Branch Manager Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Ari Stauber September 24, 2020 When shopping for the Four Species, many people seek the perfect lulav, esrog, and hadasim but are not aware of the required and the preferred…
Off Guard Dayan Daniel Dombroff September 24, 2020 Q: I was employed during the summer as a lifeguard to supervise a camp’s swimming pool. One of my fellow lifeguards was instructed to close the pool at the end of the…
By the poskim of the Bais HaVaad Medical Halacha Center September 24, 2020 PREGNANCY AND LABOR These guidelines are for women with no health issues and no history of adverse health effects from fasting. A woman with such issues, or…
Rabbi Baruch Fried Case: I bought a used laptop from a frum person. Upon delivery, I discovered it did not come with a charger. The seller claims he just said a laptop, and he doesn’t even have a working charger…
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Case: I lent someone from my shul a large sum of money, using all the proper kinyanim and documentation according to Halacha. A short while later he declared bankruptcy and paid me literally pennies on the dollar. As far as…
Case: I recently returned from disability, to find that my employer has given away my job to another. When I threatened a lawsuit, he said “Go ahead, I have insurance.” I was told that secular law does allow me to…
Case: I borrowed a very expensive printer from someone for a one-time business need. While I was using it, there was a freak storm that caused a sudden power surge. It was so powerful that the regular circuitry couldn’t hold…
Case: My father passed away suddenly, leaving a sizable estate. He never executed any halachic or legal will. I know that according to Halacha my sister does not get a portion, and my brother and I should split the estate.…
Shoe Away HaRav Chaim Weg September 17, 2020 Q: I borrowed a car from a neighbor to do some errands. As I was pulling out of his driveway, I noticed that he had left a laptop computer on the passenger…