חג השבועות - HaRav Yishai Natan - There aren’t many unique mitzvot associated specifically with Shavuot. There’s no mitzvah of eating matzah, no sukkah, and no other specific actions unique to the holiday. Eating Cheescake is not a mitzva. The only unique mitzvah of Shavuot is simchah, rejoicing on the Yom Tov. Still, we are going to discuss some of the … [Read more...]
Parashat Bamidbar – מקום קבוע
Establishing a Fixed Place for Tefillah - HaRav Yishai Natan - This week’s parasha, Bamidbar, discusses the degalim and the shevatim — how each tribe had a specific place around the Mishkan: east, west, north, and south. We also find that when Yaakov Avinu’s body was brought to Eretz Yisrael, he instructed that each shevet stand in a designated place while … [Read more...]
Parashat Behar – Heter Iska
What Is a Heter Iska? Maggid Shiur: HaRav Yishai Natan … [Read more...]
Credit Guaranteed: Arvut and Honor
The Value of Credibility By: Rabbi Tzvi Price One of the aspects of the study of Choshen Mishpat that makes it so extraordinary, is the way in which it combines razor-sharp logic and strict legalism, with the swirling emotion and drama that money seems to always engender. The Torah looks into a person’s heart, understands the assumptions, the emotions, the motives that … [Read more...]
Spirited Away: The Case of the Lost Liquor
Adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Greenwald The leaven that left A man we’ll call David was traveling two months ago with whiskey in his luggage. The airline lost the bag. Weeks went by. Pessah came and went. Last week the suitcase, invigorated from having traveled the world, was delivered to his home. May he drink the whiskey? Hachamim (Pessahim 29) forbade … [Read more...]