Weekly Halacha
Welcome to The Weekly Halacha Discussion, the weekly halachic anthology that explores one selected Halachic topic related to the Parsha. The aim of this digest is to familiarize the general public with various Halachic situations which are relevant to our everyday life. This compilation presents short, clear Halachic decision based on the Mishnah Berurah and other contemporary Poskim. In a few short minutes, the reader can acquaint himself with many details about the chosen topic, which he then can present to his Rav for his final Psak.
Weekly-Halacha, Copyright © 1995-2016 by Rabbi Doniel Neustadt, Dr. Jeffrey Gross and Torah.org – Project Genesis, Inc. Rabbi Neustadt is the Rav of Young Israel in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and the principal of Yavne Teachers’ College in Cleveland. He is also the Magid Shiur of a daily Mishna Berurah class at Congregation Shomre Shabbos.
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- Blood In Halacha
- Body Care On Shabbos
- Checking Our Mezuzos
- Do Not Show Them Favor
- Eating Before Davening
- Eyeglasses That Break On Shabbos
- Mechitzah In Shul: Why And How?
- Rosh Chodesh
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Wearing Tzitzis: Is It Mandatory?
- Davening Issues
- Employer - Employee Relationships
- Mashkim Megulim: What Is It?
- Muktzeh Items Left On A Bed
- Passing By A Person Davening Shemoneh Esrei
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Tevillas Keilim: Questions And Answers Part 1
- Davening with a Minyan: How Important?
- Kiddush In Shul: Proper Conduct
- Making An Image Of Celestial Bodies
- Mechitzah In Shul: Why And How?
- Selected Halachos Relating To Vayeira
- Tallis Katan: Questions And Answers
- The Blessing Of Ha-Gomel
- The Mitzvah Of Separating Challah
- The Shabbos Candles: Questions And Answers
- Conflict: Individual Vs. Congregational Customs
- Honoring Parents: Basic Requirements
- On Shabbos, Is It Permitted To...
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Shiduchim In Halachah
- Soaking Soft Contact Lenses On Shabbos
- Tevillas Keilim: Questions And Answers Part 2
- To Borrow Or Not To Borrow?
- Amplified Sound Waves
- Chazaras Ha-Shatz - What For?
- Reciting Shema And Shemoneh Esrei: Proper Times
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- The Mitzvah Of Separating Challah Part 1
- Covering The Challos During Kiddush
- Marriage In Halacha
- Overnight Mail On Friday For Shabbos
- Shabbos Body Care
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Tallis Katan: Questions And Answers
- The Mitzvah Of Separating Challah Part 2
- Types Of Muktzeh
- Competition For Clients
- Conducting Business With Non-Kosher Food Items
- Honor And Respect For The Sefer Torah
- Kiruv Rechokim: Is Everything Permitted?
- Medications On Shabbos Part 1 Of 3
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Baby-Sitting: How To Avoid Yichud
- Chanukah Questions And Anwers
- List Of Minor Ailments And Conditions Part 2
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Talking In Shul
- Tallis Katan: Common Questions
- Lighting The Menorah: Halachah And Custom
- Muktzeh Issues
- Shabbos Chanukah
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- The Halachos Of Shabbos Chanukah
- Eyeglasses That Break On Shabbos
- Hilchos Kerias Hatorah
- Kerias Hatorah Issues Part 3
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Shenayim Mikra V'Echad Targum
- Tevilas Keilim Revisited: Questions And Answers
- Cleaning Help On Shabbos
- Consumer Competition (Part 1)
- Contemporary Kitchen Issues
- Listening To Kerias Ha-Torah
- Medications On Shabbos: A Follow Up
- Shabbos Morning Kiddush In Shul Part 1
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- The Yoledes In Halacha
- Visiting The Graves Of Tzadikkim: How And Why?
- Women And Prayer: Obligations And Priorities
- Birkas Ha-Mazon
- Cleaning Garments On Shabbos
- Consumer Competition (Part 2)
- Correcting The Ba'Al Koreh
- Shabbos Morning Kiddush In Shul Part 2
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Visiting A Church Or A Mosque
- A Non-Kosher Sefer Torah
- Bal Tashchis: Preservation Of Fruit Trees
- Business Competition Between Individuals: When Is It Proper? Part I
- Eating Meat And Fish Together
- Hilchos Yichud: Rulings Of Harav Moshe Feinstein
- Opening Cans, Bottles And Boxes On Shabbos
- Tu Bishvat Fruit
- Berachah Rishonah: Which One?
