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Withholding The Rod
‘A Rebellious Son Never Existed And Never Will’
(Sanhedrin 71a)
May One Use Grape Juice For Arba Kosot
We see that the wine for Arba Kosot must be considered chashuv. Rav Moshe Feinstein, in turn, rules that grape juice is not chashuv.
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Beware The Fruit!
‘A Misasek Is Excluded’
(Kereisos 19a)
Who Pays For The Ambulance?
If a person incurred expenses on his own initiative to save someone's life, he can ask to be compensated
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Crystal Clear As The Waters
‘Speak In The Manner Of One’s Teacher’
(Shabbos 15a)
Can You Overcharge Someone?
The Gemara states that the rules of onaah apply only to movable items that have intrinsic value. This excludes real estate, which is not movable.
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A Matter of Anticipation
‘A Stone Flew From His Hand, And Another Put Out His Head From A Window …’
(Bava Kamma 33a)
Accept My Tears
We are coming close to the holy judgment day and we must make sure that we enter that courtroom as clean and as clear as possible.
Dishonest Discount
Avrumi perused the signs posted on the bulletin board of his yeshiva. He had seen most of the notices before, so he glossed over them quickly. Then he saw a new sign posted by the office: "We have arranged a 10% discount for our talmidim at the local seforim store. Please register at the store to get your discount card."
‘Pay Me For My Bike!’
I was busy and forgot about it, said Shmuel. In any case, the bike wasn't stolen. It was smashed due to circumstances beyond my control. I had no idea the branch was weak.
I’m Never Wrong
The Egyptians lived through the most powerful manifestation of Hashem’s might. For months, they were afflicted while Hashem “played with” Mitzrayim. Two points were made clear: Hashem is the Master of Creation, and Moshe was the messenger of Hashem. Everything Moshe said would happen, happened – with precision and exactness.
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Que Sera, Sera?
‘He Daubed Him With Mud’
(Nedarim 89b-90a)
Is It Proper…? When publishing a deceased person’s writings, may one censor a tiny...
When publishing a deceased person’s writings, may one censor a tiny amount of material in order to vastly increase the number of people who will read it and be influenced by the author?
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Whose Fridge?
‘If the Owner Retains a Holding There’
(Eruvin 85b)
The Mysterious Monotheism Of King Akhenaten
It seems that Rabbi Yitzchak may have approached the disagreement with Rabbi Abba as if it were an abstract halachic debate rather than a personal dispute.
Loving Details
When one is riding on cloud nine and feels that longing to be close with their prospective spouse he/she can spend hours working out minute details to enhance the experience even more.
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Truth Or Consequences
‘Consecrating The Non-Existent’
(Nedarim 85b)
Who Stole?
The two were the same height and dressed similarly, so Shlomie could not discern who had taken the money.
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A Line Of Demarcation
‘Until He Came…Between the Two Curtains’
(Yoma 51b)
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Was Shmuel Not The Greatest?
‘3,000 Halachos Were Forgotten’
(Temurah 16a)
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Completing An Assignment
‘A Get May Be Written And Given Even One Hundred Times’
(Gittin 63b)
The Meaning And Various Categories Of Semicha – Rabbinic Ordination (Part II)
It is noted that in past generations there were very few individuals who had semicha, let alone were practicing rabbis, while today everyone seems to have semicha.
Night Appointment
"The issue is not just logistical," replied Mr. Kahn. "I thought that halacha requires that the beginning of the adjudication and acceptance of testimony be during daytime." (C.M. 5:2; 28:24)
Sefirat HaOmer As A Period Of Mourning
The behavior of Rabbi Akiva’s students left them particularly vulnerable between Pesach and Shavuot since this period is a time of celestial judgment.
Omitted Date
Shulchan Aruch, following Rashi and Rif, rules that the creditor cannot collect at all from sold property based on the invalid document, but he can still collect based on it from the debtor, who is not believed to contradict it.
The Death Of Rebbi
When Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, the redactor of the Mishnah known as “Rebbi,” lay dying, he made his sons promise him that after his death they would set the Shabbat table and light the candles for him every Friday night.
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Entitlements
‘Not Returned To His Former Prominence’
(Makkos 12a)
Birthday Parties (Keritut 2a; Shabbat 25a; Moed Katan 28a; Ta’anit 5b)
Each morning at about 7:10 a.m. my mother, still in her housecoat and slippers, would wake me for school. One wintry Monday morning I opened my eyes to see her leaning over my bed. She was in hat and coat and her hands were cold from the weather outside.
Is It Proper…? Should a person avoid the company of someone who constantly swears...
Should a person avoid the company of someone who constantly swears but is otherwise a decent fellow?
Loan Costs
I'm not an expert in the laws of ribbis, replied Mr. Rubin, but we can check with Rabbi Dayan.