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…
Laws of War Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 30, 2023 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Yaakov’s sons, Shimon and Levi, Dinah’s…
Finger Painting November 30, 2023 Q I was painting on Friday. I cleaned the paint from my hands, but I see now that a tiny spot remains on one fingernail. Does that pose a problem for netilas yadayim? If so,…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 30, 2023 Business Insider reports: In 2011, Randall Atkins, a former Wall Street banker, bought a mine outside of Sheridan, Wyoming, sight unseen, the Wall Street Journal reported. Originally, the plan…
Daf 27 - The $30,000 Chicken R' Yitzchok Silver, author, The Code of Jewish Conduct Daf 28 - Taking the Law into Your Own Hands R' Yitzchok Silver, author, The Code of Jewish Conduct Daf 29 - The Mazik of Bor R' Yitzchok…
Daf 17 - Chanukah Lights in a Hotel R' Nissan Kaplan, rosh yeshiva, Daas Aharon, Yerushalayim Daf 18 - Ko'ach Kocho in Halacha R' Shrage Kalus, posek, Yeshivas Torah Ohr, Yerushalayim Daf 19 - Intellectual Property R' Ari Marburger; dayan, Bais Din Maysharim, Lakewood Daf 20…
Means Testing Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehonoson Hool November 23, 2023 Whatever You will give me, I shall repeatedly tithe to You. Bereishis 28:22 The Da’as Zekeinim quotes a Midrash that infers from this pasuk…