Rav Chaim Weg June 10, 2020 Case: A freelance writer was approached by several editors of a publication prior to the spread of Covid-19 to write some time-sensitive articles, such as spending Yom Tov in hotels, issues of safety during…
Rav Chaim Weg June 9, 2020 Question: During the last few months, it has become more common to do shopping for others, such as for elderly neighbors or relatives. In one case, a person went shopping for his elderly…
Rav Chaim Weg June 8, 2020 Question: Someone has been selling masks in his development for the last several weeks. He now discovers that his neighbor is beginning to sell masks as well, and he feels that this will impact negatively on his sales. Does…
LEGAL HOLIDAYS Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Harav Chaim Weg June 11, 2020 In the second month, on the fourteenth day in the afternoon they shall make it. Bemidbar 9:11 The Gemara (Pesachim 6a) says that sho’alin v’dorshin…
Minyan Money Harav Chaim Weg June 11, 2020 Q: While davening at a backyard minyan, I noticed a man searching frantically in the grass under his chair. When he stopped, I heard him mutter, “The $500 is gone forever.” He…
May secrets be revealed for the public good? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 11, 2020 In the previous issue (tinyurl.com/y7ergrhk), we noted that software-based contact tracing of those infected by COVID-19 might entail privacy violations, and…
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Rabbi Baruch Meir Levin Question: Someone rented a banquet hall for a bar mitzvah but was then unable to have the event due to the governmental restrictions on public gatherings as a result of Covid-19. Can he get his deposit…
FIRST OF FENCE Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 4, 2020 And grapes, fresh or dried, he shall not eat. (Bemidbar 6:3) Why does the Torah forbid a nazir to eat grapes and not…
A CONFLICT OF INTEREST June 4, 2020 Q: I am a residential landlord. When a tenant signs a lease, he provides me with a security deposit, which I am legally required to deposit into an interest-bearing escrow account. I confess…