Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including sitting on the floor, asking a goy to buy refreshments on Shabbos, knives sharpened by a non-Jewish craftsman, and whip-cream canister on Shabbos.
Can You Keep It?
In this week’s Choshen Mishpat Renaissance podcast, Rabbi Berel Polityko discusses the laws of lost objects with no unique identifying characteristics (simanim).
Parting Gifts: Gold, Silver and Garments
Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, discusses the Rebbe and the Rogatchover on what can be used to perform the mitzvah of Ha’anakah, and how this mitzvah is derived from the gold and silver that the Bnei Yisrael received from the Egyptians.
The Case of the Missing Steak
In this week’s Choshen Mishpat Renaissance podcast, Rabbi Berel Polityko discusses when one can keep an object they find, when they must return it, and when they should not touch it.
How Long Can I Hold On to Maaser Money?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including how long you can hold on to maaser money, visiting a kever twice on the same day, deep-fried eggrolls, and what time to hold the Purim seuda this year.
Rav vs. Shmuel: Accurate Translation or General Meaning?
Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, discusses the novel approach to ‘Leshitatei’, as introduced in the teachings of the Rebbe, focusing on the underlying mindsets and the unified theory that runs through the arguments of Rav and Shmuel.
The Rogatchover’s Perspective on the Seforim Courtcase – II
Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, discusses the definition of ownership by a Nossi – whether it is considered a personal ownership or an institutional one – and its ramifications on inheritance, pruzbul, and ‘Didan Notzach’.
If Insurance Will Pay for It, Do I Still Have to Return It?
In this week’s Choshen Mishpat Renaissance podcast, Rabbi Berel Polityko begins the Laws of Metziah Upikadon (Hashavas Aveidah) by exploring the law in a case where a lost object is insured. Is the finder still obligated to return it?
Using a Disposable Cup for Kiddush?
Photo: Yanki Kahan via frocksinstock.com
Photo: Yanki Kahan via frocksinstock.com
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including what constitutes a ‘neis,’ bracha on egg roles, disposable cups for Kiddush, and bracha on the Northern Lights.
The Rogatchover’s Perspective on the Seforim Courtcase
Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, discusses the definition of ownership by a Nossi – whether it is considered a personal ownership or an institutional one – and its ramifications on inheritance, pruzbul, and ‘Didan Notzach’.
Lighting Menorah for Pirsumei Nissa to Non-Yidden?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including playing dreidel for gelt, is a minyan required for public menorah lightings, besamim on a teabag, and pirsumei nissa to non-Yidden.
9 Days of Chanukah When Moshiach Comes?
In this episode of the “Hilchisa L’Meshica” podcast, Rabbi Yehuda Shurpin discusses whether Chanukah will be for nine days when Moshiach comes, and why don’t we have an additional day of Chanukah nowadays due to ‘Sefeika Deyoma’ as we have for other yomim Tovim.
Ner Chanukah: Eight Mitzvot or One Mitzvah?
Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, discusses the Rebbe and the Rogatchover on the mitzvah of Ner Chanukah, and its ramifications in a case where one has doesn’t have enough oil for all the night’s candles.
Burying Shaimos in Biodegradable Sacks?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including tzitizis on a scarf, burying shaimos in biodegradable sacks, untying knots for the chupah, and adding to a Rebbe’s name when adding for a shidduch.
Pach Hashemen: What Exactly Happened?
Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, discusses the Rebbe’s chiddush in the miracle of Chanukah, and how it differs from an approach seemingly already mentioned by the acharonim.
When the Public Takes Over: Can You Take Back Your Land?
In this week’s Choshen Mishpat Renaissance podcast, Rabbi Berel Polityko explores the laws of relocating property boundaries, reclaiming a public pathway on private property, and returning stolen goods when the thief is uncertain about the rightful owner.
Who Will Build the Wall?
In this episode of the “Hilchisa L’Meshica” podcast, Rabbi Yehuda Shurpin discusses the seemingly contradictory sources on whether Yerushalayim will have a wall, and the nature of the wall, when Moshiach comes.
The Olive, Laws of Muktzeh and the 19th of Kislev
Anash.org Feature: This week’s Iyun Podcast by Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of the Tzfunot Institute, deciphers a cryptic haoro and ksav yad kodesh of the Rebbe to the manichim with regards to the analogy of the olive in connection to Yud Tes Kislev.
Playing Dreidel for Money?
In this week’s Choshen Mishpat Renaissance podcast, Rabbi Berel Polityko explores the halachos of gambling, split-the-pot raffles, and playing dreidel for money or prizes.
Beeswax Holiday Candles for Yahrtzeit Licht?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including mistaken tzedaka, buying holiday candles, lighting menorah early with a lot of oil, and concealing a tattoo with a tattoo.