Karpas and Tumah
An Overview of a Shiur by Rav Daniel Dumbroff on Parshas Shemini (וכי יותן מים על זרע ונפל מנבלתם עליו טמא הוא לכם (ויקרא יא:לח Netilas Yadayim for fruit dipped in liquid – Chazal required this due to a complex…
Who Is At Fault For a Default?
Reneging on an Agreement Part I By: Rabbi Yosef Greenwald There are two categories of agreements which can affect when an agreement is broken. In Bava Metzia, 49A, the Gemara discusses two different types of contractual agreements and the ramifications…
A Tale of Two Citgos: Oil Change in Venezuela
Adapted from a shiur by Rav Daniel Dombroff Whose oil is it? Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world, estimated in 2017 at 300 million barrels. But its people are starving. No war or…
Bais HaVaad Halacha Journal For Parshas Tzav
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Daf Yomi in Halacha Topics Parshas Tzav
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Halachos of Daily Living
Are women obligated to recite one hundred brachos daily? Many poskim write that women are exempt from this mitzvah. As evidence, the Shevet HaLevi (5:23) points out that the Rishonim who list the hundred brachos recited each day include the brachos that are recited on Tallis and Tefillin. Since women do not…
Ribbis: Matters of Interest
A Ride to a Wedding A few friends are seeking a ride to a wedding. If the driver happens to owe money to any of them, may he offer the lender a ride? May he give the lender preference over…
The Difference between taste absorption of Korbanos and Pesach
Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Greenwald on Parshas Tzav (כל אשר יגע בבשרו יקדש (ויקרא ו:כ Based on this pasuk, a piece of a korban chatas that touches a korban shelamim causes the shelamim to absorb the chatas…
Halachos of Matanos L’evyonim
By Rav Yehoshua Grunwald - The Mishna Berura (594:2), based on the Ritva, says that a peruta must be given to each of the evyonim. This would be no more than 25 cents in value. - Many authorities, based on the Maharsha…
Scroll Call: May One Hear the Megilla by Electronic Means?
Adapted from a shiur by Rav Eliezer Gewirtzman Answering the call One Purim some years ago, I was about to begin the Megilla reading when a man approached and placed a cell phone on the bima. He explained that his…