Premature Babies in Halacha By Rav Ariel Ovadia The challenge of premature and congenitally ill infants has riddled humanity from the beginning of time, and until as recently as the turn of the 20th century premature babies stood little to no chance to survive. The pages of the Talmud and Poskim are rife with discussions of babies born in the eighth month and prior, or babies … [Read more...]
Bet HaVaad Halacha Journal For Parshat Shoftim
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Daf Yomi in Halacha Topics Parshat Shoftim
Halachot of Daily Living
I have a vitamin pill that contains kosher liver. If I take this vitamin, will I become meaty? HaRav Yitschak Yosef shlita in Yalkut Yosef (89:29) paskens like Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l (Igros Moshe YD 2:26) that if one swallows a meaty vitamin pill, one would not become meaty. The two reasons given for waiting six hours (i.e. that meat might be lodged between one’s teeth, … [Read more...]
Ribbit: Matters of Interest
TRADING MEALS A group of friends agreed to take turns sponsoring their weekly dinner at a local eatery. Each week a different one of the group would pick up the tab. Since it is inevitable that the cost will vary slightly from week to week, is there a problem of ribbit if one meal is more expensive than a previous one? May synagogue members … [Read more...]