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Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Book Keeping January 16, 2025 Q I have a bookstore in my basement. May I read the books on Shabbos? A One of the categories of muktzeh is muktzeh machamas…
Absent Without Leave: Does Halacha Mandate Sick Pay?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 16, 2025 AP News reports: Pregnant New Yorkers will be entitled to at least 20 hours of paid leave to attend…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Shmos
Junk Food January 16, 2025 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald Shall I go and summon for you a wet nurse from the Hebrew women, who…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
A Must-Read January 9, 2025 Q When called up for Maftir, do I need to read the Haftarah along with the ba’al korei? Does everyone else? A Originally, there was…
Bad Samaritans: What Is the Status of the Kusim?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 9, 2025 AP News reports: The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Vayechi
Wordless Waiver January 9, 2025 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Ze’ev Granek Thus shall you say to Yosef: “Please forgive the spiteful deed of your brothers…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Vayigash
Name Calling January 2, 2025 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Ariel Ovadia And it was, when we went up to your servant my father… Bereishis 44:24 Pirkei…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Diverted Gelt January 2, 2025 Q My grandparents gave me Chanukah gelt with instructions to buy a dining room set. May I use the money for something else instead? A The…
Fish of Scale: Is the Livyasan Kosher?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 2, 2025 AP News reports: Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern…
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