Sorce Code: The Implications of Imprecation
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 4, 2024
Sparring Partner: May a Businessman Compete against His Partnership?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 27, 2024 Ars Technica reports: A group of Tesla investors yesterday sued Elon Musk, the company, and its board members, alleging that Tesla was harmed by Musk’s diversion of resources to…
Firefight: May the IDF Burn Down the Arzei HaLevanon?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 20, 2024 Yeshiva World News reports: A video of IDF reserve soldiers operating a trebuchet (a type of catapult) that circulated online on Thursday aroused the curiosity of viewers, who wondered…
Green Gold: Are Dollar Bills Money?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 11, 2024 AP News reports: James Kane has used a powerful magnet to fish all manner of junk from New York City waterways, but he says the stacks of $100 bills…
Jewry Instructions: When Poskim Agree on What but Not on Why
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 6, 2024 Before sending the jury off to deliberate, the judge in The People of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump read them 46 pages of jury instructions.…
Ra’isi Rasha Aritz:[1] The Persian Gulf between Celebrants and Mourners of a Tyrant’s Demise
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 30, 2024 Israel Hayom reports: Following the initial reports of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister’s helicopter crash and up until the official declaration of their death, despite the…
Darchei Noem: May Animals Be Hurt for Human Benefit?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 23, 2024 In our previous article, addressing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s killing of her dog, we discussed the position of the Trumas Hadeshen that although there is no prohibition of…
Canine Hara: May Animals Be Hurt for Human Benefit?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 16, 2024 The Guardian reports: Kristi Noem, a strong contender to be named running mate to Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has…admitted to killing a dog. “Cricket was a wirehair…
Double Agent: May a Proxy Also Serve as a Witness?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 9, 2024 VIN News reports: In a heroic and complex operation, the shaliach (emissary) of the Tel Aviv rabbinical court traveled all the way to a maximum-security jail in Bangladesh, where…
Body of Water: Can a Corpse Found in a Lake Be Reliably Identified?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman April 18, 2024 AP News reports: A body that washed up on the shores of Lake Ontario in 1992 has been identified as a Buffalo man who is believed to have died…