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Breaking a Commitment and the Laws of Garmi

Adapted from a shiur by Rav Daniel Dombroff on Parshas Va’eira ויכבד לבו ולא שלח את העם There are two levels of indirect damages: Gerama – very indirect, for which one is patur bidei adam and chayav bidinei shamayim (Bava…

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Halachos of Reading the Shem Hashem

Adapted from a shiur by Rav Chaim Weg on Parshas Shemos (:זה שמי לעלם וזה זכרי לדור דור (שמות ה   According to Pesachim 50a, the word לעלם is written without the vav to show that the Shem HaMeforash (YKVK)…

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Is Embalming Permitted?

Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yitzchak Grossman on Parshas Vayechi ויצו יוסף את עבדיו את הרופאים לחנט את אביו ויחנטו הרפאים את ישראל (בראשית נ:ב) וימת יוסף... ויחנטו אותו ויישם בארון במצרים (בראשית נ:כו)   What exactly was this…

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PARENTAL SUPPORT: WHO IS PAYING?

    By: Rav Yechiel Biberfeld   The financial obligation of honoring parents is on who? We find in this week’s parsha praise for the ‘tzedakah’ of Yosef for supporting his father, Yakov Avinu, all the years in Mitzrayim. Was…

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Lighting Chanukah Candles in Shul

Rav Yosef Greenwald   Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 671:7): ·         The minhag is to light Chanukah candles in shul with a beracha just like at home.     The problem: ·         The Gemara states (Shabbos 21b) that the obligation is “Ner…

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Just Cause: How Significant Is Grama?

  Highlights of a shiur by Rav Yosef Greenwald וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם רְאוּבֵן אַל תִּשְׁפְּכוּ דָם הַשְׁלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל הַבּוֹר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּדְבָּר וְיָד אַל תִּשְׁלְחוּ בוֹ לְמַעַן הַצִּיל אֹתוֹ מִיָּדָם לַהֲשִׁיבוֹ אֶל אָבִיו. And Reuven said to them, “Do not…

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Labor Law: Who Should Do the Melacha at a Birth?

Highlights of a shiur by Rav Yehoshua Grunwald   Should pikuach nefesh be delegated? וַתֵּלֶד רָחֵל וַתְּקַשׁ בְּלִדְתָּהּ. And Rachel gave birth, and she had difficulty in her delivery. (Beraishis 35:16) If there is a need on Shabbos for lifesaving…

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Getting Your Affairs in Order: Must the Older Child Marry First?

  Parshas Vayeitzei Highlights of a shiur by Rav Chaim Weg Was Lavan right? וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לֹא יֵעָשֶׂה כֵן בִּמְקוֹמֵנוּ לָתֵת הַצְּעִירָה לִפְנֵי הַבְּכִירָה. Lavan said, “It is not done in our place to give the younger before the older.”…

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Mother, in Law: Eisav’s Kibud Aim

  Highlights of a shiur by Rabbi Moshe Zev Granek Definitely not a Mama’s boy. וַיִּשְׂטֹם עֵשָׂו אֶת יַעֲקֹב עַל הַבְּרָכָה אֲשֶׁר בֵּרֲכוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו בְּלִבּוֹ יִקְרְבוּ יְמֵי אֵבֶל אָבִי וְאַהַרְגָה אֶת יַעֲקֹב אָחִי Eisav despised Yaakov for the…

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Rest in Peace: The Laws of Kevura

    Parshas Chayei Sara Highlights of a shiur by Rav Yosef Jacobowitz גֵּר וְתוֹשָׁב אָנֹכִי עִמָּכֶם תְּנוּ לִי אֲחֻזַּת קֶבֶר עִמָּכֶם וְאֶקְבְּרָה מֵתִי מִלְּפָנָי I am a stranger and a resident among you; give me a grave property among…

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