Daf Yomi in Halacha Topics Parshas Yisro
Meseches Chulin Daf 59 Daf 60 Daf 61 Daf 62 Daf 63 Daf 64 Daf 65
Halachos of Daily Living
Laws Related to Brachos I walk past a coffee shop every day. From outside the store, I can smell the coffee. Should I recite a bracha on this aroma? The Mishnah Berurah (216:16) writes that if one smells hot ground coffee, since…
RIBBIS: MATTERS OF INTEREST
Cosigning and similar concepts It is definitely permitted for a Jew to co-sign as a standard arev on a loan initiated by a public company. Being that the terms are that the lender will turn to the borrower for payment…
Creating Forbidden Images
Adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Zev Granek on Parshas Beshalach (לא תעשון אתי אלהי כסף ואלהי זהב לא תעשו לכם (שמות כ:כ The Gemara (Rosh Hashana 24, Avoda Zara 43) explains that this pasuk is the source for…
The Catering Salesman: When Does He Get Paid?
Payment requirements for the private salesman By: Rabbi Dovid Grossman, Rosh Bais HaVaad There is one halachic classification of work which can lend itself to confusion. A poel who works by the hour is a schir yom. An independent contractor,…
Mob Rules: Does the Torah Sanction Vigilante Justice?
Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Greenwald Murder in the park Victor Melo, 16, began his afternoon listening to music in the sprawling national park in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia. At some point a classmate of Victor’s, standing nearby,…
Bais HaVaad Halacha Journal for Parshas Beshalach
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Daf Yomi in Halacha Topics Parshas Beshalach
Meseches Chulin Daf 52 Daf 53 Daf 54 Daf 55 Daf 56 Daf 57 Daf 58
Laws related to Birchas Hatorah
The Gerald & Karin Feldhamer OU Kosher Halacha Yomis This Column is dedicated in memory of: Rav Chaim Yisroel ben Reb Dov HaLevi Belsky, zt’l Senior OU Kosher Halachic Consultant from 1987-2016 I just finished reciting birchos ha’shachar (the blessings recited…
Ribbis: Matters of Interest
AREV: GUARANTEEING A LOAN (COSIGNERS) In certain instances where a home buyer does not meet underwriting criteria, the bank may require a cosigner to guarantee the loan. The current practice of banks is to stipulate that they can collect from…