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Wave of Arrests: Breslov, Chabad, and Chareidi Bochurim Dragged to Prison Ahead of Yamim Nora’im
How Did Gedolim Respond to Wars and Tragedies in Eretz Yisrael?
Zakein HaPoskim, Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl: “Even a Bochur Who Isn’t Learning Must Not Enlist”
If the State Collapses Before Moshiach, What Will Be With Security, Economy, and Daily Life?
What Are the Charedi Thoughts on Hamas and Other Terrorists? Is Physically Wiping Them Out the Solution?
Do We Pray for the End of the Secular State of Israel in Shemoneh Esrei?
Breslov Rabbanim Declare: “Better to Miss Uman Than Fall Into the IDF Trap”
Who Is the Erev Rav — And How Do They Fit Into the End of Days?
What Do Charedim Believe Will Happen to the State of Israel When Moshiach Comes?
What is Charedi Derangement Syndrome (CDS)?
Does the IDF Put Soldiers in Harm’s Way Because of Political and Legal Pressures?
Zionism’s Paradox: Claiming the Land Through a Torah They Reject
50,000 Secular Draft Dodgers Walk Free — But the State Targets Bnei Torah
Tel Aviv’s War on Torah: 130 Shuls Threatened With Eviction Unless They Break Halacha
Why are most Charedim willing to receive financial support from the government of Israel if they oppose the state ideologically?
How does the Dati Leumi (Religious Zionist) world view nationalism?
How should Charedim respond to secular or national-religious Jews who feel resentment that we aren’t called up for Miluim (IDF reserve duty)?
What is the Torah View on "Dina D'malchusa Dina" (the Halachic Rule to Follow the Law of the Land)?
Open Response to Uri Pilichowski's Post About Charedim on Vacation
Latest News & Views
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From Persecuting Bnei Torah to a Palestinian State: The Price of Spitting on the Torah
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Wave of Arrests: Breslov, Chabad, and Chareidi Bochurim Dragged to Prison Ahead of Yamim Nora’im
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Supreme Court Targets Yeshiva Students With Economic Pressure
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Zakein HaPoskim, Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl: “Even a Bochur Who Isn’t Learning Must Not Enlist”
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Breslov Rabbanim Declare: “Better to Miss Uman Than Fall Into the IDF Trap”
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50,000 Secular Draft Dodgers Walk Free — But the State Targets Bnei Torah
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Tel Aviv’s War on Torah: 130 Shuls Threatened With Eviction Unless They Break Halacha
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“Battle of Rage” and Yom Tefillah: Klal Yisroel Mobilizes Against Arrests of Bnei Torah
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Open Response to Uri Pilichowski's Post About Charedim on Vacation
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Gedolei HaDor Denounce Draft Decrees and National-Religious Leaders
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Midnight Raid: Yeshiva Bochur Dragged From Bed for the “Crime” of Learning Torah
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Rav Hirsch shlit"a Shares Remark from U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee
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HaRav Dov Landau Shlit”a to IDF Commander: “The Army Does Not Protect Us — The Torah Protects Us”
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⚠️ HaRav Dov Landau Shlit”a Issues Urgent Call Against Army Draft (Video with English Transcription)
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IDF’s “One-Time Opportunity” Exposed as Empty Promise to Pressure Bnei Torah
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Bochur Handcuffed, Denied Water in Prison—Released to Dancing and Song
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HaGaon Rav Dov Landau: “Only Torah Learning Saves Us—Zionism Has Brought Spiritual and Physical Disasters”
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Overnight Raids Target Bnei Torah in Unprecedented Arrest Operations
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Million-Man March in the Works as IDF Holds Talks With Charedi Leaders
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MK Meir Porush: ‘The Attorney General Is Pushing Israel Toward Civil War’
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Secret Bnei Brak Meetings Seek U.S. Intervention to Stop Arrests of Bnei Torah
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Mercaz Magen U’Moshiah: Standing Guard for Every Ben Torah
Army Service & National Defense
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Why Don’t Charedim Serve in the IDF?
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Why Does the Charedi World Frown on “Charedi” IDF Programs?
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What Do the Gedolim Say About the Government’s Efforts to Force the Draft?
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Is It True That the Secular Establishment Wants to Assimilate Charedim Through the Draft?
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Are Charedim Really Needed in the Army?
