Sorce Code: The Implications of Imprecation
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 4, 2024
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Korach
Point of Order July 4, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Yitzchok Weg
Sparring Partner: May a Businessman Compete against His Partnership?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 27, 2024 Ars Technica reports: A group of Tesla investors yesterday sued Elon Musk, the company, and its board members, alleging that Tesla was harmed by Musk’s diversion of resources to…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Shlach
Lost Count June 27, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rabbi Yaakov Rappaport But the men who had ascended with him said, “We cannot ascend to that people, for it is too strong for us.” Bemidbar 13:31…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Graft Rejection June 27, 2024 Q May I graft a fruit tree outside of Eretz Yisrael? May I purchase a grafted tree? A Grafting a branch onto a tree of a different species is a type of forbidden kil’ayim mixture.…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Beha’alos’cha
Miriam Memories June 20, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald The cloud had departed from atop the Tent, and behold, Miriam was afflicted with tzara’as, like snow. Aharon turned to Miriam and behold, she…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Wedding Day June 20, 2024 Q May we get married on a Friday? A The Shulchan Aruch (E.H. 64:3) cites an opinion that a Friday wedding is forbidden—because it may lead to inadvertent chillul Shabbos—but says that the prevailing minhag…
Firefight: May the IDF Burn Down the Arzei HaLevanon?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 20, 2024 Yeshiva World News reports: A video of IDF reserve soldiers operating a trebuchet (a type of catapult) that circulated online on Thursday aroused the curiosity of viewers, who wondered…
Green Gold: Are Dollar Bills Money?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 11, 2024 AP News reports: James Kane has used a powerful magnet to fish all manner of junk from New York City waterways, but he says the stacks of $100 bills…