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February 12, 2025|י"ד שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Bracha recited on hearing about the release of hostages

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February 6, 2025|ח' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Rav Rimon on watching a video of a hostage release that was videotaped on Shabbat

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February 3, 2025|ה' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Rav Asher Weiss on Disclosing Genetic Information to Family Members

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January 29, 2025|כ"ט טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ה What is the bracha on croutons?

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January 9, 2025|ט' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ה What should I do if I find a car key in my coat pocket as I am walking home from shul on Friday night?

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December 30, 2024|כ"ט כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ה The obligation to light ner chanuka if you are traveling all night

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December 23, 2024|כ"ב כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Hazardous medical procedures and triage according to Rav Asher Weiss

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December 11, 2024|י' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Should children recite havdalah on Sunday if they go to sleep on Saturday before Shabbat is over?

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December 4, 2024|ג' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Taking an Uber after sunset on Friday evening

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November 25, 2024|כ"ד חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Rav Asher Weiss on the Use of Alternative Medicine

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November 21, 2024|כ' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Returning a chulent pot to a crock pot after it was mistakenly removed from the crock pot on Shabbat

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November 4, 2024|ג' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Disposing of a Mouse that was Trapped on Shabbat or Yom Tov

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September 30, 2024|כ"ז אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Bishul akum with a housekeeper

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September 25, 2024|כ"ב אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Saying something negative about a Jew to protect a non-Jew

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September 20, 2024|י"ז אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Must you tell your non-Jewish investment broker not to buy or sell stocks for you on Yom Tov?

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September 10, 2024|ז' אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Are you permitted and encouraged to study new Torah on Shabbat?

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August 20, 2024|ט"ז אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Child's Obligations towards his Parents vs. his Obligations Towards Himself and the mitzvah of chinuch to enfroce and waive kibbud va va'em behaviors

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August 11, 2024|ז' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Matyrdom in the time of the Crusades: Heroes or Sinners?

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July 18, 2024|י"ב תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ד The Soldier with the Amputated Arm: Tefillin, Netillat Yadayim and Other Mitzvot

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July 12, 2024|ו' תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Navigating halacha on the road: Kashrut, Shabbat and Tefilla While Traveling

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June 24, 2024|י"ח סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Navigating Marit Ayin in Today's World

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June 19, 2024|י"ג סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Yichud today: Practical Scenarios and Solutions

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June 9, 2024|ג' סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Conversion for the sake of marriage

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May 27, 2024|י"ט אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ד The Charge and Challenge of Split Loyalties: Being an American, a Zionist and a Jew

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May 4, 2024|כ"ו ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ד The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Suicide Mission or Act of Kiddush Hashem

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April 20, 2024|י"ב ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Can I sell sourdough starter to a non-Jew before Pesach and ask him to feed it on Pesach?

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April 18, 2024|י' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ד How much matza must we actually eat on seder night? Tosafot vs. Rambam, Chazon Ish vs. Rav Chaim Naeh

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April 11, 2024|ג' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ד If you don't plan on being home for Pesach, must you search your home for chametz?

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April 3, 2024|כ"ד אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Must I search my books for chametz? Must I search for chametz that is less than a kzayit?

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March 28, 2024|י"ח אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Davening While Under the Influence of Alcohol

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March 26, 2024|ט"ז אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Can Full-Time Torah Study Be A Halachic Exemption from Serving in the IDF?

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March 19, 2024|ט' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד May we daven on Purim with a costume?

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March 14, 2024|ד' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד May a public Shabbat violator serve as a ba'al tefilla?

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March 6, 2024|כ"ו אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד The Alabama Supreme Court Decision and the Halachic Status of Frozen Embryos

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March 5, 2024|כ"ה אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד A non-Jew took a picture or video of my baby on Shabbat. Can I look at it on Saturday night?

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February 28, 2024|י"ט אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Can an Israeli spy seduce an enemy and can she then return to her husband? Reflecting on the Esther Story

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February 26, 2024|י"ז אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד My oven turned off in the middle of the night on Friday night. Can I ask a non-Jew to turn on the oven in the morning?

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February 22, 2024|י"ג אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Can I add pepper to my bowl of soup on Friday night?

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February 22, 2024|י"ג אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Rashba and the Ban on Secular Studies

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February 20, 2024|י"א אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Is Hamas Amalek?

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February 15, 2024|ו' אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד May a child and parent take a self-defense course together and practice on each other? May a child medically treat a parent?

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February 8, 2024|כ"ט שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Famous Reponsa: The Netziv and How to keep people from going off the derech

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February 7, 2024|כ"ח שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Can you order on Amazon an item for a non-Jew that will be used for ritual worship?

