Torah, Science & Ethics
Daat Emet's Pamphlets
Pamphlet 2
discussion of Chazal's error regarding the anatomy of animals, which led them to make erroneous Halachic rulings on treifah.
Scientific Errors in Torah

Clarification of the Words of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
This essay is aimed at Chabad Chassidim, who rely blindly on the words of their rabbi.
What the Sages Knew About Pi
We will clarify Chazal's errors in relation to the circumference of a circle and its diameter (pi).
Archeological Findings Help Determine the Era in which the Torah Was Written
An illustrative excerpt from the book Reishit Yisrael by Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silverman.
Religion & Ethics

The Status of Women in Halacha
The woman is treated as an aide and assistant to the man and as such she is disenfranchised in the
Violence in the Charedi-Religious Sector
Verbal and physical violence receives a stamp of approval from the Halachic legal system; it is an inevitable result of
Morality in Halacha
In the Jewish religion there is no morality, only obedience to G-d's commands. The world was created for a defined
Mitzvahs
Shemita
We will show that determining the sabbatical year (the seventh year) was done based on Chazal's erroneous view of historical
Torah & Talmud
Weekly Portion
Lech Lecha
Verses in the Torah were written at a later date.
Talmud Issues

The Torah Spoke in a Human Manner
Chazal's view of the Scriptures is ambivalent. Sometimes it speaks in a human manner, sometimes in cryptic ways, sometime precisely,
Each generation and its own Holy Writ
The Holy Writ was finalized in the first centuries CE according to arbitrary decisions by the Sages.
We do not live according to the Mishnah
The Talmudic Sages, as interpreters of the Mishnah, distorted and warped the meaning of the Mishnah, just as they did
Torah Text

A comparison between the modern text of Genesis and the Septuagint
To help complete the picture of the changes to the Scriptural text we present to our readers the Septuagint text
The Variety of Torah Texts
An organized table showing the differing texts within three contemporary versions of the Torah and the differences between the Talmud,
The differences between the Babylonian tradition of the Torah and our text
A table with the differences between the Babylonian Masoretic text and the modern version is brought. In this table
Daily Peppers

May a cohen marry a minor?
The early sages (the Tanaaim) ruled that a cohen is forbidden to marry an aylonit, a woman who cannot have