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Does Hesder Yeshiva Prove That You Can Both Learn and Serve in the Army?
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But What About Charedim Who Can’t Learn Full-Time—Shouldn’t They Go to the Army?
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More Stories & Testimonies: When the System Fails Our Youth
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Do Charedim Think Their Lives Are Worth More Than Those Who Serve?
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Do Charedim have Hakaras HaTov for those that do serve?
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How Do Charedim Feel About Charedi Soldiers Who Do Join the IDF?
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Why Do Charedim Reject Sherut Leumi (Civil Service) Alternatives Too?
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What Is the Definition of a Milchemes Mitzvah and a Milchemes Reshus?
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Are the Wars the State of Israel Fights Today Halachically Considered a Milchemes Mitzvah?
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So Even If It’s Not a Milchemes Mitzvah, Is There a Halachic Obligation to Fight in the Wars?
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What Would Happen if No One Fought in the Wars?
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What is the Charedi View on Protecting Their Cities — Including Carrying Guns or Doing Guard Duty Outside the Army?
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Can the State of Israel Really Force Charedim to Serve in the Army?
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Is there a halachic precedent for avoiding military service in Jewish history?
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Companion Stories: The Bochur Who Escaped the Czar's Draft
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If Learning Torah Is Their Service, How Can Charedim Go on Bein Hazmanim?
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How should Charedim respond to secular or national-religious Jews who feel resentment that we aren’t called up for Miluim (IDF reserve duty)?
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Does the IDF Put Soldiers in Harm’s Way Because of Political and Legal Pressures?
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What Are the Charedi Thoughts on Hamas and Other Terrorists? Is Physically Wiping Them Out the Solution?
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Must a Jewish King need to consult the Sanhedrin before going to war, and What Does This Mean for War Decisions in the Modern State of Israel?
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How Did Gedolim Respond to Wars and Tragedies in Eretz Yisrael?
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Do Yeshiva Students Belong in the Army to Save Lives?
Education, Society & the Economy
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Do Charedim See Working as a Religious Value?
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Why Don’t Charedim Participate Equally in the Workforce?
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How Would Opening the Workforce Earlier Economically Benefit Both Charedim and the State?
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Do Charedim Pay Taxes?
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What Is the Charedi View on How Taxes Are Spent by the State?
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Do Charedim Contribute to Israeli Society in Other Ways Besides Paying Taxes?
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How do Charedim Uplift Israeli Society Through Chessed and Nonprofit Work?
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How do Charedim Uplift Israeli Society Through Gemachim?
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What is the Charedi View on Materialism, Ambition, and Financial Success?
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From Garage to Madison Avenue: The Lakewood Shirt Story That Stunned London Executives
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Why Do Charedim Avoid Secular Education in Chadarim and Yeshivos?
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Does the State of Israel Try to Force Secular Education in Charedi Schools?
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What Is Chinuch Atzmai and Why Was It Created?
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What Is Maayan HaChinuch HaTorani and Why Was It Created?
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What is Tikkun Olam?
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Why are most Charedim willing to receive financial support from the government of Israel if they oppose the state ideologically?
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Why don’t Charedim place a high value on academic degrees or higher education?
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What is the Charedi view on entrepreneurship?
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What’s the Charedi View on Full-Time Torah Learning vs. Working?
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How Do Charedim View the Idea of Success in Life — Is It Only Spiritual?
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How do Charedim balance financial hishtadlus (effort) with bitachon (trust in Hashem)?
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What is the Charedi view of secular Jews who work hard and raise families with values — even without Torah?
Eretz Yisrael
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Is Living in Eretz Yisrael a Mitzvah According to the Torah?
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Why Is Eretz Yisrael Considered Holier Than Any Other Land?
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What Is the Difference Between the Kedushah of Eretz Yisrael in the Times of the Beis HaMikdash and Now?
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What Does It Mean That Eretz Yisrael “Spits Out” Those Unworthy of It?
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Do Charedim Value Living in Eretz Yisrael Even If They Are Not Zionists?
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What’s the Difference Between Eretz Yisrael and Medinas Yisrael in Charedi Thought?
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Do Charedim Encourage Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael?
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Is There a Greater Reward for Mitzvos Done in Eretz Yisrael?
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How Do Charedim Explain the Many Challenges of Life in Eretz Yisrael?
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If Living in Eretz Yisrael Is So Important, Why Do Many Gedolim Live in Chutz La’Aretz?