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January 30, 2024|כ' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Treatment of enemy civilians in times of war

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January 30, 2024|כ' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד How to kasher a meat frying pan that was used for dairy

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January 17, 2024|ז' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Is there a permissible way to neuter a dog?

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January 15, 2024|ה' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ד May we affix a mezuzah for a non-Jew for his home?

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December 21, 2023|ט' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Releasing prisoners in order to free hostages: Entebbe The Jibril Agreement

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December 18, 2023|ו' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ד When should a soldier on the battlefield recite birkat ha-gomel?

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December 6, 2023|כ"ג כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Can you bring a sefer torah in an army base from a tent to a soldier who is standing guard at the edge of the base?

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December 4, 2023|כ"א כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Must I wake someone up to light ner chanuka with a bracha?

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November 30, 2023|י"ז כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד The Rambam and the Status of the Convert

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November 26, 2023|י"ג כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Taking spoils from the war against Hamas

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November 26, 2023|י"ג כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Famous Responsa: Rambam and the Status of Islam

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November 15, 2023|ב' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ד May a Jew and non-Jew hold a joint prayer service?

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November 6, 2023|כ"ב חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Taking trains and subways on Shabbat when no money is exchanged; when your plane lands after Shabbat begins; and the mitzvah to prepare for Shabbat

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November 6, 2023|כ"ב חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Terumat Ha-Deshen and davening maariv and accepting Shabbat before plag mincha

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November 6, 2023|כ"ב חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Should the bracha for rain in shemona esrei be amended to ask that rain doesn't hinder Israel's Gaza operations?

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November 1, 2023|י"ז חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Halachic dilemmas in redeeming hostages for terrorists, money and weapons

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October 29, 2023|י"ד חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד May soldiers return home on Friday afternoon when they must return to the base on Shabbat?

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October 19, 2023|ד' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Ethics of War: How Much to Avoid Civilian Casualties

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October 19, 2023|ד' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Using the phone and radio during a time of war

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October 2, 2023|י"ז תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Best halachic practices for an expectant mother to go to the hospital on Shabbat

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October 2, 2023|י"ז תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Eating in the sukkah when it's raining: When are halachic stringencies appropriate?

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September 4, 2023|י"ח אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ג How long must a child wait between eating meat and milk?

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August 15, 2023|כ"ח אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Steak from a 3D printer? Is it kosher? Is it meat?

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July 12, 2023|כ"ג תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can AI Be a Posek? Four Approaches

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June 8, 2023|י"ט סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג May I attend the wedding of a close relative who is marrying a non-Jew and may I honor a public Shabbat violator at a communal fundraiser? The parameters of chanufa

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May 24, 2023|ד' סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Hochai-ach tochiach et amitecha - Best Practices For Influencing Others

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May 17, 2023|כ"ו אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג When kibbud av va'aim impacts my life choices, my nuclear family and my sanity

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May 4, 2023|י"ג אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Onaat devarim: When can you say what you REALLY think?

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April 4, 2023|י"ג ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Rav Yosef Caro and the Chacham Zvi - Does a diaspora Jew who visits Eretz Yisrael during the shalosh regalim observe two days of Yom Tov?

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March 30, 2023|ח' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can a first-born eat on erev Pesach if he is not present at a siyum?

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March 30, 2023|ח' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: The Rivash - What is semicha?

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March 23, 2023|א' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Radbaz - Must I give up a limb to save someone's life?

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March 22, 2023|כ"ט אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can you hire a non-Jew to do construction on your home during Chol Ha-moed?

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March 16, 2023|כ"ג אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can you mourn the death of a relative who commanded before he died to be cremated after death?

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March 14, 2023|כ"א אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshvuot that changed Jewish life: The Sridei Aish and Coed Youth Groups and Mixed Singing

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February 28, 2023|ז' אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can I feed non-kosher food to homeless non-Jews?

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February 24, 2023|ג' אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can I watch Israeli TV in America on Friday afternoon?

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February 15, 2023|כ"ד שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Chavot Yair - May a Torah scholar be a musician at a wedding?

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February 14, 2023|כ"ג שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג When do I recite a bracha after drinking a cold and a hot beverage?

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February 9, 2023|י"ח שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: The Maharik - May a son marry a young woman against his father's wishes?

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February 8, 2023|י"ז שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can you make toast on Shabbat?

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January 31, 2023|ט' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can you ask a Kohen to leave shul so that two Yisraelim can get an aliya on a Monday or Thursday?

