https://open.spotify.com/episode/1NxL9XyuUYpFS8NYcs7plu?si=mAk9dTiUSziwZNP5bh8whw 1) Is it okay to empty the Negel Vasser into the kitchen sink?[1] 2) May one eat food that was touched by someone who had not washed Negel Vasser?[2] 3) I spent Succos this year in New York, enjoying the rain and all. Is sheltering the food in a Read more
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wafRj4zb8CGsgAk1gGpOZ?si=NlSWsN1HR0W5XG9esaAJag 1) Clue in this week’ Sedra to list of days when entire is recited:[1] 2) Is reheating moist food on Shabbos the same as reheating liquid?[2] 3) May we use frozen chips that are semi-cooked in the factory?[3] 4) Taleisim and Taleisim-Ketanim that are no longer in use, must Read more
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9764852268?omn=89985551684 [1] לשעת הביכורי יעקב (סי’ תרלה סק”ב) סוכת גנב”ך אינה לכתחילה. [2] להשו”ע או”ח סי’ רב ס”ז, תמרים שנתמעכו לא אבדה ברכתן. הרמ”א חולק בפאווידלע. להמשנ”ב (שם ס”ק מב) חולק הרמ”א גם בשאר פירות שנתמעכו. אבל אדה”ז בשו”ע שלו שם סכ”ב סתם, ומשמע שהתמרים לעולם בפה”ע. ולענין ברכה אחרונה Read more
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5yhfDtrclt5PveBinYgVBb?si=jR_y20tdSeu__lYBCu8VWw 1) What is the Torah source for the Beis haShoieivo celebrations?[1] 2) Several years ago, a friend cleared out his garden of several fruit trees. His home has since been ridden with persistent problems. Thinking the above issues are connected: Is there a way to repair the spiritual Read more
1) Does a door that is shorter than 10 Tefochim have bearing re. Heker Tzir?[1] 2) A Jewish man was married to a non-Jewish woman, and they had a daughter together. The man now wishes to provide food for his [biological] daughter. May he buy treif food? [2] 3) We Read more
1) One saying Selichos alone is advised to omit the paragraphs in Aramaic. How about the Aramaic verses in uVo leTziyon?[1] 2) The Oshamnu confessional prayer follows the Alef-Beis sequence but is divided into four sections. This becomes significant when it is sung over Yom Kippur. Why is it divided Read more
1) In a doorway between two rooms, the direction the swings (Heker Tzir) defines where to place the Mezuza. Yaavetz[1] extends this to sliding doors, i.e. that the room where the track is, that is the interior. Would that also apply to patio-doors, where one panel slides and the other Read more
1) For Kiddush Levono we wait until Day 7. Does that go according local time or according to the time in Yerusholayim?[1] 2) My son is travelling to Yeshiva immediately after his Barmitzva, with no Krias haTorah in between. When should I say the brocho ברוך שפטרני?[2] 3) At Krias Read more
1) Why in Selichos, when we first invoke the 13 Midos of Mercy, we preface with א-ל ארך אפים, whereas in the subsequent invocations we preface with א-ל מלך יושב?[1] 2) Is there any leeway to start Selichos on Motzei Shabbos before midnight?[2] 3) If someone missed hearing Shofar during Read more
1) Why in Parshas Eikev does Onkelos translate ורגלך לא בצקה as מסנך לא יחיפו?[1] 2) Does Pas Akum include bread baked in geothermal heat?[2] 3) A doorframe has a diagonal lintel, the right doorpost being taller than the left one. When measuring the ‘top third’, do we measure the Read more