Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 5, 2023 At the end of the year, it is common practice in the U.S. to leave a gratuity for mail carriers, sanitation workers, and others that provided services throughout the…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 29, 2022 Last week’s forecast was dire: A major winter storm and cold blast will impact nearly every state and bring what the National Weather Service is calling a “once in…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 22, 2022 Our previous article, on the liability of vaccine manufacturers for deleterious side effects of their products, discussed the rescuer’s exemption—the Rabbinic enactment that one who damages property in the…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 15, 2022 American Greatness reports: At a private event over the weekend, Governor Ron DeSantis said that his administration intends to hold vaccine manufacturers accountable for making false claims about COVID…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman December 8, 2022 Our previous article discussed Isidor and Ida Straus, two Jewish passengers who perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The article we cited there mentions a Jewish passenger…
December 1, 2022 Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman JNS reports: “Where you go, I go,” Ida Straus told her husband, Isidor, aboard the RMS Titanic in April 1912. With lifeboats available for women and children first, men…
November 24, 2022 Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman The New York Times reports: Elon Musk gave Twitter employees a deadline of 5 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday to decide if they wanted to work for him, and…
November 16, 2022 to view PDF / Print version or for all 3 articles go to https://baishavaad.org/bais-havaad-halacha-journal-parshas-chayei-sara-2/ Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman Reason Magazine reports: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson released her first opinion since taking office…
November 10, 2022 Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman Our previous article discussed Rabeinu Tam’s rule that outside the narrow confines of the laws of eved Ivri (the Jewish bondsman), which are not in effect today, a Jew…
November 3, 2022 Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman The Associated Press reports: More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to…