Internet, Smartphone, and AI in Halacha
A 20th-century halachic issue: Jewish law is now asked to rule on technologies, like the internet and AI, that did not exist a generation ago. Classical sources discuss only the underlying principles.
Emerging halachic literature on internet use, smartphones, social media, and AI. Hasidic and Charedi authorities have generally promoted strict filters (Charedi 'kosher phones'); modern Orthodox literature engages on a per-question basis. AI-specific questions are still nascent — kashrut of robotic shechitah, halachic agency of AI agents, AI-generated halachic responses. R. Asher Weiss's recent works address.
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Mishneh Halachot · Menashe Klein
I don't have reliable access to the specific content of R. Menashe Klein's responsum at Mishneh Halachot 16:107 regarding internet and AI halacha in my training data. Rather than risk providing inaccu
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Yabia Omer · Ovadia Yosef
I don't have reliable access to the specific contents of Yabia Omer Yoreh De'ah 10:39 in my training data, and I cannot confirm whether this particular teshuva addresses internet or AI halacha. Rather
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Yalkut Yosef · Yitzchak Yosef
I don't have reliable access to the specific content of R. Yitzhak Yosef's ruling in Yalkut Yosef Otzar Dinim Otzar HaTeshuvot 5 on internet and AI halacha. Rather than provide a potentially inaccurat
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