Approbations: Who Goes First?
Should a kohen’s approbation to a sefer go first?
Enclosed are this month’s she’eilah about honoring an entering rabbi during another rabbi’s speech and answers to she’eilos of the last two months regarding the precedence of kohanim and weddings in and out of Jerusalem. Please send answers to this month’s question to Igud.Halacha@gmail.com. [...Click headline above for more...]
Should you get married in Jerusalem with limited music or outside Jerusalem with a full band?
Enclosed are this month’s she’eilah about the precedence of kohanim and the answers to last month’s she’eilah about weddings in and out of Jerusalem. Please send answers to this month’s question to Igud.Halacha@gmail.com. [...Click headline above for more...]
Igud HaRabbonim is proud to publish this essay on Kaddish for an extended relative, written by the Director of our Va’ad Halacha, Rav Gil Student shlit”a.
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...]
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 HaRoshi
Can a Rabbi Make Kiddush on Wine?
A rabbi has to answer halachic questions, which he cannot do after drinking wine. Should he refrain from making kiddush on wine so he can answer questions?
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...]
How Many Walls For A Sukkah?
If you 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...]
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...]
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...]