What Can Be Learned from the Silence of the Poskim
Setimat haposkim is a post-Talmudic tool for helping decide halacha. A search of the Bar Ilan Responsa Project...
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Disclosing Problems about Another Person’s Apartment
It is difficult to say that it is categorically forbidden by the laws of lashon hara to inform...
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What Type of Torah Study Should One Focus On?
There are several biblical verses that refer to the obligation to study Torah. The Rambam cites “You shall...
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Different Types of Minhag and their Levels of Flexibility
You lumped together different types of minhagim that have very different characteristics. We will not deal in depth...
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The Best Way to Spend Money on Israel
According to almost all opinions, there is a mitzva in our times to live in Israel (yeshivat Eretz...
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Hatarat Nedarim via Skype
While performance of a general hatarat nedarim within days of Rosh Hashana is just a minhag, it is...
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Lighting a Candle When the Ner Tamid Is Out
The idea of having a ner tamid is both an ancient practice, first mandated in the Torah for...
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A Fence for the Roof of an Apartment Building
There are a few cases in which roofs are not required to have a ma’akeh around them. Regarding...
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A Loan/Investment that Requires a Heter Iska after its Inception
If there was a valid heter iska, it is not a problem to be unable to find it....
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Solving a Netilat Yadayim Problem on a Plane
We will start with a brief view of the contemporary machloket regarding “Mezonot rolls,” about which so much...
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Burying Wisdom Teeth
There are a few reasons to bury parts of the human body, and we will have to examine...
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Eating Contests
Presumably, one with a Torah-based mindset will react negatively to the idea of such contests (with good reason)....
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