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Just Cause: How Significant Is Gerama?

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A Parasha & Halacha Shiur by Rav Yosef Greenwald וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם רְאוּבֵן אַל תִּשְׁפְּכוּ דָם הַשְׁלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל הַבּוֹר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּדְבָּר וְיָד אַל תִּשְׁלְחוּ בוֹ לְמַעַן הַצִּיל אֹתוֹ מִיָּדָם לַהֲשִׁיבוֹ אֶל אָבִיו. And Reuven said to them, “Do not spill blood. Cast him into this pit, which is in the desert, but do not lay a hand on him,” in order to … [Read more...]

Fly-by-Night Operation: When a Plane Arrives on Shabbat

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Highlights of a Shiur by Rav Daniel Dombroff A plane on the tarmac is a flight risk… El Al Flight 002 was scheduled to depart JFK for Tel Aviv on Thursday, November 15 at 6:30 pm. Long story short: It didn’t. As delays on the tarmac mounted, pushing the projected arrival time ever closer to Shabbat, Shomer Shabbat passengers asked that the plane be returned to the gate … [Read more...]

Hack Attack and Halacha: Is hacking allowed according to Halacha?

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Dayan Yitzhak Grossman   With each passing election, the specter of cyber-crime looms larger and larger. This is in addition to computer hacking carried out in the corporate arena. A number of years ago, a shadowy group of computer hackers styling themselves the “Guardians of Peace”, believed to be agents of the North Korean government, breached the security of … [Read more...]