When the best-laid plans of mice and men go awry. Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman In this article, we will consider whether parents are obligated to honor tuition commitments to schools that have temporarily closed. The fundamental…
Parshas Hachodesh Man and the Moon Adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald This month is for you the head of the months…. (Shemos 12:1) The mishnayos in Rosh Hashanah describe the performance of this mitzvah during the period…
CORRECTION In last week’s Q&A, a key detail of the case, one on which the halacha hinges, was inadvertently omitted from the question. The corrected exchange appears below. Question: A relative offered to buy us a certain eight-hundred-dollar stroller as…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman During the fifth cholera pandemic (1881-1896), governments banned the sale of “old” meat—where too much time had elapsed since slaughter—because it was believed to pose a cholera risk. Abiding by this regulation…
HILCHOS BRACHOS EVENT HELD IN LAKEWOOD Part one: Part two: This past Sunday, a special event took place at the Prospect Park Shul. The OU and the Bais HaVaad partnered to present Daf Yomi learners with an opportunity to learn…
Parshas Ki Sisa Summary of a shiur by Dayan Daniel Dombroff Selective Service Borer (selecting) is one of the 39 forbidden melachos of Shabbos, but the Gemara (Shabbos 74a) concludes that it is permitted when performed under all three of…
The Case of the Stroller Bankroller Question: A relative offered to buy us a certain stroller as a baby gift if we would like it. We researched the model and found that it had certain drawbacks that made it inferior…
Should a physician get his hands dirty? By: Dayan Yitzhak Grossman In last week’s article we discussed the Torah perspective on avoiding illness during an epidemic. We established that, despite some dissenting views, the halachicconsensus accepts the fact that disease…
