Full Disclosure Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald December 21, 2023 And he said, “I am Yosef your brother, whom you sold to Mitzrayim.” Bereishis 45:4 The Torah doesn’t say whether Yosef forgave his brothers…
The Jig Is Up December 21, 2023 Q May children solve jigsaw puzzles on Shabbos? A The early poskim debate whether opening and closing a book that has words written on its page edges violates mocheik and koseiv (erasing and…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 21, 2023 Business Insider reports: An anti-abortion group says it will pay three women $9,460 after a Business Insider investigation found it failed to give them the payments it promised in…
Meet and Greet Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yaakov Rappaport December 14, 2023 The Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 148:5) says that on the holiday of an idol (yom eidam), one may neither send a gift to nor…
Mom and Pop December 14, 2023 Q when davening for a sick person, why is he referred to as the son of his mother? When davening for other needs, e.g., that a soldier be protected, should I use his mother's…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 14, 2023 VINnews reports: Recently, two sincere, ehrlicheh Jews had a friendly dispute to resolve. While playing baseball, one of the men was dashing across home plate and collided with the…
Daf 36 - The Generous Shadchan R' Yaakov Rappaport, rosh yeshiva, South Bend, Indiana Daf 37 - Prayer and the Shor Hamuad R' Yaakov Rappaport, rosh yeshiva, South Bend, Indiana Daf 38 - Geneivas Akum R' Yaakov Rappaport, rosh yeshiva,…
Going Public Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg December 7, 2023 The Tur and Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 671:1) write that one must be careful to fulfill the mitzvah of ner Chanukah, to the extent that…
Women's Rites December 7, 2023 Q From what kind of work should women refrain while the Chanuka lights are burning? A The Shulchan Aruch (670:1) cites a minhag that women refrain from melacha during the first half-hour that the Chanukah lights…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 7, 2023 Four days after Hamas’s Shmini Atzeres massacre, Ynet reported: Following Ynet’s report that terrorists are hospitalized in public hospitals alongside Israelis wounded in the war, Health Minister Moshe Arbel…