Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 17, 2020 In March, New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo justified the state’s COVID-19 shutdown on the grounds that even a single human life is priceless: I want to be able…
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Rabbi Dovid Grossman Question: Someone went to the beach and lost an expensive watch of over $10,000. He was not sure if it was swept away by the water or lost in the sand. He looked for a little while,…
Rabbi Dovid Grossman Question: Whenever a certain person drives with his family, his wife insists that he drive exactly at the speed limit, since dina d’malchusa dina, and that is the law, even if no one else follows it. But…
Rabbi Dovid Grossman Question: Someone owns a gift shop in a busy tourist hot spot. One day, he discovers a one-hundred dollar bill in his cash register that is counterfeit and cannot determine who gave it to him. If…
Side Note Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg September 10, 2020 The Rama (585:2) writes that one should blow the shofar from the right side of his mouth if possible. Some commentaries explain that this is…
Blowing Your Own Horn Dayan Yosef Greenwald September 10, 2020 Q: I had to leave davening early one morning in Elul, so I missed hearing the shofar. Is there any reason for me to blow shofar on my own…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 10, 2020 During the recent hostilities between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz threatened to respond to attacks by striking not just “buildings and targets, but also those operating…
Rabbi Yosef Greenwald Question: Someone wants to buy shoes from an online website but they do not know the exact size that fits them. Is it permitted halachically to enter a local shoe store, try on the same type of…
Rabbi Yosef Greenwald Question: It is quite common nowadays to use songs created by others for promotional videos and other purposes, and most people will do so without even thinking twice. What are the halachic parameters of using music in…