RABBINIC BLOG POSTS

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(Yabbi Yitzchak Piekarski Teshuva for publication)

Halacha Headlines The court’s decision regarding YU | Transgender in Halacha, with Rabbi Michael Broyde at http://podcast.headlinesbook.com/e/10822-%e2%80%93shiur390%e2%80%93thekashrus-scandalin-the-non-kosherchinese-express-inmanalapanrevisitedthecourt-s-decision-regarding-yutransgender/

Governmental overreach in Hasidic Jewish education must stop, The Christian Post, 10/06/22 at https://www.christianpost.com/voices/governmental-overreach-in-hasidic-jewish-education-must-stop.html 

Why Would Anyone Use a Contract to Solve the Agunah Problem? Torah Mitzion Parsha 9/07 https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=d749950c8e1fa92ebd2fab7f8&id=d9f2f51d72
​Cheerleading Rarely Helps (on abortion public policy) Cross-currents July 7, 2022 at https://cross-currents.com/2022/07/08/cheerleading-rarely-helps/
Rabbi Dr. Tendler’s Greatest Influence: The Unified Truth Of Torah And Science, The Jewish Press, October 21, 2021
A Reply to Rabbi Yaakov Menken on Abortion, Cross  Currents Blog, October 2, 2021
Abortion and Religious Freedom,  Cross Currents Blog, Sept 27, 2021 
Why do we need judges and Police? August 12, 2021 at https://hazon.salsalabs.org/20210813shmitaweekly-shoftim?
​​Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin, zt”l A Grandson in the Tradition of His Grandfather, The Jewish Press, Friday, January 29, 2021 at page 84
2020
Remembering Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz, zt”l, The Jewish Press, Friday, December 18, 2020 at page 74
Not From the Philadelphia I Know, Crosscurrents August 26, 2020
Two Facets of a Many Faceted Diamond: In Memory of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm The Jewish Press, July 26, 2020  click here for Part I and II 
​A Brief Unpublished Teshuva From Rabbi Norman Lamm, The Jewish Press, July 26, 2020
An Introduction to Pandemic Jewish Law: Responsa of Rabbi Hershel Schachter and Rabbi Asher Weiss (Tablet Magazine, April 24, 2020)
2019
Is NYSED’s Definition Of Substantial Equivalence Constitutional? The Jewish Press, August 2, 2019
The Equality Act is Good for the Jews The Jewish Press, July 3, 2019 also appeared in Cross-Currents.
The Incoherent Element in R. Daniel Landes’ Ordination of a Gay Man, The Times of Israel, June 30, 2019

Reflecting on When the Arukh haShulhan on Orach Chaim was Actually Written: Citations of the Mishnah Berurah in the Arukh haShulhan The Seforim Blog

Is a Ketubah an Enforceable Contract in American Courts? The Jewish Press, May 10, 2019

Mitzva Shvitzva & Living in the Land of Israel

"Regulating Yeshivas? A Neutral Law Analysis," Cross-Currents, January 16, 2019.

2018

"Same Sex Marriage – A Debate For Our Times," Cross-Currents, July 16, 2018.

2017

"In Celebration of Norman Lamm's Ninetieth Birthday," Cross-Currents, December 5, 2017.
"A Note Regarding Dayan Simcha Zelig Rieger’s View of Opening a Refrigerator Door on Shabbat," The Seforim Blog, September 3, 2017.
"There is no Bracha on an Eclipse," The Seforim Blog, September 3, 2017.
"A Very Short Reply to the Many Substantive Comments on my Article: An Initial Analysis of Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch's Teshuva on the Beth Din of America's Prenuptial Agreement," Emes Ve-Emunah, August 20, 2017.
"An Initial Analysis of Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch's Teshuva on the Beth Din of America's Prenuptial Agreement," Emes Ve-Emunah, August 14, 2017.

2016

"Rabbi Norman Lamm and Henry Ford: A Tribute to One of Rabbi Lamm’s Hidden Accomplishments as He Enters His Ninth Decade," Cross-Currents, December 1, 2016.
"The Biggest Challenge to Faith of Our Time Has Four Parts: Halacha, Hashkafa, Pastoral and Values," Emes Ve-Emunah, October 6, 2016.

2015

"The Presidency of Yeshiva University: The Harder Questions​," Cross-Currents, December 9, 2015.
Contribution to "Free Market Judaism and Conversion Standards," Cross-Currents, August 30, 2015.
"Same Sex Marriage, Polygamy and Sharia Law: Some Thoughts," Cross-Currents, April 9, 2015.
"The Rav as a Mechadesh Halacha: One Small Example From Shabbat Rosh Chodesh," The Seforim Blog, January 20, 2015.

2014

"Some Jewish Thoughts on Understanding Hobby Lobby: Religious Freedom Did Not Really Win or Lose," Cross-Currents, July 13, 2014.
"What is Bothering the Aruch Hashulchan? Women Wearing Tefillin," The Seforim Blog, July 7, 2014.
"Fixing a Typesetting Error in Order to Understand The View of the Mishnah Berurah on Women Wearing Tefillin," The Seforim Blog, May 20, 2014.

