Bais HaVaad Halacha Journal, Parshas Yisro
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Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
A Point of Order Dayan Yosef Greenwald February 4, 2021 Q On the 15th of Shevat, I made a borei pri ha’eitz and then a shehecheyanu on a new fruit. Was this the correct sequence? A The Shulchan Aruch…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Yisro
Cloud Computing Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald February 4, 2021 I am Hashem your G-d who took you out of the land of Egypt… Shemos 20:2 Chazal say (Shabbos 88b) that when Klal Yisrael…
Diagnostic Disclosure Dilemmas: Therapeutic Privilege in Halacha
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman February 4, 2021 A dilemma often faced by medical professionals is whether to inform a terminally ill patient of his grim prognosis. The last century saw an evolution of American medical ethics…
Is A Contract Signed Under Duress Halachically Valid?
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Question: Reuven went into business with his family. Now, he finds himself pressured to make certain transactions, sign over things to certain people and create other documents that are not fully kosher. He does not really want…
May I Say That I Read and Agree to the Terms of a Document If I Didn’t Actually Read the Whole Thing?
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Question: If someone sends me a 25-page halachic shtar in an email and instructs me to read and confirm it, do I actually have to read it? Can I just trust the Dayan who wrote the shtar…
Are Electronic Signatures Valid According to Halacha?
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Question: In today’s digital world, much commerce is done digitally, with signatures signed via computerized documents. What standing do such signatures have halachically? Answer: There is a halachic concept known as “Situmta”, which generally means that common…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Beshalach
Going Public Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald January 28, 2021 …And they went for three days in the desert, and they did not find water. Shemos 15:22 The Gemara in Bava Kama states that…
Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
The Lost Ledger Harav Chaim Weg January 28, 2021 Q My local grocery extends credit to their regular customers, and I take advantage of this from time to time. Whenever I have extra cash, I pay down my debt.…
The Jew in Queue: Line Jumping in Halacha
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 28, 2021 In the first article in this series on prioritization of scarce medical resources, we mentioned R’ Avraham Sofer-Abraham’s belief that physicians tend to follow a rule of first come,…