Women in Communal Leadership Positions: Shul Presidents by Aryeh Frimer
June 2, 2010 by Aryeh and Dov Frimer
Filed under Halakha, New Posts
Below is the edited text of a lecture delivered by Rabbi Aryeh Frimer to congregants of the Tiferet Moshe Synagogue – Rabbi Jacob Berman Community Center, Rehovot, Israel on Tevet 24, 5767 – January 14, 2007. These comments are based in part on Aryeh A. Frimer, “Nashim beTafkidim Tsiburiyyim beIdan haModerni;” In “Afikei Yehudah – [...]
The Dangers of “Soft Stringency:” Hearing Aids, Chumrot, and Moral Sensitivity in Halakhic Handbooks
November 9, 2009 by Shlomo Brody
Filed under Philosophy
The Dangers of “Soft Stringency:” Hearing Aids, Chumrot, and Moral Sensitivity in Halakhic Handbooks
By Shlomo Brody
Is it forbidden to speak to someone wearing a hearing aid on Shabbat?
In an earlier post, I discussed the impact of halakha handbooks on contemporary halakhic discourse, focusing on the whether certain books change their rulings given the broad intended [...]