- Business Competition Between Individuals: When Is It Proper? Part II
- Chasan And Kallah: The Seven Festive Days
- Hagalah: A Koshering Process
- Priority Rules For Chiyuvim
- Snow Removal Contracts: What About Shabbos?
- Tevilas Keilim - Immersing New Utensils
- Tosefes Shabbos: How And When
- Which Occasions May A Mourner Attend? Part 1
- Havdalah Over The Telephone
- Reciting Sheva Berachos: When And Where Part 2
- Shabbos Morning Kiddush
- Talking In Shul
- The Melachah Of Knotting
- Washing Dishes On Shabbos
- Which Occasions May A Mourner Attend Part 2
- Business Competition Between Individuals: When Is It Proper? Part III
- Cutting A Decorated Cake On Shabbos
- Reciting Sheva Berachos: Laws And Customs Part 3
- Shabbos Morning Kiddush
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Visiting Graves Of Tzaddikim: How And Why?
- Washing Before A Meal: Questions And Answers (Part 1) The Procedure
- Business Competition Between Individuals: When Is It Proper? Part IV
- Chalav Yisrael: Is It Required?
- Cosmetics On Shabbos
- Purim Issues
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Covering The Challos For Kiddush
- Eating Meat And Fish Together
- Selected Halachos Relating To Ki Sisa
- Using A Refrigerator On Shabbos Or Yom Tov
- Which Festive Occasions May A Mourner Attend?
- Bein Adam Lchaveiro In The Classroom
- Carrying Garments On Shabbos
- Lighting The Shabbos Candles
- Making Coffee On Shabbos
- Proper Conduct With Food Items
- Respect And Honor: How To Treat A Kohen
- Shabbos Dancing
- The Blessing Of Hatov V'Hameitiv Over Wine
- Bal Tashchis: Preservation Of Fruit Trees
- Lighting Shabbos Candles Part 2
- Tallis Katan : Questions And Answers
- Bircas Ha'Ilanos - The Blessing Over Trees In Bloom
- Birkas Ha-Ilanos: The Blessing Over Trees In Bloom
- Lighting Shabbos Candles Part 3
- Medicines And Cosmetics For Pesach
- Operating A Business Website On Shabbos And Yom Tov
- Pesach 2013: Frequently Asked Questions
- Zachor And Purim
- Mashkim Megulim: What Is It?
- Sefiras Ha-Omer
- Sefiras Ha-Omer: Forgetting To Count One Day
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- The Mitzvah Of Separating Challah
- Childbirth On Shabbos
- Ha-Mapil
- Money Issues
- Scheduled Delivery:
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Shei'Ailost U'Teshuvos
- The Yoledes On Shabbos
- Chametz: Search And Destroy
- Shabbos Eruv Pesach: Frequently Asked Questions
- An Early Start To Shabbos:How And When
- Avoiding Hatred Between Jews
- Counting Sefiras Ha-Omer Unintentionally
- Questions And Answers On Hilchos Challah
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos: Counting Sefiras Ha-Omer Unintentionally
- The Blessing Of Ha-Gomel (Part 1)
- The Issur Of Blood In Halachah
- Carrying On Shabbos Scenarios
- Shavuos: Questions And Answers
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- She'Alos And Teshuvos
- A Seven-Branched Candelabrum
- Kerias Shema: Do We Have Proper Kavanah? What Type Of Kavanah Is Needed?
- Physical Contact With Blood Relatives
- Proper Disposal Of Ritual Objects
- Proper Kavanah In Kerias Shema
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Dairy After Meat: How Long A Wait?
