News

Daily Reyd

Article summaries generated by AI:

• Talmud Daily offers free guide to the text, offering newcomers an on-ramp for serious study – a free 40-week Talmud introduction offers brief daily videos, key concepts and weekly expert interviews, aiming to prepare newcomers for the next Daf Yomi cycle

• Check with your doctor – Can diabetics safely fast on Yom Kippur? New study offers hope – a study found 71.5% completed prolonged Jewish fasts without significant complications using automated insulin delivery, with advance pump adjustments significantly improving success

• Concerned for your safety? Move to the place that recently suffered the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. There are more sensible reasons to make aliyah – Diaspora Rabbis, where are you? – an opinion piece urges Diaspora rabbis to encourage aliyah, invoking Rabbi Teichtal, the Vilna Gaon, Rav Kook and the Ohr Sameach

Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine, The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Jewish Vues. In the past, he has served as the President of the small Jewish publisher Yashar Books and as the Managing Editor of OU Press. Rabbi Student currently is serving his third term on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America. He serves on the Editorial Board of Jewish Action magazine and the Board of OU Press. He has published five English books, the most recent titled Articles of Faith: Traditional Jewish Belief in the Internet Era, previously served as the Book Editor of Jewish Action magazine, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

Leave a Reply

Back to top button