Rav Yitzchak Grossman Is experiencing pain a requirement for fulfilling the mitzvah of bris mila? Many poskim have addressed this question in the context of whether it is permitted to anesthetize the baby prior to the mila and have taken…
פרו ורבו ומלאו את הארץ וכבשוה Highlights of a shiur by Rav Yosef Jacobowitz Be Fruitful and Multiply… (Breishis 9:1) What is the minimum needed to fulfill one’s obligation? Or, more to the point: Can a person ever fulfill the…
Highlights of a shiur by Rav Yehoshua Grunwald כי שם ה' אקרא הבו גדל לאלקנו When I call the name of Hashem, ascribe greatness to our G-d. (Devarim 32:3) According to the Ramban, this pasuk is the source of…
Highlights of a shiur by Dayan Shlomo Cohen If Rosh Hashana is the Yom Hadin, what then is the judgment we face after death? Suppose a man dies a month after Rosh Hashana. Is he judged in the Bais Din…
Outline of the Beis HaVaad Parsha Shiur on Parshas Ki Savo Given by Rav Yosef Jacobowitz לא עברתי ממצותיך ולא שכחתי “I did not transgress any of your mitzvos and I did not forget” (Devarim 26:13) Rashi includes three halachos…
An outline of Bais HaVaad on the Parsha Shiur delivered by Rabbi Yechiel Biberfeld "ארבעים יכנו לא יוסיף" “He shall strike him with forty [lashes], he shall not add” (Devarim 25:3) THE PROHIBITION OF INJURING ANOTHER Chazal derive from here…
Two Witnesses: The Torah Standard of Truth Why 2>1 BUT 100 = 2 Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Greenwald Why 2>1 but 100=2. על פי שני עדים או על פי שלושה עדים יקום דבר (דברים י"ט, ט"ו)…