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What Are Some of the Benefits of Living in Eretz Yisrael from a Torah Perspective?
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Is There a Difference Between Settling in Religious vs. Secular Areas in Eretz Yisrael?
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How Do Charedim Interpret the Idea of “Yishuv Eretz Yisrael” Today?
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Do Charedim Believe the Holiness of Eretz Yisrael Is Diminished by Secular Control?
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How Do Charedim Express Their Love and Yearning for Eretz Yisrael Outside the Political Framework?
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Do Charedim Love the Land as Much as the Biggest Zionists?
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Do Charedim Believe Jews Are Safer in Eretz Yisrael or in the Diaspora?
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Why Do Charedim Avoid Using the Term “Zion” or “Zionism,” Even Though It's a Traditional Torah Term?
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Zionism’s Paradox: Claiming the Land Through a Torah They Reject
Extremism
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What Is the Charedi View on Extremism?
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Why Don’t Charedi Rabbanim Come Out Publicly Against Extremists?
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What’s the Charedi View on Mass Demonstrations — and What’s the Difference Between Those Led by Gedolim and Those Caused by Radicals?
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What Is the Charedi View on Damaging Public Property, Setting Fires, or Writing Graffiti?
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What is the Charedi view on the minority of Neturei Karta that visits Iran and cozies up to enemies of Israel?
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What Is the Charedi View on Calling Israeli Police Officers or Soldiers “Nazis”?
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Why does the general public see these extremists on the news so often?
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Why Do Extremists Throw Rocks at Cars on Shabbos and Scream “Shabbos!”?
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Is it True That Some of These Extremists Don’t Represent the Torah World at All — But Are Mentally Unstable or Completely Outside the System?
General Questions
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What Does the Word “Charedim” Mean, Where Does It Come From, and How Is It Used Today?
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Why Do Charedim Always Listen to Their Rabbanim?
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Why Do Charedi Men Wear Black and White?
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Why Do Charedim Wear Black Hats and Jackets for Davening (Prayers)?
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Are You Allowed to Daven (Pray) in Shorts?
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Why Do Charedim Wear Black, Two-Layered Yarmulkas?
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Why Do Charedim Cover Their Heads with a Tallis When Davening?
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How Long Have Charedim Been Around?
Law, State, and Religious Authority
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What is the Chareidi View of the State of Israel’s Government — Is It Considered a Legitimate Authority?
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What is the Torah’s view on democracy?
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What’s the Torah’s View on Liberalism?
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Is living under a secular Jewish government better or worse than being under a non-Jewish one?
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What Is the Charedi View on Voting in Israeli Elections?
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Do Charedim believe that secular governance in Eretz Yisrael is part of Hashem’s plan — or a challenge to it?
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What is the Charedi view of the Israeli Supreme Court?
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3 True stories that illustrate the deep conflict between the Israeli Supreme Court and halacha.
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What is the Torah View on "Dina D'malchusa Dina" (the Halachic Rule to Follow the Law of the Land)?
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How do Charedim view secular Jewish leadership — are they seen as “resha’im” or simply misled?
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Do Charedim believe in civil disobedience for Torah causes?
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What is the Charedi approach to participating in national government offices or taking political roles within the State of Israel?
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Why do Charedim oppose state-run conversions or giyur through the army?
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Why Don’t Charedim Support Official State Recognition of Reform or Conservative Judaism?
Moshiach & the Future of the State
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What Do Charedim Believe Will Happen to the State of Israel When Moshiach Comes?
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Why do Charedim mean when they say “Don’t bet on a horse that’s meant to lose”?
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Is the Founding of the State a Step Toward Moshiach — or a Delay in His Arrival?
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Who Is the Erev Rav — And How Do They Fit Into the End of Days?
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Do We Pray for the End of the Secular State of Israel in Shemoneh Esrei?
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What Is the Charedi View of “Atchalta D’Geulah” (The Beginning of the Redemption)?
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What Do the Gedolim Say About Where We Are in History With Moshiach’s Imminent Arrival?
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Why Do the Gedolim Say That Relying on the State Delays the Coming of Moshiach?
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If the State Collapses Before Moshiach, What Will Be With Security, Economy, and Daily Life?
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What Is the Role of Teshuvah in Speeding Up or Delaying the Geulah?
