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    Slaughtering With Intent

    In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ why a Jew may not sacrifice an animal in such a way that its blood flows into the ocean, and other rules protecting worshippers from the limits of paganism

    byAdam Kirsch
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    Cuts Like a Knife

    In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ the Talmud reiterates how intention defines human acts. Plus: Does a dropped blade accidentally decapitating an animal count as ritual slaughter?

    byAdam Kirsch
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    Natural Causes

    In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi,’ intentionality and human agency remain at the heart of Jewish law. Plus: the difference between a pagan and a heretic.

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Poland. (Wikimedia Commons)
    Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Poland. (Wikimedia Commons)
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    Poland Overturns Kosher/Halal Slaughter Ban

    Constitutional Court rules that ban violates religious freedom

    byYair Rosenberg
  • Rabbi Yurman holds a 'chalif' he has made.(Tablet Magazine)
    Rabbi Yurman holds a 'chalif' he has made.(Tablet Magazine)
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    Man of Steel: How a Kosher Slaughterer Turned Knife-Making Into an Art

    Rabbi Moshe Yurman is one of just three men in America making ritual knives for shochtim. You can guess what’s in his basement.

    byShira Telushkin
  • Animal rights activists demonstrate in front of parliament protesting against ritual slaughter of animals on June 20, 2013 in Warsaw.(JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
    Animal rights activists demonstrate in front of parliament protesting against ritual slaughter of animals on June 20, 2013 in Warsaw.(JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Poland’s Chief Rabbi May Resign Over Kosher Slaughter Ban

    What the controversial ban means for Poland’s Jewish community

    byDenise Grollmus
  • Marine Le Pen in 2011(The Times)
    Marine Le Pen in 2011(The Times)
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    Marine Le Pen’s Insane Kippah Ban Defense

    Far-right French leader has got some repenting to do

    byAdam Chandler
  • A butcher shop in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.(Flickr/Bart van Damme)
    A butcher shop in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.(Flickr/Bart van Damme)
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    Kosher Rules

    The Dutch parliament moved last week to prohibit the ritual slaughter of animals, putting the notoriously tolerant Netherlands on a path to ban a practice key to both Jewish and Muslim observance

    byLauren Comiteau
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