This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com Respecting the Tallis-Restriction of usages: A. Introduction: The laws relating to the respect that must be shown to a Tallis/Tzitzis differentiates between a Kosher Tallis that can still be used for the Mitzvah, and a Tallis or […]
Making Tehina on Shabbos
May one make Tehina on Shabbos? Adding water to pure Tehina:[1] It is forbidden to make a normal texture of Tehina by placing water to pure Techina, if the Tehina did not have water mixed into to it before Shabbos.[2] It is however permitted to add a large amount of water […]
Shoftim Chapter 11: The rule of Yiftach
Chapter 11: The rule of Yiftach 1. Who is Yiftach? Yiftach the Giladi was a warrior. He was the son of a harlot [i.e. concubine[1]], and the son of Gilad. Son of a harlot: The wife of Gilad bore him many sons, who banished Yiftach from amongst them saying that […]
Shoftim Chapter 12: Yiftach battles Efraim & The judges of the next generations
Chapter 12: Yiftach battles Efraim & The judges of the next generations 1. Efraim wages war against Yiftach: The tribe of Efraim threatens Yiftach, and to burn down his home: The [entire[1]] people of Efraim came to the north [where Yiftach lived[2]] and confronted Yiftach saying that he had no […]
May one serve ice cubes in a serving bowl on Shabbos?
May one serve ice cubes in a serving bowl on Shabbos? It is forbidden to actively melt ice on Shabbos through crushing it and the like.[1] It is disputed whether it is permitted to inactively cause ice to melt, such as through placing it near a heat source, such as […]
Distributing charity to gentiles
This Halacha is an Excerpt from our Sefer Buy here or on Amazon.com Distributing charity to gentiles:[1] It is permitted and encouraged to distribute charity to a gentile.[2] This applies even if the charity is being given to an individual gentile or a group of gentiles without it also being distributed to Jewish […]
Ikkur Vitafel: The Bracha on Ice cream in a cone; Cereal and milk and cheese cake
What blessing is to be recited over ice cream in a cone?[1] One is to recite a blessing of Mezonos over the cone and then Shehakol over the ice cream.[2] If however one does not taste the cone at all and is simply using it to hold the ice cream […]
What blessing is to be recited over a Tortilla wrap [i.e. Taco]?
This Halacha is an Excerpt from our Sefer Buy here or on Amazon.com What blessing is to be recited over a Tortilla wrap [i.e. Taco]? Corn/maize flour tortilla: If the Tortilla is made of corn/maize flour, and does not contain any of the five grain flours[1], then its blessing is Shehakol and requires […]
Asking a Kohen to leave the Shul-In a time of need, may one forgo the Aliyos of a Kohen and Levi and give it to a Yisrael
Asking a Kohen to leave the Shul-In a time of need, may one forgo the Aliyos of a Kohen and Levi and give it to a Yisrael?[1] Some Poskim[2] rule that the Sages instituted that a Kohen and Levi cannot forgo their honor and allow a Yisrael to be called […]
The 15th of Av: What happened; Adding in Torah; Tachanun; Kesiva Vechasima Tova
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com The 15th of Av: The Mishneh[1] states: Rebbe Shimon Ben Gamliel said “There were not days of joy for the Jewish people like the 15th of Av and Yom Kippur.” This day became a day of Shidduchim, where men would […]
