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Shabbat Parashat Tzav | 5769

Tzav | 10 Nisan 5769 | 04/04/2009

Parashat Hashavuah: How and What to Kasher; Why to Kasher

Among the topics some rabbanim will discuss at the Shabbat Hagadol derasha is hechsher keilim, to teach how to remove absorbed taste from the walls of year-long utensils should we want to use them for Pesach. Much of the classical discussion of the topic is in regard to the laws of Pesach (see Orach Chayim 451-2).

Ask the Rabbi: Making Egg Matzot Available to Guests at a Hotel

I run a hotel that has many guests for Pesach. Can we put a box of egg matzot on each table so that those who need them will find them easily or must we be concerned of the very likely possibility that some will, out of ignorance or lack of interest, take these matzot when it is not warranted? Would it be considered lifnei iver (placing a stumbling block before the “‘blind”‘)?

Ein Ayah: The Time for Nature and the Time for Miracles

What did [Chizkiya] mean by saying, “I did that which was good in Your eyes”? … Rabbi Levi said: he buried the book of remedies.

P’ninat Mishpat: Testimony That Was Accepted in the Absence of a Litigant

The defendant (=def) brought testimony that beit din used to confirm her status of being married (illegally, unregistered) to and later widowed from a certain man in order to note this in her identity card. The plaintiff (=pl) was legally married to the same man and seeks to overturn the ruling regarding def, at least until the witnesses testify again. She argues that testimony that affects her (regarding inheritance) must be done in her presence.

Hemdat Hadaf Hayomi: Encouraging Thieves to Repent

This week in the Daf Hayomi (94b), we learnt that Chazal instituted that, if someone had money stolen or if he borrowed money with interest and already paid the interest, then he should not accept his money in return. The reasoning for this Halacha is that, if we would obligate the thief or lender to pay, then he would refrain from repenting and fixing his ways, because of the large debts that he would owe. The Gemara states that, if the object itself that was stolen is still in the hands of the thief, then it must be returned, but if it no longer exists, then payment should not be accepted from the thief.

Hemdat Yamim pamphlet TZAV 5769
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Hemdat Yamim pamphlet TZAV 5769

This edition of Hemdat Yamim is dedicated to the memory of

R ' Meir ben Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld

o.b.m

Hemdat Yamim is
endowed by
Les & Ethel Sutker
of Chicago, Illinois
in loving memory of
Max and Mary Sutker

and

Louis and Lillian Klein, z”l.

A weekly divrei Torah leaflet: A Glimpse at the Parasha, Ask the Rabbi, From the writings of Harav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, zt”l, Pninat Mishpat (Jewish Monetary Law).