Updates from the Halacha Commission and articles of interest
Igud Halacha Challenge Teves 5779
Enclosed are this month’s she’eilah and the answers to last month’s she’eilah. Please send answers to this month’s question to Igud.Halacha@gmail.com.
These questions and answers are courtesy of Rav Mordechai Tzion, author of Shu”t HaShoel (2 volumes), Shu”t Eretz Yisrael and other seforim available for purchase on HavaBooks.org.il. [...Click headline above for more...]
Publication: Hilchos Chanukah
Hilchos Chanukah
Igud HaRabbonim is proud to make available Kuntres BeHilchos Chanukah, a booklet on the laws of Chanukah, written by the organization’s Moreh Tzedek, HoRav Leibel Wulliger shlit”a. [...Click headline above for more...]
Chief Rabbi David Lau’s Maskil LeDovid
Rav Dovid Lau, Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel, published this new sefer comprising many of his rulings while sitting as a dayan
Piskei Din Rav HaRoshiIgud Halacha Challenge Kislev 5779
Enclosed are this month’s she’eilah regarding Chanukah and the answers to last month’s she’eilah of whether a rabbi should make kiddush on grape juice so he can answer halachic inquiries. Please pardon the length but last month’s she’eilah generated robust discussion. Please send answers to this month’s question to Igud.Halacha@gmail.com. [...Click headline above for more...]
Igud Halacha Challenge Cheshvan 5779
How Many Walls For A Sukkah?
Ifyou can choose between two sukkos, one with three walls and another with four walls, should you specifically prefer the one with four walls?
Answers from many including Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlit”a, Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl shlit”a, Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein shlit”a and others: [...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...]