In a recent interview with the newspaper Israel Hayom to discuss his candidacy for the post of Israel's Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Rabbi David Stav told of an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who recently told him that if he weren't religious, he wouldn't let his daughter go near the rabbinate because they were making it so difficult for her to get divorced. "That's what happens when politics is connected to the...
Word of the Day / Askanim עַסְקָנים
Some dictionaries describe askanim as community workers, but in practice the word has more with to do with smooth-talking behind-the-scenes operators.
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