No but in this case it is obvious.
To me it was obvious that the mom chose it as word that she wanted as a name.And what of separation of church and state? From viewpoint of the law, isn't messiah a word and nothing more?
It's not the first time a judge has ruled in regards to a child's name.
BS
+1 plus the guys kissing don't look lubavitch based on their bekishes.
Honestly, sometimes I feel the lack of physical contact in super religious communities specifically in Israel tends to do more harm than good.
Between men and women?
No between men and men and women and women. Or even fathers and daughters and sons and mothers etc.
-1 I know who both are (and I'm pretty sure those are Oholey Torah's Mechitzahs in the back).
Where do you see that? If anything I see it more by Israelis....
That's what I wrote. In Israel.
Sorry for not being clear, I find Chassidish Israelis to be more huggy/feely/kissing than their American peers.
Not sure about thishttp://www.yourjewishnews.com/2013/08/n28711.html?m=1
Maybe it was because he rides a bike?"A few weeks ago, several rabbis in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak issued a ruling that it is prohibited to carry a groom on one’s shoulders while dancing at weddings. The rabbis said that they banned the practice after a groom, who was carried on a friend’s shoulders, was unable to consummate his marriage after the wedding."
AFAIK The ban has as much truth to it as the story with the groom and as much as the whole article put together.