Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Seizure Salad Dayan Daniel Dombroff January 21, 2021 Q In my yeshiva, lunch is served after Mincha. My Shemoneh Esrei tends to run long, and some of the lunch items are often gone by the time I arrive. May I…
Med Money: May the Rich Buy Vaccine Access?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 21, 2021 Technology executive Alan Levine has a provocative proposal: Let the ultra-rich and influential skip the line for COVID-19 vaccines? Hear me out…Have the wealthiest and most influential Americans donate…
May I Refuse a Friday Delivery To Save My Money For My Shabbos Needs?
Rav Eliezer Cohen Question: As I head out to the store on Erev Shabbos, the cleaners delivery pulls up. I do not have enough money to pay for both the cleaners and my groceries for Shabbos; can I refuse the…
Would it be permitted for a Jewish man to take a job as a police officer or other risky professions, given that this would involve some danger and personal risk?
Rav Eliezer Cohen Question: Would it be permitted for a Jewish man to take a job as a police officer or other risky professions, given that this would involve some danger and personal risk? Answer: The Nodah B’Yehuda was…
May An Employer Withhold Salary to Leverage His Employees to Take Less Money?
Rav Eliezer Cohen Case: A business owner with many employees thought of a way to cut corners and maximize his bottom line; he realized that if he doesn’t pay his workers their salaries on time, they would become anxious and…
Is it Forbidden To Pay My Rent Late?
Rav Eliezer Cohen Question: We know that there is a prohibition of “ba’al talin”, delaying payment of a worker. Is it also forbidden to pay one’s rent late? Answer: The Mechaber states that ba’al talin applies to renting…
Meseches Pesachim, Perek 5
תמיד נשחט Daf 58 - Erev Pesach Dayan Yosef Greenwald; Dayan, Bais HaVaad Daf 59 - Bringing a Korban After The Tamid Dayan Yosef Greenwald; Dayan, Bais HaVaad Daf 60 - Disqualifing Thoughts Dayan Yosef Greenwald; Dayan, Bais…
First Things First: Parsing Prioritization Policy Proposals
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 14, 2021 The previous two articles in this series set forth the basic rules established by Chazal and the poskim for the prioritization of scarce medical resources and lifesaving help in…
Q&A From the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Knot Allowed Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald January 14, 2021 Q Last Shabbos night, while trying to untie my shoes, I mistakenly knotted them (an X over an X). Not knowing whether I was allowed to untie them, I slept in my…