Pressed for Wine: Weekly Questions
OU Daily Living 1. I bought a small wooden wine press at a garage sale. It crushes about 2 gallons of grapes at a time. Does this need to be kashered? Shulchan Aruch (YD 138:1) writes that a used wine…
Parshas Nitzavim – Monetary Teshuva: Making Right, on the Money
Highlights of a shiur by Dayan Shlomo Cohen If Rosh Hashana is the Yom Hadin, what then is the judgment we face after death? Suppose a man dies a month after Rosh Hashana. Is he judged in the Bais Din…
I Beg Your Pardon? Mechila for Shoplifting
By Rabbi Yitzchok Basser Repentance is a central theme of the Yamim Noraim, and an appropriate time to make amends. Here we will explore the obligations of an individual who shoplifted in younger years, and now would like to make…
Risky Business: Must Professional Lifesavers Risk Their Lives?
Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Greenwald Broward County, Florida sheriff’s deputy Scot Peterson was assigned to protect Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. When a former student entered the school in February and began a murderous rampage,…
Bais HaVaad Halacha Journal for Parshas Ki Savo
Click below link to download our Print version of our Halacha Journal. BHHJ print #4 Ki savo v8
Avissar Family Ribbis Initiative: An Overview
A Matter of Interest: The Laws of Ribbis By HaRav Dovid Grossman, Rosh Bais HaVaad WHAT IS RIBBIS? The Torah prohibits borrowers and lenders from entering into a loan transaction with a fellow Jew that includes an interest obligation…
Daf Yomi in Halacha Topics Parshas Ki Savo:
Maseches Menachos: Daf 21: Daf 22: Daf 23: Daf 24: Daf 25: Daf 26: Daf 27:
The Gerald and Karin Feldhamer OU Kosher Halacha Yomis
The Gerald & Karin Feldhamer OU Kosher Halacha Yomis This Column is dedicated in memory of: Rav Chaim Yisroel ben Reb Dov HaLevi Belsky, zt’l Senior OU Kosher Halachic Consultant from 1987-2016 I bought a hand soap that is made…
PROPER HAFROSHAS TERUMAH: FIT TO BE TITHED?
Outline of the Beis HaVaad Parsha Shiur on Parshas Ki Savo Given by Rav Yosef Jacobowitz לא עברתי ממצותיך ולא שכחתי “I did not transgress any of your mitzvos and I did not forget” (Devarim 26:13) Rashi includes three halachos…