Yonaton Behar

The new book “U’be’Shana Ha’Shevi’it”, the first volume of a comprehensive study on the historical background of the ‘heter mechira’, reveals the factual data on the state of the moshavot * As an issue based on historical background, research by a Torah scholar can help clarify the dispute * The book, fruit of the long … Read more

Although there is no room for separate yeshivas along the lines of ethnic groups, nevertheless, the prayers and customs of the different ethnic groups should be continued * The tradition of each ethnic group preserves certain values, and if one tradition is lost, some of the values ​​of the Jewish people are lost * The … Read more

With manyhechshers it is impossible to obtain the hind part of the meat because it isvery difficult to kasher it from the prohibitions of cheilev and gid ha’nasheh* According to the original halakha, making it kosher was not complicated, butremoving the forbidden part from the animal required tradition * Due to thedifficulties of exile and … Read more

A personal letterfrom a bride to her friends before her wedding which enabled the wedding totake place with full joy, but without leaving the older women outside the dancefloor* In Hashem’s central revelation to Yaacov Avinu, he was not told to studyGemara carefully, nor to develop solidarity or pluralism – rather to build andsettle the … Read more

The Laws of BrachaAchrona – Does one recite a bracha when drinking with a straw, drinking coffee,or eating cheese or ice cream * In continuation of the previous column:Following the horrific accident, it is appropriate to engage in tefilatha’derech, but of course not in place of the strengthening of cautious driving* A person who speeds, … Read more

When we experiencenational disasters such as this week’s serious accident, we must awaken and searchthe meaning of things * We must be diligent in adhering to the laws of tefilatha’derech, and saying it with kavana * Tefilat ha’derech is said in the plural,so that someone traveling will include himself with the public * There is … Read more

Response to the arguments about the previous column, about the national movements in Europe: The struggle of the European right is important, because we desire the existence of nations * Rabbi Kook ztz”l taught us: We hate the evil of the nations, and love the image of God * We should also love the leftwing … Read more

The time has come to re-examine the relations with the extreme right-wing parties in Europe, after they have removed all the haters of the Jews and are working in a practical and proper way to preserve the national identity of the peoples of Europe *It is proper to recite the ‘shecheyanu’ blessing on new shoes, … Read more

The criteria of ‘Birkat HaGomel’ were formulated in accordance with the reality in the past, in which every illness could have deteriorated to death, and every journey was life threatening * The rabbinic decree was to recite the Gomel after leaving a dangerous situation, and therefore today one should recite the blessing only in situations … Read more

There is no reason to spend more time on Yom Kippur with detailed confessions than what is customary, since the main thing is the connection to the root and the inner will * The most important aspect of the day is atonement by fasting, and therefore whoever finds it difficult to fast – it is … Read more