Updates from the Halacha Commission and articles of interest
Igud Halacha Challenge Cheshvan 5779
With the Yamim Tovim behind us, we send out this monthly she’eilah and the answers to last month’s she’eilah with encouragement to explore the question with creativity and depth. Please send answers to this month’s question to Igud.Halacha@gmail.com. [...Click headline above for more...]
Igud Halacha Challenge, Tishrei 5779
Milk that fell into meat food
If milk falls into a pot of meat, can you ask a gentile to taste? If he does not taste the milk, can a Sephardi taste and if he does not taste the milk either, give it to an Ashkenazi? [...Click headline above for more...]
Igud Halacha Challenge, Elul 5778
Zeicher Lechurban in Jerusalem
Do people in Jerusalem need to leave an empty, unpainted space Zeicher Lechurban or not, since they see it every day?
Answers from Igud members: Rav Duvid Katz shlit”a, Rav Yosef Yitzchak Serebriansky shlit”a and Rav Tzvi Mauner shlit”a
Answers from others: Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl shlit”a, Rav Shlomo Aviner shlit”a, Rav Yosef Lieberman shlit”a and others [...Click headline above for more...]
Publication: Laws of Bribery
A summary and analysis of the laws of bribery
Igud HaRabbonim is proud to publish this essay on the practical applications of the prohibition of bribery, written by our respected dayan HaRav Yehoshua Grunwald shlit”a. [...Click headline above for more...]
Publication: Borrowing Bicycles in a Bungalow Colony
Borrowing bicycles in a bungalow colony
Igud HaRabbonim is proud to publish this teshuvah on borrowing bicycles in a bungalow colony, written by our respected dayan HaRav Yehoshua Grunwald shlit”a. [...Click headline above for more...]
Publication: Seridim Journal no. 28
The Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim is pleased to present the Iyar 5777 issue of the journal Seridim, published by the Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis, disseminated with permission. This issue of the journal highlights issues of technology and Halacha. [...Click headline above for more...]
Igud Halacha Challenge, Av 5778
Tzedakah in Jerusalem
When giving tzedakah in Jerusalem, is there a preference to give residents of the Old City over residents of the New City?
Answers from Igud members: Rav Yosef Serebriansky shlit”a and Rav Tzvi Mauner shlit”a
Answers from others: Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlit”a, Rav Simcha Rabinowitz shlit”a, Rav Pinchas Meyers shlit”a and others [...Click headline above for more...]
Publication: Subletting Bungalows
Subletting bungalows
Igud HaRabbonim is proud to make available this teshuvah on the subject of subletting bungalows, written by one of the organization’s respected dayanim, HoRav Avrohom Yehoshua Kirsch shlit”a. [...Click headline above for more...]
Publication: Summer Halochos
Summer Halochos
Igud HaRabbonim is proud to make available Otzar Hilchos Kayitz: Madrich Lechodshei Hakayitz, a booklet on the relevant summer laws, written by the organization’s Moreh Tzedek, HoRav Leibel Wulliger shlit”a. [...Click headline above for more...]