Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 19, 2020 Our previous article surveyed rabbinic opinion of a century ago, when the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the vote, on the question of female suffrage. We…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 12, 2020   This year is the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the…

How imminent must a threat be to be considered pikuach nefesh? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 5, 2020 Our previous article introduced the question posed to R’ Asher Weiss by a researcher working to develop a…

How imminent must a threat be to be considered pikuach nefesh? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 29, 2020 R’ Asher Weiss was asked by a physician and researcher at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan who was…

What qualities are desirable in a judge? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 22, 2020 The drama of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court associate justice seat of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg…

By Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald October 1, 2020 This guide is intended to serve as a basic primer on what to seek and what to avoid in an esrog. It is not a comprehensive treatment of the subject. When in doubt…

By the poskim of the Bais HaVaad Medical Halacha Center September 24, 2020 PREGNANCY AND LABOR These guidelines are for women with no health issues and no history of adverse health effects from fasting. A woman with such issues, or…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 17, 2020   In March, New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo justified the state’s COVID-19 shutdown on the grounds that even a single human life is priceless: I want to be able…