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“Only in Museums”: When Hatred Drops the Mask
A Preventable Tragedy: When Politics Pushes Families to the Brink
The Mask Is Off: Israel’s Supreme Court Declares War on Torah Itself
Lapid’s Mask Falls: “Equality” for Everyone — Except Arabs, Terror Supporters, and Anyone Who Isn’t Charedi
The Mask Is Off: IDF Exposes Its Agenda by Forcing Charedim Into Mixed-Gender Bases
When the Hand of “Law” Strikes the Hand of Torah
Response to Rabbi Pini Dunner to his response: The 4 Levels of the Land
Are Yeshiva Bachurim Really Being Jailed for Learning Torah?
An Open Response to Rabbi Pini Dunner: Torah Isn’t a Slogan — It’s Our Shield
You Can’t Draft in the Name of a Torah You Don’t Follow
“The Torah Is Our Life”: Five Historic Resolutions Declared at Massive Atzeres Tefillah in Jerusalem
They Call Us Draft Dodgers — But We’re the Ones Holding the Nation Up
Why the Dati Leumi Community Should Stand Together with Charedim for Kavod HaTorah
A Nation of Torah Stands Together: Historic Gathering Planned in Jerusalem
From Persecuting Bnei Torah to a Palestinian State: The Price of Spitting on the Torah
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?
Latest News & Views
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Letter to Israel’s Leaders Regarding the Draft of Yeshiva Students
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“Only in Museums”: When Hatred Drops the Mask
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A Preventable Tragedy: When Politics Pushes Families to the Brink
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The Mask Is Off: Israel’s Supreme Court Declares War on Torah Itself
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Lapid’s Mask Falls: “Equality” for Everyone — Except Arabs, Terror Supporters, and Anyone Who Isn’t Charedi
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The Mask Is Off: IDF Exposes Its Agenda by Forcing Charedim Into Mixed-Gender Bases
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When the Hand of “Law” Strikes the Hand of Torah
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Response to Rabbi Pini Dunner to his response: The 4 Levels of the Land
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Are Yeshiva Bachurim Really Being Jailed for Learning Torah?
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An Open Response to Rabbi Pini Dunner: Torah Isn’t a Slogan — It’s Our Shield
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You Can’t Draft in the Name of a Torah You Don’t Follow
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“The Torah Is Our Life”: Five Historic Resolutions Declared at Massive Atzeres Tefillah in Jerusalem
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They Call Us Draft Dodgers — But We’re the Ones Holding the Nation Up
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Why the Dati Leumi Community Should Stand Together with Charedim for Kavod HaTorah
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A Nation of Torah Stands Together: Historic Gathering Planned in Jerusalem
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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
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?
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Was Rav Shach ZT'L “Pro” Sending Bnei Torah to the Army?
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?