2013

“My Nom de Plume Exposed,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, April 13, 2013.
“President Carter, Yeshiva University and Our Community: Having a Yeshiva which is a University,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, April 9, 2013.
“Shaving on Chol HaMoed,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, March 27, 2013.
“Justice Menachem Elon, of blessed memory,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, February 20, 2013.
“Mishnah Berurah Methodology” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, January 29, 2013.
“Report Abuse to Police, Not Rabbis,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, January 16, 2013.

2012

“Ideology or Community? An Exchange Between Rabbis Broyde and Feldman,” a reply to an article in Klal Perspectives posted at Cross-Currents, December 30, 2012.
“Women Wearing Tallit?” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, December 11, 2012.
“Who is a Ger [Convert]?” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, November 18, 2012.
“Orientation During Prayer,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, October 21, 2012.
“Women’s Only Torah Reading,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, October 15, 2012.
“Meat and Dairy in One Oven,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, August 5, 2012.
“9th of Av on Shabbat,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, July 26, 2012.
“Convert on a Beit Din for Conversion,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, July 1, 2012.
“Mandating Prenuptial Agreements,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, May 29, 2012.
“Reporting Abuse: On the Halachic Obligation to Report to the Police Every Case of Physical or Sexual Abuse of Children,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, May 10, 2012.
“Protesting Without Coercing: Some Thoughts on a Coerced Get and Protesting When a Man Withholds a Jewish Divorce,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, April 23, 2012. (Follow-up post: “The Sound of Silence,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, April 30, 2012.)
“Entry into a Church,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, April 3, 2012.
“Who Is Poor on Purim?” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, March 7, 2012.
“Valentine’s Day and Jewish Law: A Reply to a Thoughtful Critic,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, February 14, 2012 (Co-author Mark Goldfeder).
“Building a Better Siddur: An E-Siddur for the Twenty-First Century,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, January 22, 2012.

2011

“Is New Year’s Kosher?” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, December 27, 2011.
“Biblical Theology of Rabbi Emanuel Rackman,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, December 14, 2011.
“Modern Orthodoxy is Always at the Crossroads,” Cross-Currents, Nov. 9, 2011.
“Hair Covering By a Bride,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, Sept.13, 2011.
“Is This Really Dialogue?: A Reply to the Interesting Substance of a Critique in Dialogue’s Inaugural Edition of my Tradition Article on Uncovered Hair,” Hirhurim– Torah Musings, August 14, 2011.
“Oat Matzah,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, August 9, 2011.
“The Conduct of Children is a Message to Parents,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, May 24, 2011.
“The Yerushalmi as a Source of Halacha,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, May 3, 2011.
“Time of Death and Jewish Law: Some Tentative Thoughts,” Symposium on the Ethics of Brain Death and Organ Donation, Hirhurim – Torah Musings, February 9, 2011.

2010

“Timers on Shabbat and Yom Tov,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, September 21, 2010.
“Women Leading Kabbalat Shabbat: Some Thoughts,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, August 19, 2010.

2009

“Married Women and Hair Covering: A Request for Comments,” Hirhurim – TorahMusings, December 2, 2009.
“Women Receiving Aliyot? A Short Halachic Analysis,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, November 27, 2009.
“A Father’s Pride and Joy,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, August 20, 2009.
“Shoes and Gentiles on 9th of Av: The Problem of Being Mocked,” Hirhurim–Torah Musings, July 21, 2009.
“May a Convert Serve on a Bet Din for Conversion: A Short Halachic Review, Some Halachic Thoughts of My Own and a Concluding Halachic Remark,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, March 22, 2009.
“Entering a Sanctuary for Hatzalat Yisrael: An Exchange,” posted to Hirhurim-Torah Musings, February 2, 2009.
“Something Old, Something New: Reflections on Conversion in America,” Geirus Policies and Standards.
“Child Conversions II,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, January 12, 2009.

2008

“On the Death of a Giant: Thoughts on the Passing of Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, zechertzaddik levracha,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, December 11, 2008.
“The Role of Chiddush: The View of One Paragraph in Iggerot Moshe YD 1:101, and His Explanation for the Modesty of Zecharya ben Avkulas (A Thought for Tisha Be’av),” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, August 11, 2008.
“Like a Scroll or Like a Letter: A Pictorial Note about Hilchot Sefer Torah in Contrast to Hilchot Megillah,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, March 27, 2008.

2003-2007

“If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem!” Hirhurim–Torah Musings, December 6, 2007.
“Sabbatical Year Guidelines for the Diaspora 5768,” posted to Hirhurim–Torah Musings,September 5, 2007.
 “Three Missing Sections of the Arukh HaShulhan: The Search for the Complete Text,” The Seforim blog, July 9, 2007.
“Rabbi Zev Farber, Yeshiva Chovevei Torah and the Orthodox Community: A Brief Statement,” Hirhurim – Torah Musings, March 23, 2007. 
“Collecting Candy on Halloween,” MyJewishLearning.com, 2003.

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