Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 26, 2023 An annular solar eclipse occurred on Shabbos Bereishis and was visible in a narrow swath of the American West. Named for the Latin word for ring, an annular eclipse…
Ground Rules Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Zev Granek October 19, 2023 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of everything that was on dry land, died. Bereishis 7:22…
Host Specificity October 19, 2023 Q I live in a new community without a permanent shul. We have been davening on Shabbos in the home of one resident for a while. Some participants would prefer to convene in a more centrally…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 19, 2023 VINnews reports: In a dramatic political development within the Lithuanian Chareidi party of Degel HaTorah, the two most prominent members of the Council of Torah Sages are split over…
Mens Rea Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 12, 2023 And Lemech said to his wives, “Adah and Tzilah, hear my voice; wives of Lemech, give ear to my speech: Have I slain a…
Mail Server October 12, 2023 Q I regularly receive mail addressed to previous occupants of my home, including invitations, promotions, and tzedakah solicitations. Am I required to get these items to their addressees? A Someone else’s mail found in your…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 12, 2023 In recent years, there have been several incidents in which Jews in Yerushalayim spat on the ground upon seeing a Christian priest wearing a cross or when passing a…
Unter Dem Tisch September 28, 2023 Q I have little room in my sukkah. May I sleep under the table? A The Mishnah (Sukkah 20b) records the story of Tavi, Rabban Gamliel’s slave, who would sleep in the sukkah…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 28, 2023 The Associated Press reports: Supposed aliens landed in Mexico’s Congress…Mexican journalist José Jaime Maussan presented two boxes with supposed mummies found in Peru, which he and others consider “non-human…
Doc Fee Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald September 21, 2023 “He found him in a desert land, and in the wastes of a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He made him comprehending…” Dvarim 32:10…