Trick or Torah? Does Halloween pose a Halachic problem?
Although Halloween celebrations are often seemingly secular, marked by costumes, sweets and parties with no explicit religious rituals, the vast majority of halachic authorities have ruled that celebrating Halloween is forbidden. The crux of the matter lies in the Torah’s prohibition against following non-Jewish customs and rituals, known as Chukas Akum (Vaikra 18:3). The Rishonim […]
Do Dinosaurs challenge the Torah?
In 2014, two researchers from the Paleontological Museum in Argentina made a sensational discovery. In the far south of the country, in Patagonia, they came across enormous bones belonging to an animal from the group of Titanosaurs. After further excavations, they realized that they had uncovered a previously unknown species of dinosaur. With an estimated […]