Bais HaVaad Halacha Journal, Parshas Eikev
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May a Jew Keep His Business Open on Shabbos? Part 3
Rabbi Daniel Dombroff, Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs, and Rabbi Yosef Kushner Question: We are familiar with different types of famous cases of ha’arama (halachic loophole) and “heter mechira” cases, such as pruzbul, heter iska, selling chametz, and heter mechira of…
Bais HaVaad Halacha Journal, Parshas Va’es’chanan
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May a Jew Keep His Business Open on Shabbos? Part 3
Rabbi Daniel Dombroff, Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs, and Rabbi Yosef Kushner Question: We are familiar with different types of famous cases of ha’arama (halachic loophole) and “heter mechira” cases, such as prozbul, heter iska, selling chametz, and heter mechira of…
May a Jew Keep a Business Open on Shabbos? Part 2
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs, Rabbi Daniel Dombroff, and Rabbi Yosef Kushner In Part 1, we began discussing the case and question below with responses by Rabbi Honigwachs and Rabbi Dombroff. Part 2 begins with a continuation of the discussion and…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Va’es’chanan
Middle Management Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg July 29, 2020 And you shall tie them for a sign on your arm, and they shall be as totafos between your eyes. Devarim 6:8 The Rambam (Hilchos…
Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Sleeping Accommodations Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald July 29, 2020 Q: I enjoy listening to relatively loud music. My neighbor claims that he goes to bed at 9:30 pm and the music disturbs his sleep. Recently, I made a sheva berachos in…
Courting Disaster: The Judge’s Duty of Dauntlessness
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 29, 2020 On July 19, a man knocked at the door of the New Jersey home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas. When the door was opened, he fired multiple shots,…
Can a Jew Keep a Business Open on Shabbos?
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs, Rabbi Daniel Dombroff, Rabbi Yosef Kushner Case: We know that in general, a Jew is not allowed to keep his business open on Shabbos. But there is a concept known as the “heter mechira” that transfers…