Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including using maiser money to buy seforim, covering all the mezonos at a kiddush, bible in a hotel room, and turning on a smart switch in a location that is already Shabbos.
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including using maiser money to buy seforim, covering all the mezonos at a kiddush, bible in a hotel room, and turning on a smart switch in a location that is already Shabbos.
The following issues are discussed by Rabbi Raskin in this week’s episode:
[In relation to Seudas Hoda’ah]: Why is the Korban Todah to be eaten one day and night, whereas most lesser Korbanos may be eaten until the following evening? [1]
What are the guidelines for praying for healing on Shabbos? May one wish someone else Refua Sheleimoh on Shabbos? [2]
In Ukraine today, young men are being stopped in the street by police and being challenged why they are not in the military. Is there a permissible way to carry documents on Shabbos? [3]
At a kiddush in shul, does all the mezonos that is spread all around (e.g. crackers, pretzels, rugelach) need to be covered? [4]
Is a “hot plate” treated halachically the same as the standard blech-on-stove situation? [5]
I bought a glass to be used and broken under the Chuppah. Must it be toivelled?[6]
I have purchased a multi-unit building. One of the current tenants is a mosque. May I leave that tenancy in place?[7]
In many hotel rooms, one will find a book of non-Jewish worship. Does one leave it?[8]
I am away from my family for Shabbos, in a place where Shabbos commences later. Close to Shabbos I checked on my phone and discovered that the smart socket for the cholent crock-pot wasn’t switched on. May I switch it on remotely?[10]
[4] ראה קצור ש”ע סי’ נה ס”ה; שם עז סי”ז; שמירת שבת כהלכתה פמ”ז סכ”ה והע’ קכה.
[5] ראה שבת כהלכה פ”ח ס”ד; פסקי תשובות סי’ רנג אות ז – דשפיר דמי, אף כי יש מחמירים לכסות בשכבה של נייר-כסף.
[6] מסתבר שחייב בטבילה, כי כלי גמור הוא וראוי לשימוש פעמים רבות. וכן משמע בס’ טבילת כלים פ”א ס”ז ובהע’ י שם. אבל בס’ פסקים ותשובות יו”ד סי’ קכ אות כד כתב להטבילו בלא ברכה. אגב: צריך לשטוף הכוס לפני החופה, כדין כוס של ברכה.
[7] דת הישמעאלים אינה נחשבת ע”ז (שוע”ר סי’ קכח סנ”א). אין להיכנס למסגד (ראה נתיבים בשדה השליחות ח”א פט”ז). אילו השוכר היה כנסי’ נוצרית, הי’ בעי’ להשאיר אותם – ראה שו”ע יו”ד סי’ קנא ס”י.
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including using maiser money to buy seforim, covering all the mezonos at a kiddush, bible in a hotel room, and turning on a smart switch in a location that is already Shabbos.
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Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including using maiser money to buy seforim, covering all the mezonos at a kiddush, bible in a hotel room, and turning on a smart switch in a location that is already Shabbos.
The following issues are discussed by Rabbi Raskin in this week’s episode:
[In relation to Seudas Hoda’ah]: Why is the Korban Todah to be eaten one day and night, whereas most lesser Korbanos may be eaten until the following evening? [1]
What are the guidelines for praying for healing on Shabbos? May one wish someone else Refua Sheleimoh on Shabbos? [2]
In Ukraine today, young men are being stopped in the street by police and being challenged why they are not in the military. Is there a permissible way to carry documents on Shabbos? [3]
At a kiddush in shul, does all the mezonos that is spread all around (e.g. crackers, pretzels, rugelach) need to be covered? [4]
Is a “hot plate” treated halachically the same as the standard blech-on-stove situation? [5]
I bought a glass to be used and broken under the Chuppah. Must it be toivelled?[6]
I have purchased a multi-unit building. One of the current tenants is a mosque. May I leave that tenancy in place?[7]
In many hotel rooms, one will find a book of non-Jewish worship. Does one leave it?[8]
I am away from my family for Shabbos, in a place where Shabbos commences later. Close to Shabbos I checked on my phone and discovered that the smart socket for the cholent crock-pot wasn’t switched on. May I switch it on remotely?[10]
[4] ראה קצור ש”ע סי’ נה ס”ה; שם עז סי”ז; שמירת שבת כהלכתה פמ”ז סכ”ה והע’ קכה.
[5] ראה שבת כהלכה פ”ח ס”ד; פסקי תשובות סי’ רנג אות ז – דשפיר דמי, אף כי יש מחמירים לכסות בשכבה של נייר-כסף.
[6] מסתבר שחייב בטבילה, כי כלי גמור הוא וראוי לשימוש פעמים רבות. וכן משמע בס’ טבילת כלים פ”א ס”ז ובהע’ י שם. אבל בס’ פסקים ותשובות יו”ד סי’ קכ אות כד כתב להטבילו בלא ברכה. אגב: צריך לשטוף הכוס לפני החופה, כדין כוס של ברכה.
[7] דת הישמעאלים אינה נחשבת ע”ז (שוע”ר סי’ קכח סנ”א). אין להיכנס למסגד (ראה נתיבים בשדה השליחות ח”א פט”ז). אילו השוכר היה כנסי’ נוצרית, הי’ בעי’ להשאיר אותם – ראה שו”ע יו”ד סי’ קנא ס”י.
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