Zaka went to Haiti and worked over shabbos, stopping to break for two hours of davening. Now they are getting it from both sides.

Which one is crazier?

1. Sites which criticize Zaka for stopping for two hours to daven?

2. Or sites which criticize Zaka for going there and "being mechallel shabbos" in the first place?

3. Or... YWN posters who ( Read more... )

 There are so many elements of Judaism that are designed to make us happier people. All of davening is supposed to teach us gratitude and bitachon.  Every bracha is supposed to teach appreciation for what we have. So many holidays are dedicated to remembering the good things that God has done for us and continues to do for us. There is even a ( Read more... )

Ask any frum woman, especially a chabad one, and she will tell you that a woman is everything. The home is where the heart is, the home is the center of Jewish life, the women establish the community ( Read more... )

With several notable exceptions,  Orthodox Jewish law has been frozen for the past 1600 years.

There is no Sanhedrin and no governing body and no one leader can take it upon himself to authorize important and needed changes. Instead, we all just cling to traditions passed down over the centuries and convice ourselves that this is authentic Judaism ( Read more... )