Author: R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

Avodah

• Only Torah Judaism
  Prof. L. Levine: Only Torah Judaism: The Rav's (Rav Shimon Shwab, ZT"L) disdain for Sheker was at the core of his thinking when contemplating the so called "branches of Judaism" against which he spoke publicly at Agudas Yisrael forums. The following excerpt from his writings highlights this: […]
• When early shabbos is Rosh Chodesh
  Zev Sero: When early shabbos is Rosh Chodesh: [...] And conversely, once Pesach *is* over one may eat chametz without hesitation, even though one is still in the middle of the seudah, may not do melacha, and will say yaaleh veyavo in benching. Yomtov continues until one lets go of it, but the issur chametz […]
• Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira
  Micha Berger: Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira: [...] Not mentioned, but RMF also said you can switch practices by the demands of the year. So,if you are invited to a wedding for the night after Lag baOmer, keep the first 33 days that year. See SA OC 493:2. The Mechber allows haircurring as […]
• Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira
  Zev Sero: Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira: [...] In those circles where it is not done today it was never done. [...] That's ridiculous. The mitzvah is to celebrate with either one of them, not only both. [...] One may suggest anything one likes, but one would be incorrect, lechol hade'os. […]
• The Parasha Dual Dichotomy 5782/2022; Which Week is Which?."
  Micha Berger: The Parasha Dual Dichotomy 5782/2022; Which Week is Which?.": [...] EY does indeed get ahead, but it is inaccurate to say the rest of the world "catches up". Our leining cycle is that of Bavel. Israeli communities had many systems for dividing the Torah into weekly sedros, most famously a triennial one, or […]
• When early shabbos is Rosh Chodesh
  Marty Bluke: When early shabbos is Rosh Chodesh: R’ Akiva Milller asked if I have a source that Yaaleh Vyavo is only in the tefilos of Rosh Chodesh and therefore would not apply to maariv on Friday afternoon. RHS says this idea in the name of RYBS in his Sefer Eretz Hatzvi see the beginning […]
• Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira
  Zev Sero: Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira: [...] Or unless one is a chassid (unless you're including that in "recent"). Chassidim begin the celebration of Lag Ba'omer from the evening -- and therefore omit tachanun at the preceding mincha -- because they emphasize the simcha of Rashbi rather than the cessation of aveilus […]
• The Parasha Dual Dichotomy 5782/2022; Which Week is Which?."
  Zev Sero: The Parasha Dual Dichotomy 5782/2022; Which Week is Which?.": Put another way, rather than us having to "catch up" to EY, which we could easily have done by combining Acharei and Kedoshim, it is EY which must "catch down" to us; and they have no opportunity to do so until Mattos-Mas'ei, which they […]
• Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira
  Akiva Miller: Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira: . R' Yitzchok Levine wrote: [...] Certainly you can dare to suggest such a thing. But I don't think you can properly reach such a conclusion simply from the source you cited. You are interpreting the phrase "chasan and kallah" as "both chasan and kallah", […]
• Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira
  Micha Berger: Wedding Attendance During Your Part of Sefira: [...] Central to the discussion of when it is permissable to tell a half-truth or even lie is a famous machloqes between Beis Hillel and Beis Shammai. Kesuvos 17a: Keitzad meraqdim lifnei hakallah? Beis Shammai omerim: Kemos shehi Beis Hillel omerim: Kalah na'ah vachassudah […]