Adapted from a shiur by Rav Chaim Weg for Parshas Vayikra Someone came to shul late on Purim and missed the berachos of the Megilla before the reading. His safek was: Is it better to hear Megilla b’rov am (in…

Adapted from a shiur by Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Cohen Is it permitted for a boy to dress as a girl on Purim or does this violate lo yilbash? The Mahari Mintz allows for two reasons: Purim dress-up is done by…

By: Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar לא תבערו אש בכל מושבותיכם The Nest is an energy efficient thermostat that senses when people are in the house through cameras and the occupant’s smartphone and then ‘learns’ the occupant’s behavior, too. If the heating…

Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yechiel Biberfield on Parshas Ki Sisa ושמרו בני ישראל את השבת לעשות את השבת לדורותם לברית עולם The Gemara cites eight pesukim, including the pasuk above, to prove that one may violate Shabbos to…

Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yehoshua Grunwald on Parshas Tetzaveh (ועשית מזבח מקטר קטורת... ונתת אותו לפני הפרכת אשר על ארון העדות (שמות ל:א,ו The Rambam (Tefilla 11:13) rules that we place the bima in the middle of the…

Eved Ivri and The Torah’s Message for Employees Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Greenwald והגישו אדוניו אל האלוהים והגישו אל הדלת או אל המזוזה ורצע אדוניו את אזנו במרצע ועבדו לעולם (שמות כא:ו) Halacha recognizes two types of…

  Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Jacobowitz on Parshas Beshalach (אל יצא איש ממקומו ביום השביעי (שמות טז:כט   Techum Shabbos dictates that one may not walk more than 2000 amos on Shabbos past his location (or his…

The Mitzva of Sippur and Zechira Adapted from a shiur by Rav Ari Stauber on Parshas Bo (והגדת לבנך ביום ההוא לאמור בעבור זה עשה לי בצאתי ממצרים (שמות יג:ח   According to Ben Zoma (Berachos 12b), the mitzvah of…