Meseches Pesachim, Perek 1
אור לארבעה עשר Daf 2- Bedikas Chametz Rav Chaim Weg, Rosh Kollel Zichron Gershon Daf 3- Who is Obligated in Korban Pesach Rav Chaim Weg, Rosh Kollel Zichron Gershon Daf 4- Doing Mitzvos Personally Rav Chaim Weg,…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Vayeitzei
Prayer Proximity Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald November 26, 2020 And he encountered (vayifga) the place and stayed there overnight because the sun had set . . . Bereishis 29:1 According to the Gemara (Brachos…
Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
In Hot Water II: Deeper Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald November 26, 2020 Q: You wrote in last week’s Q&A that all foods subject to the prohibition of cooking on Shabbos—with the exception of water, oil, and certain spices—should not be placed…
Ineluctably Unelectable: Voting Issues in Halacha
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 26. 2020 The recent presidential election was the United States’ most controversial since 2000. Though the media projected early on that Joe Biden was the winner of the contest, President Trump…
Can One Take Advantage of Broad Online Return Policies?
Rabbi Daniel Dombroff Case: Many websites have a very broad return policy, sometimes even allowing one to keep an item they returned (and received a refund for). Question: What are the halachic parameters considering purchasing where one “knows” that…
Bais HaVaad Halacha Journal, Parshas Toldos
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Using a One-time Coupon Code Multiple Times
Rabbi Daniel Dombroff Question: There are many online shopping websites which offer special coupon codes for new customers with free shipping or discounts. If someone who is not a new customer somehow obtains a new customer coupon code, is…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Toldos
Forthright Falsehood Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 19, 2020 And Yaakov said to Yitzchak: I am Eisav, your firstborn. Bereishis 27:19 Yaakov Avinu engaged in deception multiple times to obtain what was rightfully his.…
Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
In Hot Water Dayan Yehoshua Grennwald November 19, 2020 Q: To add baked croutons or raw foods to soup on Shabbos, must the soup be in a kli shlishi, or does a kli sheini suffice? A: There are three reasons not to…
Distaff Democracy: Women’s Suffrage in Halacha, Part II
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 19, 2020 Our previous article surveyed rabbinic opinion of a century ago, when the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the vote, on the question of female suffrage. We…