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• Treatment of AIDS Patients
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/responsa/treatment-of-aids-patients/

  …26b; for a historical analysis of this term, see Avraham Schwartz, Otzar Yisrael). Both RaShI (ad locum) and Maimonides (Laws of Murderers 10: 12) interpret this to refer to one…

• Parashat Bo
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/parashat-bo/

  …Clearly the term did not refer to facial or other physical characteristics. But it could imply the ability to use our minds to create, to bring thoughts out of the…

• Yom Kippur – “To Be a Kid Again”
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/yom-kippur-to-be-a-kid-again/

  …Jewish population that, outside of Orthodox circles, tends to terminate Jewish education precisely when the main thrust of Judaism is beginning to become relevant. To be certain, a ten year…

• “Orthodox” Is Not A Trademark Of The OU
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/2018/02/orthodox-is-not-a-trademark-of-the-ou/

  …further that Open Orthodoxy has a legitimate claim on the term “Orthodox.” The full article can be read here. I am only tangentially invested in this debate, since I prefer…

• The Kashrut of Laboratory Produced Meat
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/responsa/the-kashrut-of-laboratory-produced-meat/

  …be on supermarket shelves in 2013. But that year has passed without the expected results. The European Union has invested millions of dollars in research and development into this track…

• An Open Letter Of A Modern Orthodox Rabbi To The Ou’s Ban On Orthodox Women Rabbis
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/2018/04/an-open-letter-of-a-modern-orthodox-rabbi-to-the-ous-ban-on-orthodox-women-rabbis/

  …rule. However, some within Orthodoxy invoke “Tradition” as if this term refers to a specific legal rule, without defining its parameters, to be invoked when all other claims fail. In…

• Partnership Prayer and the Essence of Orthodoxy
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/2018/08/partnership-prayer-and-the-essence-of-orthodoxy/

  …as a sacrifice. The Sages viewed the concern for human dignity to be sufficient grounds to permit woman to lean on their offering. Put in legal terms, the case is…

• Vayakhel – Wisdom v Knowledge
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/vayakhel-wisdom-knowledge-2/

  …We read about the Jewish people collectively taking part in building the Tabernacle. In referring to the talents of each individual the Torah uses the term “Chacham Lev”, “wise-hearted.” (Exodus…

• Does It Matter If Your Dog Eats Toothpaste?
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/2019/04/dog-toothpaste/

  …using the term מותר”” (meaning it is permitted) indicates a Torah prohibition. See also Taz’s strong critique of R. Karo’s analysis at Taz 442:1, particularly starting with “כתב ב”י ומ”ש…

• Yom Kippur – Anti-Semitism – Stage 4
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/anti-semitism-stage-4/

  …an attempt to save their souls and to murderous pogroms. Ironically, the third mutation of anti-Semitism was born during the Enlightenment. In 1879 Wilhelm Marr coined a new term “anti-Semitism.”…

• Life Lessons I Learned from Super Bowl XI
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/2020/01/life-lessons-i-learned-from-super-bowl-xi/

  …caught up in pursuing victory – achievement of our short-term objectives- that we put human life and health at risk. I write these words during the week in which Barry…

• Coronavirus: Halachic Concepts of Danger, Financial Loss, and Judgment
  https://utj.org/viewpoints/2020/05/coronavirus-halachic-concepts-of-danger-financial-loss-and-judgment/

  …Aramaic texts, I have translated all sources into English but retained key rabbinic terms that I both transliterate and translate. I make the following arguments from halachah, from the teaching…