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Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline

Clean Hands Doctrine March 14, 2024 Q If I have to leave the table during a meal, must I repeat netilas yadayim upon returning? A Following a hesech hada’as (mental disengagement), one must wash anew. If you leave the table and get…

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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Pekudei

Press Release March 14, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Micha Cohn They made bells of pure gold, and they put the bells among the pomegranates on the hem of the me’il, all around among the pomegranates.…

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Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline

A Shvacheh Cup March 7, 2024 Q Are disposable cups suitable for kiddush or havdalah? A Disposable utensils are a relatively new product, and much has been written about their status in various areas of halacha. Kiddush and havdalah, like…

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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Vayakhel

Craft Fair March 7, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehonoson Dovid Hool   One of the four shomrim (custodians) in the Torah is the shomer sachar (paid custodian), who is responsible if the item in his…

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Q&A from the Bais HaVaad Halacha Hotline

Posthaste February 29, 2024 Q May I mail something on a Friday if I know that the Postal Service will transport it on Shabbos through a reshus harabim?  A One may not have a non-Jewish worker who is paid for…

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Bais HaVaad on the Parsha, Parshas Ki Sisa

The Great Leap Forward  February 29, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald   The Mishnah (Megillah 6b) says that in a leap year like this one, there are no differences between Adar Rishon and Adar…

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A Marriage Proposal: Ring Exchanges in Halacha

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman February 22, 2024 In secular American society, it has been the norm since the twentieth century for men, as well as women, to receive and wear wedding rings. But engagement rings have…

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