (MO): I’ve encountered numerous people who claim that they’re MO and while sometimes they share similarities, many times they’re worlds apart. For example, I recently encountered a young man and his wife in a park where I took my child...

Lawrence Kaplan writes to Hirhurim: "Ruth Bevan’s article "Is there a Jewish Poliitical Tradition?" is exceptionally thin. To cite Tevye from "Fiddler on the Roof" as proof of a Jewish anti-political tradition is embarrassing. At least she might have referred to Gersho...

Joe emails: "KBY had to fire a number of their teachers after the Rabin assasination, but still seems to have an unfortunate racist bent. I was stunned to see this up, and on Hirhurim as well." From Rosh Hayeshiva Harav Mordechai Greenberg, shlita, at Kerem B’Yavneh website: The more...