http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=2427 Newest articles written by Shlomo Yaffe Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Mon, 01 Jan, 0001 12:00:00 EST Mon, 01 Jan 0001 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1911643 http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1911643/jewish/Customs-and-the-Jewish-Child.htm Rabbi Yaffe leads a discussion with a group of academics and rabbis at a conference for studying the teachings of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson of righteous memory. He focuses on the emphasis placed by the Rebbe on teaching Jewish children to follow Jewish "minhagim" (customs). Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1848653 http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1848653/jewish/Is-Genetic-Engineering-in-the-Bible.htm Does Torah allow or prohibit genetic engineering? What are the sources in Torah to argue either way? Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1710369 http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1710369/jewish/Who-Is-a-Chassid.htm Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe leads a chassidic "farbrengen" and asks those present to examine and recommit themselves to the core ideas of the Alter Rebbe who was released from imprisonment on this day in 1799. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1678921 http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1678921/jewish/The-Right-to-Free-Speech.htm Is the right to free speech an invention of the Anglo-American legal system or does it have a parallel in Talmudic law? Lawyers ask an expert for clarity on the subject. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1673057 http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1673057/jewish/Bankruptcy-Rights-and-Responsibilities.htm This course will study bankruptcy laws including voluntary and involuntary insolvency, permissible and impermissible transfer of property from insolvent estates, and the debates on public policy theory. Senator Goldstein presents the Candian system and Rabbi Yaffe contrasts it with the Talmudic system. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1565922 http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1565922/jewish/The-Bin-Ladin-Killing.htm Do the laws of war and international criminal justice adequately address unusual cases such as terrorists, piracy or rogue states? What is the legal basis for targeted assassination? A contrast between contemporary, secular legal thought and the Torah's judicial system. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1583053 http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1583053/jewish/Teaching-a-Client-to-Lie.htm One of the most troubling "grey areas" in the practice of law is the question of where a lawyer’s advice crosses the line from helping the client make a good case into providing a recipe for perjury. How is this issue dealt with in the American and in Judaic law? Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1507417 http://www.chabad.org/blogs/blog_cdo/aid/1507417/jewish/Reflections-on-the-Demise-of-an-Archterrorist.htm For all of us who witnessed 9/11, the death of Osama bin Laden cannot but strike a chord in that place in our hearts that seeks to see revealed justice in our world... Mon, 02 May 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1372114 http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1372114/jewish/A-Literate-Jew.htm Jewish culture has always expected that even Jewish laypeople be well-versed in their religion. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1291635 http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1291635/jewish/Why-a-Shofar-and-Not-a-Violin.htm How the simple sound of the ram’s horn on Rosh Hashanah represents a Jew’s heartfelt cry to G‑d. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST