http://www.daatemet.org.il Daat Emet has been operating since 1998 as a public organization, whose main goal is the study of classical Jewish culture and the dissemination of its scientific, humanistic interpretation. en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:52:14 EST http://www.daatemet.org/images/logo.gif http://www.daatemet.org.il According to the laws of the Torah, one may buy slaves only if they are not Jewish, for it is written "And as for your male and female slaves whom you may have -- from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves" (Leviticus 25:44). http://www.daatemet.org.il/issues.cfm?ISSUE_ID=451 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:39:43 EST The early sages (the Tanaaim) ruled that prayer is not useful for changing reality after it has been established, and such prayers are for naught. Thus, for example, a man whose wife is pregnant and who wishes to have a son should not pray "May it be Your will that my wife bears a son," for the fetus's sex is already established within the woman's womb. http://www.daatemet.org.il/issues.cfm?ISSUE_ID=442 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:33:29 EST