Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including bishul akum concerns after a power outage, challos placed in the oven by non-Jewish help, bracha on a store mezuzah, and mezonos over bread.
Is a Plastic Ladle Considered a ‘Kli Sheini’?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including folding napkins inflating inflatables on Shabbos, black stripes on taleisim, canceled rental, and placing items on the bima.
Can I Fold Napkins on Shabbos?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including folding napkins inflating inflatables on Shabbos, black stripes on taleisim, canceled rental, and placing items on the bima.
What Should I do with My Shemitah Esrog?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including what to do with a shemitah esrog, schach placed by the wind, women answering amen on leisheiv basukka, and bentching lulav after taking Shabbos in.
Must Rings be Removed for Neggel Vasser?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including removing rings for neggel vasser, managing sales of non-kosher food, schach placed by a non-Jew, defrosting from one day of yom tov to the next, and leining from a chumash without a minyan.
Are Black Aravos Kosher?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including black aravos, jumping during Shmoneh Esrei, water filter on Shabbos and Yom Tov, and should a guest bentch licht at the host or at home.
Watch: Reb Yoel on Sukkos
Watch: A short lesson by Reb Yoel Kahn on Sukkos with English subtitles and transcript.
I Damaged an Esrog in the Store, Must I Pay the Full Retail Price?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including visiting the Sistine Chapel, lighting Yom Tov candles late, building a sukkah in a yard shared with non-Jews, and asking a non-Jew to turn on a hotplate after shkiah.
Watch: Reb Yoel on Yom Kippur
Watch: A short lesson by Reb Yoel Kahn on Yom Kippur with English subtitles and transcript.
Can an Architecture Student Visit the ‘Sistine Chapel’?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including visiting the Sistine Chapel, lighting Yom Tov candles late, building a sukkah in a yard shared with non-Jews, and asking a non-Jew to turn on a hotplate after shkiah.
Watch: Reb Yoel on Parshas Nitzavim
Watch: A short lesson by Reb Yoel Kahn on Parshas Nitzavim with an English transcript.
Can I Leave Money for a Cleaning Lady on Shabbos?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including leaving money for a cleaning lady on Shabbos, having a fence around a pool, maaser from government benefits, and cutting down a grafted fruit tree.
Watch: Reb Yoel on Parshas Ki Savo
Watch: A short lesson by Reb Yoel Kahn on Parshas Ki Savo with an English transcript.
Can I Prepare Oatmeal on Shabbos in a Kli Shlishi?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including a hole in a ‘pitomless’ esrog, oatmeal in a kli shlishi, recited Yaaleh V’yavo by mistake, and listening to lechem mishneh without eating.
Teshuva: Be Idealistic or Practical?
In this new episode of ‘Making Chassidus Real,’ Rabbi Michoel Gourarie talks about how knowing where we should be ideally can help us grow practically.
Watch: Reb Yoel on Parshas Ki Teitzei
Watch: A short lesson by Reb Yoel Kahn on Parshas Ki Teitzei with an English transcript.
Is Removing a Tattoo Obligatory, Optional, or Forbidden?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including havdala with a hearing aid, water left in metal overnight, taking an oath in court, and removing a tattoo.
Are You Struggling with an Identity Crisis?
In this new episode of ‘Making Chassidus Real,’ Rabbi Michoel Gourarie talks about the chossid who had an identity crisis and how to be in the world while staying above it.
Watch: Reb Yoel on the Month of Elul
Watch: A short lesson by Reb Yoel Kahn on the Month of Elul with English subtitles and a transcript.
If I’m Gluten-Free, Do I Need to Eat from the Lechem Mishneh?
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including maakeh on a warehouse roof, reselling an aron kodesh safe, lechem mishneh for gluten-free, heated mikvah floors on Shabbos, and shmittah esrogim this year.