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Proof of Matrilineal Descent in Judaism

דברים ז׳:ג׳ (ג) וְלֹ֥א תִתְחַתֵּ֖ן בָּ֑ם בִּתְּךָ֙ לֹא־תִתֵּ֣ן לִבְנ֔וֹ וּבִתּ֖וֹ לֹא־תִקַּ֥ח לִבְנֶֽךָ׃ Deuteronomy 7:3 (3) You shall not intermarry with them: do not give your daughter to his son or take his daughter for your son. דברים ז׳:ד׳ (ד) כִּֽי־יָסִ֤יר אֶת־בִּנְךָ֙ מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י וְעָבְד֖וּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים וְחָרָ֤ה אַף־יְהוָה֙ בָּכֶ֔ם וְהִשְׁמִידְךָ֖ מַהֵֽר׃ Deuteronomy 7:4 (4) For he will turn your son away from Me and they will serve other gods, and Hashem's anger will blaze forth against you and He will promptly wipe you out. This week's Parashas Vaeschanan brings proof to the world that a Jew's lineage is determined from his Jewish mother even if she marries a gentile, and not from a Jewish father who marries a gentile. Note the Hebrew words carefully in Devarim 7:4. "For he (the gentile father) will turn your (Jewish) (grand) son away from me." ~ Devarim 7:4 It does not say: "For she (the gentile mother) will turn your (grand

Masks and Shemoneh Esrei

MASKS DURING SHMONE ESRE In a letter issued this week Rav Sternbuch writes that one should not wear a mask when praying Shmone Esre. Although doctors state that masks are useful in preventing the spread of the virus, only a situation of immediate and tangible danger is considered a situation of pikuach nefesh for halachik purposes (see Chazon Ish, Tehuvos Ukesovim, section 48). A mask is not considered a respectable item of clothing, since it is not designed for the purpose of covering part of the body. In normal circumstances one would not wear it in front of an honorable personality. Even though currently heads of state are themselves walking around with a mask, they only agree to this affront to their dignity because of a far-fetched perceived danger. When we stand before the King of Kings we have to determine the parameters of pikuach nefesh according to the Torah. Even though doctors state that masks are useful in preventing the spread of the virus, it would appear tha

Parashas Yisro, Petirah of R' Avraham Twersky, zt"l, R' Dovid Soloveitchi, zt"l, R' Yitzchak Scheiner, zt"l and Idolatry

Parashas Yisro, Petirah of R' Avraham Twersky, zt"l, R' Dovid Soloveitchi, zt"l, R' Yitzchak Scheiner, zt"l and Idolatry I was one of the advisors on Rav Twersky's case and as a team, we were able to keep him stable for a while, but at some point his aged body stopped responding to treatment. The tzaddik was given every possible treatment and more. There were many highly experienced advisors experienced with all different protocols, and the person administering them had more experience than all of us combined. All proven treatments that had worked for others - failed. Baruch Dayan HaEmes. How could this be? Countless people were helped by these treatments. If not one, another should work? Why such helplessness? I have another question - a startling little question that begs to be addressed and may even give us a clue to the answer. Isn't this flu season? What has happened to the flu? I have heard many suggest that we are calling the flu corona, but

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