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Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Signs of the Times September 10, 2026 Q Why do we eat the simanim on Rosh Hashanah? A The Gemara (Kreisos 6a) cites Abayei that at reish shata (the start of the…
Rhetorical Weight: Does a Witty Defamer Get a Pass?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 10, 2026 VINnews reports: A Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court has ordered stand-up comedian Vova Tamarkin to pay NIS 10,000 ($3,000) to…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Nitzavim-Vayeilech
Bracha on Sight September 3, 2026 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Yitzchok Weg The Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 600:2) says that we recite Shehecheyanu at Kiddush on…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Solitary Slichos September 3, 2026 Q Are Slichos said differently if there is no minyan? A The Rashba (Teshuvos 1:211) writes that recitation of the Yud Gimmel Midos Harachamim is a davar…
Shiur Shenanigans: May One Steal Torah?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 3, 2026 The New York Post reports: A Brooklyn socialist lawmaker declared this week that shoplifters have a right to swipe…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Ki Savo
Boundless August 27, 2026 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman Accursed is one who moves the boundary of his fellow... Dvarim 27:17 This curse of the…
Ask Not, Part II: May a Mitzvah Be Delegated to a Shliach?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 27, 2026 Our previous article discussed the plaintiffs’ argument in Silver Spring Jewish Center, Inc. v. Montgomery County that “Halachically, reliance…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Foreign Policy? August 27, 2026 Q Is there a problem with buying life insurance? A Many poskim say that taking out life insurance to provide for one’s family is not only permitted…
Ask Not: May a Mitzvah Be Delegated to a Shliach?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 20, 2026 JNS reports: The Silver Spring Jewish Center has sued Montgomery County, Md., on Thursday over a new firearms ordinance…
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