Is It Proper…? Is it proper, l’chatchilah, for a young married couple to apply...
Is it proper, l’chatchilah, for a young married couple to apply for government welfare programs like food stamps and section 8?
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Treif Cows Milk?
A Toldah of Dash
(Shabbos 144a)
Can One Impose A Late-Payment Penalty? (Part II)
Some maintain that if the contract can be legally upheld in court, the late payment clause is halachically valid as a kinyan situmta (common commercial practice) and is not considered asmachta; hence, there is no concern of ribbis.
Can You Publish A Newspaper According To Halacha?
Lashon hara is considered a grave sin because it poisons society and inter-personal relations to the point that our Sages compared it to the three severest sins together: idol worship, incest, and bloodshed.
Is It Proper…? Is trying to reconcile Torah with current scientific knowledge proper?
Is trying to reconcile Torah with current scientific knowledge proper?
Can One Impose A Late-Payment Penalty? (Part I)
If the lender stipulated such a fine unlawfully, there is a dispute whether the borrower is required to pay it.
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Circumcised At The Hand Of Heaven?
‘A Drop of Blood Must be Taken’
(Shabbos 135a)
Is It Proper…? Should an ordinary Jew endeavor to say Tikkun Chatzos? If not...
Should an ordinary Jew endeavor to say Tikkun Chatzos? If not regularly, perhaps sometimes?
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Damsel In Distress
‘A Woman In Labor Is Considered Critically Ill’
(Shabbos 129a)
What If You Find Money In The Wall?
He approached Mr. Stein. "Did you hide money in the wall by any chance?"
"No, why?" laughed Mr. Stein.
“Because I just found this envelope with $50,000 cash in it," replied Mr. Hyman.
Is It Proper…? May one enjoy good food or is the ideal to not...
May one enjoy good food or is the ideal to not care what one eats as long as it gives one strength to serve Hashem?
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Neighbors To The Rescue
‘He May Tell Others: Come, Save For Yourselves’
(Shabbos 121a)
Is It Proper…? Is it proper to watch or enjoy the sport of boxing?
Is it proper to watch or enjoy the sport of boxing?
Can You Re-‘Borrow’ It?
"I tried calling him but couldn't reach him," said Yoni. "What's the difference, though? He didn't limit how long I could use the drill and he doesn’t even know I returned it to you."
Daf Yomi
The Carpenter’s Folly
‘All [Worn-Out] Holy Writings…’
(Shabbos 115a)
Is It Proper…? Should the average Jew learn Kabbalah?
Should the average Jew learn Kabbalah?
Does Halacha Have Libel Laws? (Part II)
An obligation b'dinei Shamayim doesn’t just mean an ethical responsibility.
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By All Means Rescue!
‘If One Removes a Fish from the Sea’
(Shabbos 107b)
Is It Proper…? Is it proper to let one’s children watch movies?
Is it proper to let one’s children watch movies?
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A Murky Dispute
‘Water Does Not Void a Partition’
(Shabbos 100a)
Does Halacha Have Libel Laws?
When Mr. Moses confronted the writer, the latter replied, "To the best of my knowledge, what I wrote was true." Mr. Moses vigorously disagreed, but the writer wouldn’t budge, so Mr. Moses sued him in Rabbi Dayan's beis din.
Is It Proper…? Why don’t we fast today for the six million Jews killed...
For hundreds of years, Jews in Poland fasted on the 20th of Sivan to commemorate the tens of thousands of Jews killed in the Chmielnitzky uprising of 1648-49. Yet, we don’t fast today for the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. Why not?
What If It’s Shabbos There But Not Here?
Asking a factory to stay open on Shabbos local time while one is in a different (earlier) time zone is like asking a non-Jew to work on one’s behalf on Shabbos, which is not allowed.
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Satisfaction Guaranteed
‘The Divine Presence Rests Only On One Who Is Wise, Strong…’
(Shabbos 92a)
Is It Proper…? For bar mitzvah boys: Should you give them a sefer in...
For bar mitzvah boys: Should you give them a sefer in Hebrew, which they may not be able to read for another five years (or perhaps ever), or should you give them something in English?
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Let’s Talk Size / ‘He Took Out Wood to Cook an Egg…’ / (Shabbos 89b)
Is It Proper…? Is it appropriate to share mother-in-law jokes?
Is it appropriate to share mother-in-law jokes?
Can One Take In Shavuot Early?
The practice to wait until tzeit ha'kochavim has no basis in Chazal or Rishonim.
Daf Yomi
Sow The Seeds Of Repentance
‘This Potted Plant'
(Shabbos 81b)
Can A Kohen Return Pidyon Haben Money?
"They also just had their first boy," Mr. Jacobs said. "B’ezras Hashem, they will be doing a pidyon in another two weeks!"