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Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Defined Contribution May 9, 2024 Q My non-Jewish housekeeper put a pot of soup on the stove. By the time I noticed, it was already mostly cooked. Can I do…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Kedoshim
Staying Grounded May 9, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Ze’ev Granek When you shall come to the Land and you shall plant any food…
Body of Water: Can a Corpse Found in a Lake Be Reliably Identified?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 18, 2024 AP News reports: A body that washed up on the shores of Lake Ontario in 1992 has been identified…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Metzora
Breaking Protocol April 18, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Yitzchok Weg At the Seder, at Yachatz, we break a matzah in two. The Smag…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Half Baked April 18, 2024 Q I frequently find small folds and creases in Pesach matzos. May these be eaten? A The Rama (O.C. 461:5) forbids eating matzah kfulah (folded…
En Garde! How Far Must a Custodian Go to Protect Cash?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 11, 2024 The Los Angeles Times reports: In one of the largest cash heists in Los Angeles history, thieves made off…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Tazria
Defined Benefit Plan April 11, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Yitzchak Berkovits And the person with tzara’as in whom there is the affliction—his garments shall be…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Leaven Questions April 11, 2024 Q I will be staying in a hotel on Chol Hamo’ed. Must I perform bedikas chametz? A The mitzvah of bedikas chametz is not limited to…
Watching (Like) a Hawk: Must Snowmobilers Avoid Chopping Choppers?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 4, 2024 AP News reports: Jeff Smith was whizzing along on a snowmobile one evening a few years back when something…
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