Daf 52 - When One Leaves the Techum Rav Yosef Jacobowitz; Mechaber Sefer Gevul Rishonim Daf 53 - Fundementals of Techum Shabbos Rav Yosef Jacobowitz; Mechaber Sefer Gevul Rishonim Daf 54 - Thinking In Learning Rav Yosef Jacobowitz;…
Daf 26 - Understanding Eruvei Chatzeiros Rav Chaim Weg; Rosh Kollel Zichron Gershon Daf 27 - Do Manufactured Jars Need Tevilah? Rav Chaim Weg; Rosh Kollel Zichron Gershon Daf 28 - The Proper Beracha On The Pits Rav…
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Case: Reuven borrowed a bike from Shimon, and Levi then accidentally drove over the bike. Reuven demands that Levi pay for the bike since he ruined it. But Levi says, “the bike is not yours, Reuven,…
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Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Case: Someone built a house using a contractor. The house was completed, but shortly thereafter, an electrician came to the door, claiming to be a subcontractor, asking to get paid. Question: Can the homeowner say that he…
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Case: A contractor accepts a job from a homeowner on a cost-plus basis and hires subcontractors to take care of some of the work (plumbers, electricians, etc.). After the work is done, he requests payment from…
Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs Question: In secular court and in the Supreme Court, if the plaintiff does not have standing, the case is thrown out. Is the same thing true for Bais Din as well, and how often does this…
Early Adopters Rav Avraham Yeshaya Cohen July 23, 2020 Q: To make “early Shabbos,” when must one daven and eat? A: There is a dispute between R' Yehuda and the Chachamim (Brachos 26a) whether shkiah (sunset) or plag hamincha…
Brother in Law Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald July 23, 2020 …And you shall judge righteousness between a man and his brother and his opponent. (Devarim 1:16) The only mitzva in this week’s parsha…
Why punish wrongdoing? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 23, 2020 One of the fundamental issues raised by the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks (as well as by the recent federal execution, the first in seventeen…