From the Rav’s Desk – Q&A on Kerias Hatorah & More

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What should be done in a Shiva home if the mourner is a Kohen or Levi and is the 10th man for the minyan regarding leaving the room by the Aliyah of Kohen or Levi?

He is not required to leave and is rather to stay in the room and simply not be called up for an Aliyah.

 

See Meiri Moed Katan 15a; Nitei Gavriel 97:3; M”B 135:45 in name of Elya Raba and Shaarei Ephraim 8:9; Ketzos Hashulchan 85:10

Historically speaking, how many people have been documented to create golems?

Four. The Talmud[1] states that Rava created a Golam using the names of Hashem of Sefer Yetizra. The Even Ezra created a Golam in front of Rabbeinu Tam.[2] Rav Eliyahu Baal Shem of Chelm used the names of Hashem to create a Golam.[3] The Maharal of Prague used the names of Hashem to create a Golam.[4]

 

 

[1] Sanhedrin 65b

[2] Commentary of Abusilia on Sefer Yetzira

[3] Chacham Tzevi 93

[4] See Igeres Hakodesh Lemaharal

Is there any source for the rumor that demons have chicken like feet?

Yes. Rashi in Gittin 68b “The feet of demons are similar to that of chickens”

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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