Protecting Sefarim but Aiding Terrorists
As a practical question, this hinges on many issues that are beyond our strategic-political expertise. Although one’s initial...
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Tallit and Tefillin during Selichot
Traditionally, people did not wear tallit and tefillin during Selichot, for the simple reason that the appropriate times...
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The Timing for the Beracha on Tzitzit after Being Up All Night
We will first discuss the practice of many men to always use the beracha on the tallit to...
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Status of Tzitzit When the Garment Rips and Is Repaired
The first question, which we will only touch upon, is whether wide shoulder pieces are necessary to connect...
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The Permissibility of Selling Inherited Tefillin
There are strict halachot about what can be done with the money earned from the sale of a...
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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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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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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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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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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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Color of the Inside of the Retzuot
The gemara states that there is a halacha l’Moshe miSinai that retzuot must be black. It then cites...
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Tefillin in Pre-Dawn Hours
There are varied opinions among the Tannaim regarding if the mitzva of tefillin fundamentally exists at night. According...
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Tefillin on a Semi-Permanent Toupee
The Rashba posits that the laws of chatzitza do not apply to the tefillin shel rosh. However, the...
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Mezuzot on Both Doorposts?
We will start with some of the basic rules/opinions regarding bal tosif. Tosafot asks how we can blow...
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