Counting on Command Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg April 15, 2021 …And she shall count for herself seven days, and afterward she may be cleansed. Vayikra 15:28 In this pasuk, the Torah instructs a…
Fire Power Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman March 11, 2021 You shall not kindle fire in any of your settlements on the Shabbos day. Shemos 35:4 Ever since the advent of electricity, poskim have…
Tea Time Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Jacobovits March 4, 2021 And the B’nei Yisrael shall keep the Shabbos, to make the Shabbos for their generations an everlasting covenant… Shemos 31:16 The Mishnah Berurah (O.C.…
Majority Wule Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Zev Granek February 25, 2021 The Mishnah (Kilayim 9:1) says that all the bigdei kehunah are made of sheep’s wool, linen, or both together. The Mishnah later says…
Copy Protected Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Yechiel Biberfeld February 18, 2021 And you shall make a menorah of pure gold… Shemos 25:31 The Gemara in Avodah Zarah says it is forbidden mid’Oraisa to build…
Doubt of the Benefit Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg February 11, 2021 If a man shall borrow from his friend, and [the object] breaks or dies… Shemos 22:13 Because a borrower is permitted to…
Cloud Computing Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald February 4, 2021 I am Hashem your G-d who took you out of the land of Egypt… Shemos 20:2 Chazal say (Shabbos 88b) that when Klal Yisrael…
Going Public Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald January 28, 2021 …And they went for three days in the desert, and they did not find water. Shemos 15:22 The Gemara in Bava Kama states that…
First to Fast Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Yitzchok Weg January 21, 2021 And every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die… Shemos 11:5 It is customary for firstborns to fast on Erev Pesach.…
Sorcery's Source Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Zev Granek January 14, 2021 And the necromancers did likewise with their whisperings to bring out the lice, but they were unable . . . Shemos 8:14 The Rambam…