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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Ha’azinu
Resistance to Change October 1, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Nissan Kaplan During Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, Hamelech Hakadosh replaces HaKeil Hakadosh. If one forgot,…
Everything in Moderation: Must Judges Always Treat Litigants Equally?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 1, 2024 Following the presidential debate, Axios reported that prominent conservatives attacked ABC News debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Fast Food October 1, 2024 Q May I swallow a pill on Yom Kippur? A If taken to alleviate discomfort rather than illness (see note in Halichos Shlomo 5:8), a…
Personal Space: May One Depart Planet Earth?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 26, 2024 The Associated Press reports: A tech billionaire performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth on Thursday,…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Full Blast September 26, 2024 Q If I heard a cough or a sneeze during a shofar blast, was I yotzei? A There is a general rule that trei kalei…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Nitzavim-Vayeilech
Write Angles September 26, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald So now, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to Bnei Yisrael, place it…
Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Ki Savo
Advice Column September 19, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Shmuel Fuerst Cursed is one who misleads a blind person on the way… Dvarim 27:18 Rashi, citing…
Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline
Harachaman Hu Yakim September 19, 2024 Q Why do we say the Harachaman supplications at the end of Birkas Hamazon? Is their recitation mandatory? A The first three brachos of…
Novel Gazing: May Women Stare at Men?
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 19, 2024 AP News reports: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under…
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