How to Tell When Your Tefillin Need Adjustment
The first rule of thumb is that someone who has not adjusted the knot of his tefillin shel...
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Transferring Legal Ownership of a Sefer Torah
The rules limiting when and under what conditions one may sell holy objects are complicated; selling a sefer...
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Changing a Shabbat Tallit into a Weekday One
We find in several contexts the concept of ma’alin bakodesh v’ein moridin – one may only raise the...
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Taking a Yad into a Bathroom
We must first investigate the halachic status of a yad. The Terumat HaDeshen forbids using support rods of...
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Disposing of Cups Used for Netilat Yadayim
The gemara states that tashmishei mitzva may be thrown away, as opposed to tashmishei kedusha, which require geniza....
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