This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com 4. In today’s times must one perform a Peruzbal in order to request the payment of loans after Shemita?[1] The widespread custom today [i.e. times of Rosh/Michaber/Admur] in these provinces is not to perform a Peruzbal and nevertheless allow […]
3. The Peruzbal process
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com 3. The Peruzbal process:[1] Before the Shemita year begins, the lender is to gather a valid court of three Kosher Jews [see Halacha 6] and state to them “I hereby hand to you all the debts that are owed […]
2. What is a Peruzbal?
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com 2. What is a Peruzbal?[1] The Peruzbal is a process instituted by the Sages [for times when Shemita is only Rabbinical[2]] which allows a loan to stay in effect even after the Shemita year, and thus allows one to […]
0. Introduction to Peruzbal
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com Introduction: The Torah [Re’e 15:2] commands us that at the end of the seventh-year cycle one must annul all loans that he is owed by other Jews. It is thus forbidden for the lender to ask for the loan […]
1. The Biblical and Rabbinical obligation
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com 1. The Biblical and Rabbinical obligation:[1] It is a positive command in the Torah for a lender to abolish his loans by the Shemita year. It is likewise a Biblical negative command for a lender not to demand payment […]
When to correct a Baal Korei for making mistakes in the reading
When to correct a Baal Korei for making mistakes in the reading:[1] *This Halacha only discusses mispronunciations and mistakes in the Taamim. For missed words or letters-See Halacha 2! Mistake in vowelization or tune; Mistakes that change the meaning of the word:[2] If the Baal Korei mispronounced a letter or […]
When to correct a Baal Korei for making mistakes in the reading
When to correct a Baal Korei for making mistakes in the reading:[1] *This Halacha only discusses mispronunciations and mistakes in the Taamim. For missed words or letters-See Halacha 2! Mistake in vowelization or tune; Mistakes that change the meaning of the word:[2] If the Baal Korei mispronounced a letter or […]
What to do if an Avel during shiva was accidentally called for an Aliyah on Shabbos
Question: [Sunday, 3rd Kisleiv, 5782] I am the Gabaiy of my Shul and called an individual to the Torah unknowingly that he was on his last day of Shiva. [He gets up from Shiva that Shabbos.] Should he nonetheless take the Aliyah? Answer: Yes, on Shabbos once a person is […]
From the Rav’s Desk: What to do if an Avel during shiva was accidentally called for an Aliyah on Shabbos
Question: [Sunday, 3rd Kisleiv, 5782] I am the Gabaiy of my Shul and called an individual to the Torah unknowingly that he was on his last day of Shiva. [He gets up from Shiva that Shabbos.] Should he nonetheless take the Aliyah? Answer: Yes, on Shabbos once a person is […]
Parshas Toldos-Summary of the Parsha
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com Parshas Toldos Pesukim: 106 [Siman:עלו ] Haftorah: Malachi 1 1:1-2:7 Number of Mitzvos: There are no Positive or Negative commands mentioned in Parshas Toldos. Rishon The birth of Yaakov and Eisav: Avraham fathered Yitzchak. Yitzchak was 40 […]
