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Halachos of Daily Living

Laws related to Berachos What bracha should one recite on dried cranberries? Most dried cranberries are sugar infused. This means the cranberries are soaked in sugar water and then dried to look like raisins. Rav Belsky, zt”l ruled that the bracha on dried cranberries is Ha’odama.…

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Ribbis: Matters of Interest

USING A BORROWER'S CD OR MP3 PLAYER Reuven owes Shimon money. May Shimon use Reuven’s CD or MP3 player without permission if he is knows Reuven lets others use it without permission? May Shimon take some of Reuven’s Taster’s Choice…

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Violating Shabbos to Save a Life

Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yechiel Biberfield on Parshas Ki Sisa ושמרו בני ישראל את השבת לעשות את השבת לדורותם לברית עולם The Gemara cites eight pesukim, including the pasuk above, to prove that one may violate Shabbos to…

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A Kosher Keurig?

Rabbi Baruch Fried Introduction In this week's Parsha [31:21-23] we are introduced to the requirement of purifying utensils acquired from a non-Jew. The Gemara in Avoda Zara 75B tells us that each "kashering" must include immersion in a Kosher Mikva.…

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State of the Union, Revisited

Adapted from a shiur by Rav Shmuel Honigwachs A follow-up on credit unions and cooperatives. Our recent article following the kol korai on credit unions (“State of the Union: May One Join PenFed or First Atlantic?”) prompted many questions from…

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