Parashat Hashavua: On Justice and the Right of Appeal – part III
We will now discuss the roots in Halacha of the practice of appealing beit din rulings.
The Torah discusses the Yitro-Moshe plan, which includes judges of thousands, of hundreds,...
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Harav Yosef Carmel
Ask the Rabbi: Are Newly Ripe Avocados Muktzeh?
Question : Today, Friday, our avocados are not quite ready to eat. If they become ripe enough on Shabbat, may we eat them then?
Answer : Fruit that are...
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Rav Daniel Mann
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: The Need to Sell the Land before Shemitta – #189 – part I
Date and Place : 17 Shevat 5669 (1909), Yafo
Recipient : Rav Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky, known as the Ridbaz. The Ridbaz was a leading Torah scholar, who had served...
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Eretz Hemdah
P’ninat Mishpat: How to Take Payment from A Guarantor – part I
(based on ruling 83023 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts) Case : The plaintiff (= pl ) lent 110,000 NIS to the borrower (= brw ) for...
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Eretz Hemdah