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While the Beit HaMikdash existed, ruach ha’kodesh dwelled among Israel, ritual purity was practiced, and our Sages refrained from imposing additional restrictions on the prohibition of niddah. However, after people lost heart, they decided to enact decrees to distance people from transgressing * A deeper reason for adding prohibitions: since the destruction of the Beit … Read more

The laws of niddah afford us the opportunity to give the sadness and crisis in married life their appropriate place * Out of the sadness and distancing, husband and wife reunite with greater love, and thus the fire that keeps marriage alive is guarded * In older age, love between a couple deepens and intensifies, … Read more

Immersion in a pure mikveh is intended to connect the physical body and the realms of earthly life to the sacred, but for the purpose of Torah study and fulfillment of mitzvot there is no need for immersion * Immersion in water symbolizes the Divine grace granted to all equally, similar to rain that falls … Read more

As with any halakhic or medical question, in regards to the question of getting the new vaccine against the Corona virus, one should follow the opinion of the majority of doctors who recommend getting vaccinated * There is no point in reading articles refuting the vaccine, because a non-professional reader has no ability to assess … Read more

Contrary to popular belief, the setting of the day of general mourning (Yom HaKaddish HaClalli) in the month of Tevet by the Chief Rabbinate was not in controversy with the national Holocaust Memorial Day in Nissan, as it was determined before it * The deep significance from the words of our teacher and rabbi, Rabbi … Read more

The sin of the Adam Rishon caused him and his seed a curse of sorrow and pain, part of which is the impurity of niddah and zavah of women * When a person immerses himself in the water of the mikveh, he puts himself in a place where he cannot breathe or exist, thus indicating … Read more

The fact that an evil figure like Amram Blau who cursed and insulted Talmidei Chachamim and physically harmed his disputants is appreciated by the Haredi public is most indicative of the culture of controversy that exists among them * Not all members of the Haredi sector act in the way of violence and controversy, but … Read more

My meetings with the Reform Jews are based on a clear understanding that the purpose of the meeting is to increase brotherhood, and that there are differences that cannot be bridged * Conversely, there were meetings with Haredi rabbis I refused to hold, because I understood the hidden intention was an attempt to recruit me … Read more

I have no idea where the rumors came from, but I do not intend to run for the position of Chief Rabbi of Israel in any way * Other than feeling my teaching and writing tasks are a more important role, my tendency not to hide my views does not reconcile with the diplomatic skills … Read more

During the exile, many Torah scholars were accustomed to ignoring the central position of the Land in the Torah, thus creating the impression that holiness and spirituality are detached from the Land and reality * Focusing on the Land of Israel means settling it, developing in it all spheres of life, and grappling with the … Read more