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Week 206

One of the 39 forbidden labors of Shabbat is the melacha of borer, selecting.

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Week 204

Redeeming captives takes precedence over feeding and clothing the poor.

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Week 203

The Torah commands us not to stand idly by while someone’s blood is being spilled (Lo Taamod Al Dam Re’acha).

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Week 202

If one’s non-Jewish coworker or neighbor is sick, is one permitted to visit him?

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Week 201

Introduction - The mitzvah of Oneg Shabbat, making Shabbat a pleasurable experience, includes enjoying good food and drink,

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Week 200

The Gemara in Masechet Pesahim (76b) establishes that the consumption of meat together with fish poses the risk of Sara'at...

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Week 198

For centuries, observant Jewish merchants have displayed their unwavering loyalty

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Week 197

If one’s non-Jewish coworker or neighbor is sick, is one permitted to visit him?

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Week 195

A story of a very sick man in which the rabbi instructed him to be careful in 100 berachot a...

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Week 192

What is not Allowed? Haircuts, engagements, weddings, music, shopping?

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Week 190

Many times, people will have a local jeweler bring them pieces of jewelry,

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Week 178

Women are also obligated to recite the “Ha’Gomel” blessing,

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Week 177

This is the case with the four categories of people who must give thanks: Chavush

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Week 176

A person was not feeling well shabbat morning and was not able to pray shaarit.

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Week 174

A family traveling on a plane overnight on Hanukkah, what do they do about the lighting; can they light on...

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Week 171

שולחן ערוך אורח חיים הלכות שבת סימן שז סעיף ה

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Week 170

The upper elementary grades were davening Amida in their Minyan. In the middle of Amida

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Week 168

A person who is owed money at the end of the Shemita (seventh, or "sabbatical") year may not collect these...

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Week 162

If someone was watching something misplaced it, paid the owner and later found it, can he keep it?

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Week 161

How do we look at insurance paying for a claim does that exempt the damager?

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Week 160

Is there a prohibition to uproot a fruit tree and is there a prohibition or danger involved in uprooting a...

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Week 158

On Shabbat (Saturday, March 2nd,2019) during the stormy morning hours, United Hatzalah volunteers EMTs from

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Week 156

What are such cases, what does someone do when he finds himself in such a situation?

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Week 148

On a lear year; when is the correct time for birthdays for those born in the month of Adar.

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Week 146

Torah examples of Ayin Hara People avoiding calling their children cute Is there anything against two brothers marrying two sisters?

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Week 144

There are two underlying halachic issues here. The first is whether in the fulfillment of Kivud Av va’em one is...

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Week 137

What should one do first, pray Arbit or light Hanukah candles?

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Week 136

A family traveling on a plane overnight on Hanukkah, what do they do about the lighting; can they light on...

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Week 135

If a person had already fulfilled his obligation of Kiddush on Shabbat, may he recite Kiddush again for those who...

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Week 134

What is allowed, what is not allowed to use for havdallah: Beer Soda Coffee

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Week 133

At what point does it become permissible to speak after reciting a blessing on food?

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Week 132

When can a neighbor complain about noises: Noise from construction Noise from children

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Week 131

When can a neighbor complain about noises: Noise from construction Noise from children Noise from loud music

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Week 130

Which direction should one face when reciting the Amida at the Kotel Ha'ma'aravi (Western Wall) in Jerusalem?

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Week 129

The rule is that one must pray shaarit before a specific time. This refers to the amida and shema. This...

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Week 128

• Claims in which one person is Certain while the other is uncertain • DNA testing to determine the parents...

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Week 127

The Customary Order of Rosh Hashanah- What is the proper order?

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Week 124

Is one allowed to be Sandak twice for the same family? Can one uninvite someone to be sandak?

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Week 123

Where did the custom of naming your children after parents begin.

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Week 122

The laws of Leaving a Portion of One's Home Unfinished to Commemorate the Temple's Destruction

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Week 121

Could one have meat for all three meals, including Seuda Shelishit?

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Week 119

If a person broke his arm, Heaven forbid, and the arm – which is the arm on which he normally...