- Honor And Respect For The Sefer Torah
- Meleches Kotzer
- Proper Respect For Sefarim
- Serving Hot Food On Shabbos
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- The Mitzvah Of Separating Challah
- The Status Of Blood In Halacha
- Trees, Plants And Flowers On Shabbos
- Washing Before A Meal: Problematic Situations
- Cold Food Preparation On Shabbos
- Honor And Respect For A Sefer Torah (Part 1/3)
- Returning The Sefer Torah
- Shabbos Candles: Questions And Answers
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Summer Halachos
- The Mitzvah Of Separating Challah Part Ii
- The Mitzvah Of Shiluach Ha-Kein
- Washing Hands For Bread (Part 2)
- Amplified Sound Waves
- Blessings For Pleasant Fragrances
- Honor And Respect For A Sefer Torah (Part 2/3)
- Shabbos Candles: Questions And Answers: Part 2
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- The Proper Blessing Over Fruit During A Meal
- The 17th Day Of Tammuz
- The Prohibitions Of The Three Weeks
- Washing Dishes On Shabbos
- Birkas Ha-Mazon Over Baked Goods
- Prohibitions Of Tishah B'Av
- The Nine Days And Tishah B'Av
- The Nine Days In Halacha
- When Tishah B'Av Falls On Shabbos
- When Tishah B'Av Falls On Sunday
- Adoption In Halacha
- Berachah Rishonah: Problematic Foods
- Shabbos Business
- Shelled Egg, Peeled Onion, Or Peeled Garlic Clove Left Overnight
- Problematic Situations Of Zimun
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Unsealed Kosher Food Delivery
- Visiting A Jewish Cemetery
- Do Desserts Require A Blessing?
- Is It Ever Permitted To Lie?
- Issues Of Inheritance
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Airplane Travel - Washing For A Meal
- Bal Talin - Timely Payment Of Wages
- Ein Adam L'Chaveiro: Lo Salin
- Hashavas Aveidah - Returning Lost Objects
- Preparing Cholent For Shabbos
- The Mitzvah Of Shiluach HaKan
- Covering The Challos
- Games On Shabbos Ball Playing On Shabbos
- Gender Relationships
- Receiving An Aliyah To The Torah
- She'ailos U'Teshuvos
- Tefillah b'Tzibbur
- Toys And Games On Shabbos
- Chanukah
- Chanukah : Frequently Asked Questions
- Chanukah Issues
- Chanukah Questions And Anwers
- Lighting The Menorah: Halachah And Custom
- Shabbos Chanukah
- Shabbos Chanukah: Laws And Customs
- A Basic Understanding Of The Tekios
- Eiruv Tavshilin: Why And How?
- Questions And Answers
- She’ailos U’Teshuvos
- Hilchos Pesach: Questions And Answers
- Matzah – How Much Must We Eat?
- Pesach 2013: Frequently Asked Questions
- Pesach Issues
- Shabbos Erev Pesach: Frequently Asked Questions
- The Search For Chometz
- Dressing Up: The Prohibition Of Lo Yilbash
- Dressing Up: The Prohibition Of Lo Yilbash
- Mishloach Manos: The Basic Mitzvah
- Purim Issues
- The Mitzvah Of Mishloach Manos
- Zachor And Purim
- Birchos Ha-Shachar On Shavuos Morning
- Birchos Ha-Shachar On Shavuos Mornings
- Candle – Lighting On Shavuos
- Shavuos: Questions And Answers
- She’ailos U’Teshuvos
- Using One Oven For Meat And Dairy
- Eating In The Succah On The First Night
- Eiruv Tavshilin: Why And How?
- She’ailos U’Teshuvos
- Sukkos Issues
- The First Night Of Succos
- Counting Sefiras Ha-Omer Unintentionally
- Counting Sefiras Ha-Omer Unintentionally
- Sefiras Ha-Omer
- Sefiras Ha-Omer: Forgetting To Count One Day
- She’ailos U’Teshuvos: Counting Sefiras Ha-Omer Unintentionally
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- Reading Between The Lines Rabbi Aron Tendler (5759)Level: Beginner
- The Miraculous Jar Rabbi Label Lam (5778)Level: Beginner
- Salvation: Express Lane Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann (5768)Level: Beginner
- Our Power is Found Rabbi Label Lam (5764)Level: Beginner
- An End to Our Darkness Rabbi Berel Wein (5772)Level: Beginner
- Pitying the Spiritual Have-Nots Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein (5782)Level: Advanced
- Lighting The Menorah: Halachah And Custom Rabbi Doniel Neustadt (5774)Level: Advanced
- Yosef Was Rushed From The Pit Rabbi Yissocher Frand (5764)Level: Intermediate
- Some on Chariots, and Some on Horses Rabbi Dovid Green (5758)Level: Beginner
- A New Perspective Shlomo Katz (5768)Level: Beginner
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- The Sweetest Gift In Life: Peace of Mind Rabbi Yissocher Frand (5768)Level: Intermediate
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- A Change of Heart Rabbi Naftali Reich (5778)Level: Beginner
- To Fergin or Forget Rabbi Yochanan Zweig (5778)Level: Intermediate
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