Updates from the Halacha Commission and articles of interest
Publication: Teshuvah Regarding Hadassim Mixups
Igud HaRabbonim is proud to publish a teshuvah regarding ownership of Haddasim by our respected Dayan, HoRav Yehoshua Grunwald shlit”a, in advance of the upcoming Sukkos holiday.
- Recently published: Kuntres BeInyanei Chodesh Tishrei https://rabbinicalalliance.org/2019/09/15/publication-kuntres-beinyanei-chodesh-tishrei/
- Published last year: Kuntres Chosen Yeshuos: Hilchos Daled Minim https://rabbinicalalliance.org/2018/09/08/publication-laws-of-daled-minim/
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Rosh Hashanah Musings
Rav Gil Student, Director of Igud’s Halacha Commission, published this halacha booklet for learning over the yomim tovim
Rosh Hashanah Musings 5780 finalPublication: Kuntres BeInyanei Chodesh Tishrei
Igud HaRabbonim is proud to publish Kuntres BeInyanei Chodesh Tishrei, Insights on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkos and Yom Tov, a collection of essays on the upcoming holidays by our respected Dayan, HoRav Yehoshua Grunwald shlit”a. [...Click headline above for more...]
Publication: Zera Yehuda Al Inyanei Nisuin
In honor of Tu B’Av, Igud HaRabbonim is proud to make available Zera Yehuda Al Inyanei Nisuin, a book of talmudic lectures about weddings, written by the organization’s Moreh Tzedek, HoRav Leibel Wulliger shlit”a. [...Click headline above for more...]
Gedolim Letters on Vaccination
RAA/Igud’s letter by Rav Dr. Aaron Glatt is included in this pamphlet
Vaccination-Initiative-Brochure-Dr.-Roberts-5-29-19-8.375-x-10.875-1Rav Kurzrock Shiur: Learning Torah Lishmah
Igud’s Av Bais Din, HaRav Hershel Kurzrock shlit”a, gave the following shiur on Torah Lishmah
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Igud Halacha Challenge, Iyar 5779
Milk for Four Cups at the Seder
If you cannot afford wine for the Seder, can you use milk for the Four Cups?
Igud Halacha Challenge Iyar 5779This month’s she’eilah for you to consider and answer:
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אם רב שכח לספור ספירת העומר, האם יש איזה היתר בשבילו לספור בברכה בציבור כדי לא להתבייש? [...Click headline above for more...]
Psak from Rabbi Yaakov Spivak: A Women May Not Serve As Sandek
Can A Woman Serve as a Sandek?
I was asked by the Halachic (Jewish Law) Committee of the Igud HaRabbonim/Rabbinical Alliance of America to confront the question of the appropriateness of action by a certain so-called Orthodox synagogue that has women serve as the sandek (holder of the baby) as the Mohel removes the foreskin. The answer is given directly by the Remah (Rabbi Moshe Isserles) in the Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law) 265:11: [...Click headline above for more...]
Igud Halacha Challenge, Nisan 5779
Megillah In and Out of Jerusalem?
If you have one foot inside Jerusalem and one foot outside, do you read megillah on the 14th of Adar or 15th?
Igud Halacha Challenge Nisan 5779
This month’s she’eilah for you to consider and answer: [...Click headline above for more...]