- Halacha
- Birkat Cohanim
Birkas Kohanim
Various Rabbis
17 Av 5767
Question
How exactly were the (Ashkenazi) Rabbis allowed to cease the Birkas Kohanim seeing as it is a mitzvah D’yoraisa?
Answer
The Rm"a (OC 128:44) writes that the Kohen must be happy when saying the Bracha. In Chutz La'aretz Jews are not happy except on Yom Tov, therefore they do not say the Birkat Kohanim even though it is a Mitzva D’yoraita. This is based on the Pasuk in Mishlei: Happy at heart he will bless.
Rabbi Yitzchak Grinblat
Birkat Kohanim on medication
Rabbi David Sperling | Tammuz 27, 5781
Birkat Kohanim outside Israel
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 12 Sivan 5767
Birkat Cohanim for a woman
Rabbi David Sperling | Sivan 3, 5774
Dreams & Birkat Cohanim
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 2 Kislev 5765
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
The Blessing of keeping The Laws of Niddah
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REDEMPTION, Why - What did I do!?
4 Cheshvan 5763
Scotch Whiskey
14 Kislev 5763
Length of Sleeves
15 Kislev 5763
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770
Tehillim for a deceased parent
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Tammuz 8, 5773
Food, medications and Yom Kippur
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Av 13, 5780
Mosquito netting on top of Succah
Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 10 Tishrei 5767
Tefillos Rosh Hashanah
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tishrei 3, 5784
chelev oblation
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Elul 25, 5783
converting to Jewaism
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | Elul 25, 5783
