Parashat Hashavua: Hearing the Sounds
The parasha begins with the devarim (utterances) that Moshe diber (spoke) to Bnei Yisrael (Devarim 1:1), as does the haftara that we read recently, “ Divrei Yirmiyahu …...
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Harav Yosef Carmel
Ask the Rabbi: The Sick Fasting on Tisha B’av
Question : How sick does one need to be to be exempt from fasting on Tisha B’av? What food limitations, if any, does he have?
Answer : The closest...
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Rav Daniel Mann
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Difficult to Understand a Rabbi’s Ruling – #248
Date and Place: 29 Kislev 5670 (1909), Yafo Recipient : Rav Shalom Eisenbach, a rabbi who was critical of Rav Kook, as the story implies.
Body : I...
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Eretz Hemdah
P’ninat Mishpat: Who Pays for an Unexpected Tax? – part I
(based on ruling 82031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts) Case : The plaintiff (= pl ) and the defendant (= def ) were interested in selling...
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Eretz Hemdah