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Posted on: September 4th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaRabbi Dayan asked Ruby and Zev to sit down. "Remind me what the issue was," he said. "It's been a while since we spoke." "Zev sent me a computer virus as an email attachment," said Ruby. "Supposedly, the file was a 'helpful computer program,' which he told me to install. The file was a virus, though; when I clicked on it, it attacked my computer! The repair cost $250. I think that Zev should pay for the repair.”
Posted on: August 29th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaAgainst The Tide? ‘How Do We Roast The Paschal Sacrifice?’ (Pesachim 74a)
Posted on: August 29th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaRuby and Zev were classmates but didn't get along well. One weekend, shortly before a test, Ruby asked to borrow Zev's notes and kept them the entire weekend, ignoring Zev's pleas to return them. Not surprisingly, Zev did poorly on the test. He decided to get back at Ruby.
Posted on: August 22nd, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaRabbi Dayan was learning the Daf in his study when his phone rang. "Hello, this is Shmuel," said the caller. "My children found some eggs in our backyard. They did shiluach ha'ken with the chickens and brought the eggs home. Can we eat them?"
Posted on: August 22nd, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaBlood On His Hands! ‘It Is Praiseworthy For The Sons Of Aaron That They Walk In Blood…’ (Pesachim 65b)
Posted on: August 15th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaYair was always looking for spare jobs to earn some extra money. Before Pesach he would clean houses, before Sukkos he would build sukkahs, in the summer he would drive people to the mountains.
Posted on: August 15th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaMazal Tov, Mazal Tov! ‘They Recited Shema Yisrael [In Response]’ (Pesachim 56a)
Posted on: August 8th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaIt was summertime. Congregation Sha'ar Shamayim was relatively empty, as many of its members were away in camp or vacationing in bungalows.
Posted on: August 7th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaAre We There Yet? ‘I Don’t Work On Yom Tov [Sheni]’ (Pesachim 52a)
Posted on: August 7th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaPrayer is always an avenue to God. But in the month of Elul, the last month of the Jewish year, and during the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, God lends a particularly sympathetic ear.
Posted on: August 1st, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaSpoiled Rotten? ‘A Loaf Went Moldy And…Unfit For Human Consumption’ (Pesachim 45b)
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Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaEliyahu was enjoying a relaxing summer after an intensive year of learning. He spent time with his family, learned a few hours each day in the community beis medrash, and worked sporadically when the opportunity arose.
Posted on: August 1st, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaTaste is everything. If the taste of chametz has been absorbed into a cooking vessel, such a vessel may not be used on Pesach unless it undergoes koshering, the halachically prescribed way of expelling the flavor of forbidden food such as non-kosher foods, meat and milk mixtures or chametz on Pesach from utensils and restoring them for use.
Posted on: July 25th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaThe Case Of The Stumbling Block (Pesachim 37b-38a)
Posted on: July 25th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaRabbi Dayan walked into class and greeted his students. "Good morning! We're nearing the very end of Bava Kama," he announced. "Today we begin the final topic, b'ezras Hashem."
Posted on: July 18th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaWe popularly refer to the eight-day period, from the fifteenth through the twenty second of Nissan, as the festival of Pesach. The Torah, however, calls this period Chag HaMatzot, during which time we eat matzot and abstain from eating chametz.
Posted on: July 17th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaChametz On Shabbos Erev Pesach (Pesachim 32a)
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Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaTiferes Torah Synagogue needed a new Sefer Torah and embarked on a Sefer Torah campaign among its members.
Posted on: July 11th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaMr. Spitz was going through the mail. "Typical assortment," he grunted. "One third bills and financial documents, one third solicitations, and one third junk mail."
Posted on: July 10th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: Does a contemporary bet din have the authority to annul Tisha B’Av considering that the fast day is rabbinical, not biblical, in origin?
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Destroying the Chametz Within and Truly Preparing for Pesach