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...]
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...]
Preference on challah from Eretz Yisrael
If a person has a small challah from Eretz Yisrael and a large challah from Chutz La’aretz, on which should he say Hamotzi?
Answers from Igud members: Rav Pesach Lerner shlit”a, Rav Dr. Aaron Glatt shlit”a and Rav Yaakov Klass shlit”a
Answers from others: Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlit”a, Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl shlit”a and Rav Shlomo Aviner shlit”a [...Click headline above for more...]
Skipping mitzvos regarding Torah learning
Yeshivos sometimes start learning Maseches Kesubos from Perek Eilu Na’aros (the third chapter) or Maseches Bava Basra from Perek Chezkas Habatim (the third chapter). Why isn’t there a concern for the prohibition against skipping mitzvos, since when they open the Gemara they arrive at the first chapter? [...Click headline above for more...]
Updates from the Halacha Commission and articles of interest
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