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January 30, 2023|ח' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: When the Rema officiated a wedding ceremony on Friday night

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January 17, 2023|כ"ד טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Recharging hearing aid batteries on Shabbat and Yom Tov

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January 10, 2023|י"ז טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Rav Zerachya Halevi's introduction to the Sefer Ha'Ma'or and the justification to argue on previous generations

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January 9, 2023|ט"ז טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג If I write with my left hand but perform all other activities with my left hand, am I a lefty or righty for purposes of tefillin?

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January 5, 2023|י"ב טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Are you permitted to go skydiving?

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January 4, 2023|י"א טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot the changed Jewish life: Rav Yaakov Ettlinger and the status of Jews who publicly violate Shabbat

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December 28, 2022|ד' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Is there such a thing as a kosher shaver?

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December 22, 2022|כ"ח כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Must you wait six hours after eating french fries in a meat restaurant before eating dairy?

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December 7, 2022|י"ג כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג What is the bracha on overnight oatmeal?

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December 5, 2022|י"א כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: The Rosh and the Mashiv Ha'ruach U'morid Ha'geshem controversy

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November 28, 2022|ד' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Entering a Church for the funeral of a co-worker's relative

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November 28, 2022|ד' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that Changed Jewish Life: Rav Kook and the Halachic Status of a Jewish Government in Eretz Yisrael

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November 23, 2022|כ"ט חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Modeh ani and al netillat yadayim in the morning

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November 20, 2022|כ"ו חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Erasing pesukim from a whiteboard

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November 20, 2022|כ"ו חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that changed Jewish life: Rav Kook - A New Category of Halacha Called Hilchot Tzibbur

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November 16, 2022|כ"ב חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can you change the nusach tefilla that you grew up with?

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November 8, 2022|י"ד חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can you fulfill the mitzvah of bikur cholim via the telephone?

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November 2, 2022|ח' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can you recite kiddush on mezonot on Friday night?

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October 27, 2022|ב' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Must a divorcee keep her ex-husband's customs?

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October 26, 2022|א' חשון ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Teshuvot that Changed Jewish Life: The Ethics of Recreational Hunting

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September 19, 2022|כ"ג אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Must a tenant build a maakeh?

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September 14, 2022|י"ח אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Answering amen and participating in kedusha when I am not davening with a minyan

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September 5, 2022|ט' אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Are You Allowed to Take Advantage of a Price Mistake?

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August 3, 2022|ו' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ב A Deeper Dive into the Rav Moshe Feinstein/Tzitz Eliezer Abortion Debate

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July 28, 2022|כ"ט תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ב The Torah's View on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

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July 20, 2022|כ"א תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Egg Donation in Halacha: Who is the Preferred Egg Donor and Who is the Mother?

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July 12, 2022|י"ג תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ב When Secular Law Says No: Halachic Obligations When Milah, Shechitah and Abortion are Illegal

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June 28, 2022|כ"ט סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Organ Transplantation to Save Lives and Limbs

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June 28, 2022|כ"ט סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ב When is Lying Permitted, Forbidden and Encouraged? Five Common Fact Patterns

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June 21, 2022|כ"ב סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Engaging in Risky Medical Procedures

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June 21, 2022|כ"ב סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Three Lashon Hara Ethical Dilemmas

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June 15, 2022|ט"ז סיון ה' אלפים תשפ"ב The Permissibility of a Ger Katan in a Non-Halachically Observant Family: Five Approaches

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May 16, 2022|ט"ו אייר ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Withdrawing and Withholding Treatment in End of Life Situations

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March 14, 2022|י"א אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Listening to non-Jewish religious music

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February 27, 2022|כ"ו אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Must you use the same mohel for your second son?

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February 20, 2022|י"ט אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Do I only recite one bracha if I continue to snack throughout the day in different rooms in one building?

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February 14, 2022|י"ג אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב If I learn from a sefer or exercise for three consecutive days, must I perform התרת נדרים if I wish to stop?

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February 6, 2022|ה' אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Can you be a sandak more than once?

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January 22, 2022|כ' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Affixing a mezuzah in a store owned jointly by a Jew and a non-Jew

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January 18, 2022|ט"ז שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Must I recite a new bracha every time I eat while traveling?

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January 10, 2022|ח' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Seven Conditions of Permitted Lashon Hara and their Applications in Common Situations

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January 4, 2022|ב' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Screening for Genetic Diseases, Gender and Eye Color

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January 3, 2022|א' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ב May I do an Uber eats delivery of non-kosher food to a Jew?

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December 26, 2021|כ"ב טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Do you need to kasher and can you kasher a used china plate?

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December 13, 2021|ט' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ב May a Kohen touch a comic that has ink that contains cremated ashes of its editor?

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December 7, 2021|ג' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ב The Bracha on Mezonos Rolls

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