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Week 117

Answering to Kaddish or Kedusha After Reciting “Ado-nai Sefatai Tiftah”

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Week 116

WHAT IS THE HALACHA? Who knew that the million-dollar lotto case would involve such a classical halachic debate?

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Week 115

What are the conditions needed to be met for one to make this beracha?

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Week 114

May one inflate a rubber air mattress or pillow with a non-electric pump or by mouth on Shabbat?

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Week 110

When one made a deal and discussed a condition but did not stipulate it in the contract, must it be...

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Week 108

Is one obligated to wait six hours after eating meat foods before eating dairy foods?

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Week 99

The discussion for this week, does this rule apply to other prohibitions of the Torah.

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Week 97

If one forgot to turn one’s refrigerator to “Shabbat mode” (or deactivate the light inside) and when the refrigerator door...

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Week 96

Does one make a Beracha Aharona when drinking coffee, tea or scotch?

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Week 94

Extinguishing a flame indirectly. Is one allowed to add water to shabbat candles (oil cup) for the fire to go...

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Week 93

• Why do we fast even if it falls out on Friday? Why is it not pushed off?

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Week 92

When one lights on night number five. The halacha says he should start to light from the candle most left,...

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Week 91

Question #1: what is ברכת הרואה on Hanuka and when does it apply?

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Week 74

RESTRICTIONS OF TISHA B'AV. All laws that apply to a mourner apply to Tish'ah b'Av:

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Week 73

The Nine Days. Renovating Eating meat, drinking wine Shopping for a wedding

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Week 70

Shiluach Hakan, should one chase the opportunity to do this mitzvah? What is the segulah for doing this mitzvah?

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Week 69

A minyan without a Sefer Torah, should they read from a Humash/Siddur?

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Week 68

We read shabbat minha, Monday and Thursday morning and then shabbat morning. Why do we read multiple times a week?

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Week 67

The discussion we will present today is; any courtesy offered to the agent, belongs to who, the agent or the...

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Week 63

The story of Rabbi Akiva and why we celebrate the demise of Rabbi Shimeon.

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Week 60

Sefriat haomer: The bar mitzvah boy, having a surgery during sefira, missing a night

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Week 58

סיפור יציאת מצרים: What is my obligation to speak on the seder night

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Week 56

חמץ and rentals: Villa hametz free and ended up having hametz

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Week 55

ברכת המזון: If one forgot to recite birkat hamazon, do they have to go back to spot

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Week 52

ושמרתם מאד לנפשותיכם: Putting oneself at risk to help others, for his livelihood

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Week 50

Ice on Shabbat: Crushing ice, shoveling snow, making a snowman etc.

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Week 48

אמן יהא שמיה רבה: The importance of kaddish and significance of answering יהא שמיה רבה

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Week 44

Store damages: If one breaks something before he pays, is he responsible

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Week 43

תדיר ושאינו תדיר: Who goes first? Arbit or hanuka candles Reading- shabbat, rosh hodesh, hanuka which haftara?

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Week 39

גונב מן הגנב: Steal from someone who stole from you

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Week 37

מלאכה בערב שבת: Schedule an email for shabbat day

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Week 36

מלאכה בערב שבת: Scheduling something Friday afternoon to turn on

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Week 30

מדבר שקר תרחק: Speaking the truth, are white lies allowed

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Week 18

קידוש: Shabbat morning, when does the obligation of shema begin

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Week 16

מזוזה: Who is obligated to put up the mezuza the landlord or tenant

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Week 15

לג בעומר: Rabbi akiva, rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, lag baomer, the omer count

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Week 14

שליח מרוויח: Any courtesy added to purchase does it belong to the owner

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Week 13

Start your day right: Is one allowed to go to the gym before morning prayers, can one go to the...

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Week 12

תפלה בכוונה: In the amida where must one concentrate

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Week 11

חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח: The guidelines of shopping in stores after pesach

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Week 10

פסח מצה מרור: The mitzvot of the night of the seder

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Week 9

ד' כוסות: Leaning, drinking all 4 cups wine, red wine, מבושל?

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Week 8

שכירות בחמץ: ניחא ליה לאיניש לקיים מצוה בממוניה

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