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Yom Kippur 5780
Rabbi Yossi SprungTastes Great โ But Does It Need a Bracha?
In our previous essay, we examined the laws of Birchos haNehenin for people without a sense of taste and whether tube feedings require Birchos haNehenin. Continuing the topic, this essay will discuss a related subject โ...
ืืืืื ืืืืช ืืื ืกืช ืืืื ืืืืคืืจืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืืช ืื ืืืื ืืฆืืจื ืืฉืชืืช
ืืฉืืืข ืฉืขืืจ ืขืกืงื ื ืืฉืืื ืืื ืขื ืืืื ืฉืืืืข ืฉืื ืืืื ืืฆืื ืืืชืจ ืืฉื ื ืฆืืืืช ืืชืื ืขืฉืจื ืืืื, ืืืืืจ ืืฆืื ืืช ืฆืื ืืืืื ืื ืืช ืืื ืืืืคืืจืื. ืืคื ืฉืืืื ื, ืฉืืื ืื ืงืฉืืจื ืื ืืฉื ืืืืชื ืืฉืืขืืชื โ ืืืืช ืืืืื ืฉืืฉ ืขื ืืืื ืืืืื ืข ืืคื ื ืืื...
Sense-Less Brachos
Many Halachic issues are impacted by disturbances of any of the five senses โ vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. Impaired vision or hearing raises fundamental questions about the Mitzva obligations of the blind...
ืฆืื ืืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืคืืจ โ ืื ืืืขืืืฃ?
ืืืืืจื ื ืืฉืืืข ื ืขืกืืง ืืกืืืื ืืจืชืงืช ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืืขื ืืื ืืช ืขื ืฆืื ืืื ืืืืคืืจืื ืืงืจื ืืื, ืื ืืื ืืกืืืืช ืืคื ื ืขืฆืื. ืืื ืืืืื ืืจืืจ, ืฉืืืง ืืืชื ื ืคืจื ืืืืืชื ืืงืืื ืืืฆืืืช, ืืื ืืืืฉืืจ ืืช ืืชื ืืื ืืงืืื ืืืฆืืื. ืืืฉื โ ืืืฉืื ืืชืจืื...
Keep Yourself Far Away and Do Not Come Near The Doorway๏ฟผ
A fascinating question was recently posed to our Beis Medrash. Hatzala responders carry radios, pagers, or cellular devices that alert them to medical emergencies in their vicinity. Generally, the person closest to the...
ืืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืจืืง ืืคืืืืจื ืืืืืืช ืืฉืืช?
ืืื ืฉื ืชืงืืื ืืืื “ืืขืฆื ืชืืื ืื ืื”, ืืืื ืืื ืืืง ืืืชื ื ืคืจื ืืชืืืื ืืืืื. ืืขืฉืจืืช ืืฉื ืื ืืืืจืื ืืช ืืืืืข ืืชืคืชืื ืืืืืืช ืืืฆืข ืืจืืงื ืืคืืืืจืืืช, ืฉืืคืืืชื ืืช ืขืืงืจ ืืืื ืืืื ืืืื. ืืืื ื ืืชื ืืจืืืช ืืื ืืช ืื ืคืขืืื ืฉื...
ืืจืืืช ืงืจื ืืื ื ืืฉืืช
VIEW SHIUR IN ENGLISH ืืืืื ืืื, ืืื ืืงืืฅ, ืืืคืจื ืืชืงืืคืช ืืืืคืฉื ืืฉื ืชืืช, ืจืืื ืืืฆืืื ืืืืืช ืืืืง ืืืืข, ืืืืฃ ืืื ืืืื ืืงืื, ืืืฆื ืืฉืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืฉืืคื ืืฉืืขืืชืืช ืืฉืืฉ ืืืชืจ ืืืฉืจ ืืฉืืจ ืืืืช ืืฉื ื. ืืฉื ืื ืืืืจืื ืืช ืืชืคืชืื ืืืืืขืืช...
Constructive Destruction
When you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it to capture it, you shall not cut down its trees, to swing an axe against it, for you eat from it โ you shall not cut it down โ for is a tree of the field a...
Oh Say, Can Mr. Cohen See?
[In the previous essay in this series (Parshas Matos-Masei), we discussed whether the Mitzva of vโKidashto applies to a Kohen who is a Baโal Mum.] Recent Poskim have considered whether poor eyesight constitutes a...
