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This web site is a portal to many of my writings, especially Torah Posts on the weekly portion and festivals, essays on Jewish Law (responsa), and a selection of other essays, videos and audio files. I welcome your feedback by email: rabbidanielnevins@gmail.com.
Recent Responsa
Early Circumcision During a Pandemic. As the Covid pandemic intensified and some jurisdictions imposed lockdowns, it became difficult for some families to convene for a brit milah on their son’s eighth day of life. In such circumstances is it permitted to circumcise early in the hospital? How might the mitzvah of brit milah be later fulfilled, and with what liturgy? This responsum was approved by the CJLS on December 10, 2020.
Recent Video
Changemakers: What’s Next for Jewish Life? A Discussion on the Post-Covid Jewish World with Rabbis Sharon Brous, Menachem Creditor, Mitchel Malkus and Julie Roth, April 15, 2021.
Recent Torah Posts
A Week in Northeastern Poland: Memory, Mourning, and Admiration
A few months ago my father, Michael Nevins, was invited to participate in a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Białystok Ghetto uprising on August 16, 1943. This would be his fourth trip to Poland, and for the occasion, he invited his seven grandchildren to come. In the end five were able to go—Andrea…
Eleh Ezkerah: Stepping in and out of the Shadows
Eleh Ezkerah for Minyan Maat Yom Kippur 5784 / September 25, 2023 These I recall and my soul melts with sorrow; for the bitter course of our history, tears pour from my eyes. The pages of Eleh Ezkarah contain a portrait of Jewish suffering over the course of two millennia, from the martyrdom of ten…
Rabbi Danny Nevins 