Audio: Rav Belsky Answers Shailos at BMG
Two weeks ago, Yeshiva Torah Vodaas held a parlor meeting in Lakewood, NJ. The rosh yeshiva, Rav Yisroel Belsky, was invited to address a...
Parshas Shemos: Understanding Shnayim Mikra V’Echad Targum
By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
There is a well known Gemara in Brachos that states "A person should always complete his with the congregation -...
Opening Containers On Shabbos
By Rabbi Dovid Ostroff
My new tin of Nescafe is sealed with a piece of aluminum foil. Am I permitted to rip it open on...
Taanis 15: The Proper Spelling of Akiva
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he receivedsemichah. He has written several seforim...
Buffet Meal – Manners Before Proper Order
The Mishna and Gemara in Maseches Brachos discuss the different criteria used to determine the proper order for making brachos. The four basic categories...
When Tishah B’av is Postponed to Sunday: Five Halachic Distinctions You Need to Know
By Rabbi Yonasan Sasportas
Since it is prohibited to fast on Shabbos, in the event that Tishah B'av occurs on Shabbos, we postpone its observance...
Weddings Between Pesach and Rosh Chodesh Iyar
According to the psak of Rav Moshe Feinstein and others, one may make a wedding before Rosh Chodesh Iyar, or after Lag Ba'omer, and...
Yoma 74: Fasting On Erev Yom Kippur
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Yoma 87: Asking for Forgiveness Three Times
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Yuma 39: Doing Half a Mitzvah
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Chelkas Yaakov: Washing Your Hands Inside A Bathroom
The Shulchan Aruch paskens (OC 4:18) that when you go out of a bathroom you need to wash your hands. The Pri Megadim says...
Beitzah 31: Leftover Lulavim
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he receivedsemichah. He has written several seforim...
Megillah 20: Calculating Alos – 72 Minutes or 16.1
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he receivedsemichah. He has written several seforim...
Rosh Chodesh Bentching
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The posuk in Bamidbar, Perek Chof Ches, posuk yud alef says that a special korban was brought every Rosh Chodesh.
The Mishna in Shekalim, Perek Ches, mishna ches says that the...
Business Halacha: Heter Iska
Q: What is the basis of the heter iska? Can it be used for all loans?
A: The heter iska is based on the distinction...
Selected Halachos Related to Yom Kippur
By Rabbi Daniel Neustadt
QUESTION: On Erev Yom Kippur, may one eat, wear leather shoes or wash his face and hands after reciting the Birkas...
Kitniyos and Paper Goods
Q. On Pesach, may one use paper plates, paper towels and napkins that are not certified kosher for Passover?
A. Paper plates, paper towels and napkins...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Pour Decisions
In this follow-up episode, Rabbi Nochum Rabinowitz, Senior Rabbinic coordinator at OU Kosher clarifies for us the difference between Mevushal & Non-Mevushal.
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