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Daf Yomi in Halacha Topics Parshat VaYikra
Meseches Chulin Daf 108- 114 Daf 108 Daf 109 Daf 110 Daf 111 Daf 112 Daf 113 Daf 114 … [Read more...]
Halachot of Daily Living
Laws related to Berachot When does the day begin for the counting of one hundred Berachot? Does one begin counting from sunset, when the Halachic day begins, or does one begin counting from the morning? Poskim, such as the Mishna Berura (46:14), include the Beracha of HaMapil (which is recited at night before going to sleep) as one of the beginning Berachot of the day, in … [Read more...]
Ribbit: Matters of Interest
Corporate Gifts Many startup businesses are created through an agreement in which an investor provides funding with a Heter Iska contract. May the business owner send the investor annual corporate gifts, or an extravagant Mishloah Manot on Purim? Poskim disagree whether the restrictions of Avak Ribbit apply to parties of an Iska partnership. Some permit these gifts as … [Read more...]
A Joyous Feast
Eating Bread in the Se’udat Purim A Parasha & Halacha Shiur Summary, Parashat Vayikra by Rabbi Ariel Ovadia The Rambam writes that the obligation of “Mishte” – a feast – on Purim is to eat meat and prepare a “proper Se’uda (meal)” according to what one can afford and drink wine etc. The expression “A proper Se’uda” would seem to imply that one must eat bread as in … [Read more...]