Sorcery's Source Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Zev Granek January 14, 2021 And the necromancers did likewise with their whisperings to bring out the lice, but they were unable . . . Shemos 8:14 The Rambam…
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Rav Eliezer Cohen Question: We previously spoke about the importance of patronizing Jewish businesses. Does the same mitzvah apply to large Jewish-owned supermarket chain stores? Should one give them priority over non-Jewish chain stores? Answer: Generally speaking, shopping…
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Rav Eliezer Cohen Case: I buy a lot of supplies for my business. I can buy from a local Jewish hardware store, or from one of the big box stores. The local store has average prices, and the big…
Junk Food Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald Shall I go and call you a wet nurse from among the Ivri women, that she might nurse the child for you? Shemos 2:7 Because she brought…
Swelling Bee Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald Q My son was stung by a bee on Shabbos. What may I do for him? A If the victim is known to be allergic to the insect’s venom or displays symptoms of an allergic…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman Our previous article introduced the halachic framework used to determine the prioritization schedule when allocating limited medical resources. As discussed there, one of the key rules is that a patient whose…
Rav Eliezer Cohen Question: A company has a number of open positions. They have received many resumés from job seekers, and have the ability to choose which employees they want to hire. Do they have to give priority to…
Rav Eliezer Cohen Question: A member of a shul serves as the chazzan on the Yomim Noraim on a volunteer basis. One year, he informs the gabbai on Erev Rosh Hashanah that he has decided that he will be going…