NISHMA: Policy -- Orthodoxy and Homosexuality

Originally published 12/30/10, 6:24 pm.
Our new blog, NISHMA: Policy, is devoted to analyzing policy issues within the world of Torah.

The latest post concerns Orthodoxy and Homosexuality and attempts to look at the issue from a holistic approach, identifying sub-issues as part of the greater picture.

We invite you to take a look...and comment.

Hagahoth, Hasgoth, and He'aroth

Originally published 4/24/08, 1:15 pm.
Dear Readers,
I am planning a new series of quick comments mostly on liturgy and Halachah called:

1. Hagahoth [glosses]
2. Hasagoth [challenges] and
3. He'aroth [notes or insights]

They will be prefaced by HHH (with apologies to the late Hubert Humphrey).

Mo'adim Lesimcha,
RRW

Finally - I have completed Marc Shapiro's Book.

Originally published 10/22/07, 11:57 PM, Eastern Daylight Time
Dear NishmaBlog Readers,

I have finally completed reading Marc Shapiro's book on the 13 Principles of the Rambam. I will do a book review BEH in several installments forthwith.

KT,
RRW

Link to Nishma's Website

First published 7/14/07, 10:32 PM, Eastern Daylight Time.
For more words of Torah and provocative thoughts on questions of Jewish Interest -
Please visit our Nishma Website at:

www.nishma.org

Regards,
RRW

Welcome from Rabbi Hecht!

Hi:

This is Rabbi Ben Hecht, Nishma's Founding Director, and I want to welcome you to the Nishma blog. Your host will be Rabbi Richard Wolpoe, a long time friend of Nishma and a new member of Nishma's Circle of Scholars. For those of you who have been involved in the learning potential of the web, Rabbi Wolpoe's name is most familiar. He now brings his knowledge of Torah and of how to make Torah study come alive on the web to the Nishma blog. We welcome him and are excited about the potential in Torah learning that may arise from this blog.

We envision many uses for the blog. One will be a place, in addition to the Nishma Discussion Forum at our website, www.nishma.org, for individuals to comment on and discuss the many Nishma articles. The blog, of course, will also be a place for the initiation of new discussions as myself, Rabbi Wolpoe and others from the Nishma staff start new posts on important contemporary issues as well as other topics in learning. Throughout, our goal will be to meet the Nishma "commitment to the presentation of the Halachic spectrum, to the fostering of individual inquiry and to the critical investigation of contemporaty issues" all with the intent to further the development of a "wise and understanding people" (Devarim 4:6).

Take care
RBH

Welcome To the Nishma Blog

Welcome to the Nishma Blog!

Hi There!

I am Rabbi Richard Wolpoe, your provisional Host for this Blog. On behalf of Rabbi Benjamin Hecht, I welcome you to the brand new Nishma Blog!

Nishma Can be accessed at its websiste @ www.Nishma.org

Hopefully there will be a lot of overlap between the Nishma Website and the Nishma Blog

Kol Tuv and Best Regards

Rabbi Richard Wolpoe