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How Should We All Prepare for Moshiach’s Coming?
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How Does the Concept of “Moshiach ben Yosef” Relate to Current Events and Zionism?
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Are We Allowed to Actively Build a Torah Society Before Moshiach — or Must We Wait Passively?
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Are We Allowed to Go Up on Any Parts of Har HaBayis Before Moshiach Comes?
Torah Study
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Why Is Torah Learning Considered the Top Priority for Jewish People?
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Do Charedim Believe They Are the Only Ones with This Task?
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Why Is It More Important Than Ever for the Charedim to Lead This Charge?
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What Does “Toraso Umanaso” Really Mean, and How Is It Applied Today?
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What Is the Charedi View on Learning Torah Full Time?
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How Is Torah Learning Seen as Benefiting Every Jew—Even Those Far from Observance?
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How Does Torah Learning Protect Klal Yisrael?
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What Are the Practical Challenges of Full-Time Torah Learning, and How Do Families Manage?
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What About the Benefits from the State of Israel?
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Who Benefits More: The Charedim from the State, or the State from the Charedim?
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What Is the Torah View on Supporting Those Learning Torah?
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Stories of Supporters: The Blessings of Those Who Uphold Torah
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What does it mean that Everything & Everyone is in the Torah?
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What’s the Charedi view on Torah and Science?
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What’s the Charedi view on Torah and Mathematics
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When Did the Idea of Kollelim Start?
Unity & The Path Forward
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Why is unity so important in Torah Judaism?
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Does Unity Mean We Must Compromise on Truth?
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How Have Chareidi Gedolim Built Bridges Without Compromising Torah?
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What Is the Torah’s View on Mocking Charedim and Their Gedolim?
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When a Charedi Sins, Is That a Contradiction to Being Charedi?
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What is Charedi Derangement Syndrome (CDS)?
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What Is the Chareidi Approach to Those Who Don’t Yet Keep the Torah?
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What Do Charedim Think About Those From Their Community Who Go Off the Derech?
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Stories of the Heart: When Gedolim Lift the Fallen
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What Is the Chareidi Approach to Kiruv?
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Why Does Chabad Get Its Own Post?
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Is Unity Possible Without Agreement on Zionism or Army Service?
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Why Is Sinas Chinam Considered Such a Terrible Sin — And How Does It Delay the Geulah?
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How Do Charedim Respond to Painful Media Portrayals or Societal Judgments?
Zionism & Jewish Identity
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What Was the Charedi View of the Founding of the State of Israel?
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What is the comparison between the founding of the State and the history of the Jewish people during the time of Chanukah?
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Why Don’t Charedim Celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut Like Other Jews?
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What’s the Charedi View on Ripping Down Public Israeli Flags or Stealing Them Off Cars?
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Why Don’t Charedim View the State of Israel as the “Reishit Tzmichat Geulateinu”?
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What’s the Difference Between the Charedi View of Galus and the Zionist View?
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Why Do Charedim Oppose Saying Hallel on Yom HaAtzmaut?
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What Is the Torah’s Interpretation of the Three Oaths in Kesubos 111a?
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Is Zionism Working?
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Do Charedim Believe That the State of Israel Is a Chilul Hashem or a Kiddush Hashem?
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Is Zionism one of the 70 Faces of Torah?
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What Is the Difference Between Charedim and Religious Zionists in Their Hashkafa?
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Why Is “Mesorah” Such an Integral Part of Judaism?
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Why Are Gedolim So Important to Be from Our Mesorah?
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Was Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook’s zt”l Approach in Line with Our Mesorah?
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What Do Charedim Think of the Israeli Flag and National Anthem?
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What Do Charedim Think About the Return of Hebrew as a Modern Language?
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Do Charedim Pray for the Success of the State of Israel? Why Don’t They Say the Prayer for the State in Shul?
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What Is the Charedi View on the Holocaust?
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What Is the Charedi View on the Phrase “Never Again”?
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What Is the Charedi View on Yom HaShoah?
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What is the Charedi View on Yom HaZikaron?
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What Is the Charedi View of October 7th?
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Are Charedim Anti-Zionists?
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What is the Torah's view on Nationalism?
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How does the Dati Leumi (Religious Zionist) world view nationalism?
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Do Charedim Reject Zionism Because They See Jewish Sovereignty as Legitimate Only When Given by Hashem Through Moshiach?