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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Trumah

Rules of the Road  February 15, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman   You shall make the planks of the Mishkan…ten amos the length of each plank, and an amah and a half the width…

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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Mishpatim

Dog Meat   February 8, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Ze’ev Granek      Flesh in the field that has been torn you shall not eat; you shall throw it to the dog. Shmos 22:30 Rashi explains that…

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Game Oiver: May One Bet on Games of Chance or Skill?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman February 8, 2024 Recently, at a highway rest stop in Pennsylvania, I encountered an arcade game displaying a prominent notice that the machine’s payouts are determined primarily by skill, not luck. I…

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Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline

Stop Sign February 8, 2024 Q I’m filling out a legal form that concludes, “By signing below, I hereby swear that the information provided is true.” May I sign this, either by hand or digitally via DocuSign?   A Many…

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Going to Ground: The Mitzvah of Kvurah

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman February 1, 2024 Yeshiva World News reports: HaRav Yehudah Aryeh Dinner, rav of central Bnei Brak and a renowned posek, was recently asked an interesting sheilah by IDF soldiers stationed in Gaza.…

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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Yisro

On a Different Note February 1, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Yitzchok Weg    You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness against your…

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Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline

Text Evasion February 1, 2024 Q A non-Jewish coworker approached me to discuss some questions he had about the Bible. How should I handle this? A You should try your best to avoid such conversations. Chazal forbid the teaching of…

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Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline

Snowman: Abominable? January 25, 2024 Q May one build a snowman on Shabbos? A Clean rainwater is not mukzteh, whether it fell before or on Shabbos (Mishnah Brurah 338:30); most poskim apply this to snow as well. But R’ Moshe…

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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Beshalach

Trivial Pursuits  Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Yitzchok Sorotzkin    January 25, 2024   Hashem said to Moshe, “Behold—I shall rain down for you food from heaven; let the people go out and pick each day’s portion on…

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Quack Attack: Folk Medicine or Fake Medicine?

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 25, 2024 AP reports: A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state’s health department announced this week. Jeanette…

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