Beit Midrash Series Chemdat Yamim

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

Adar II 7 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Extended Purim Seuda
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Halachot of Purim and Adar
Adar I 29 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Davening Late with a Minyan
I went for Shabbat for a family simcha to a community with one shul, which started tefilla at 10:00 AM, after sof z’man tefilla. Was it better to daven with a minyan or by myself at the right time?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Adar I 23 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Moving Kugel into a Cholent Pot – Revisited
May I take a potato kugel that was on a hot plate on Shabbat and put it into a cholent that is in a crock pot?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Adar I 16 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Is Partial Compliance to Choshen Mishpat Helpful?
If a court case is being tried in the secular court system in Israel (against Halacha), is there an advantage if some laws of Choshen Mishpat (section of Shulchan Aruch dealing with monetary law) are followed, or is it all-or-nothing? [Upon inquiry as to what specifically the querier was referring to, he mentioned a matter of public interest. We fielded that matter privately; publicly, we will discuss the principle.]
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Basics of Financial Laws
Adar I 9 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Trying on Tefillin at Night
May one try on tefillin at night, or does that fall under the category of not putting on tefillin at night?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Adar I 3 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Restrictions on a Former Employee
A long-time rebbe at Yeshiva A left his job and now teaches at Yeshiva B, which caters to a similar population. May he approach Yeshiva A alumni, with whom he developed a relationship at Yeshiva A for assistance (money, ideas) in promoting his work at Yeshiva B? May he raise money for an NPO he formed personally? Do note that the rebbe had been unwilling to raise money for Yeshiva A when he worked for them. (The question is not intended to be used in deciding a dispute between the sides.)
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Shvat 25 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Making Up a Skipped Beracha during Shemoneh Esrei
After Kedusha of chazarat hashatz, the chazan went to “R’ei v’onyeinu” instead of “Ata chonen” and finished the beracha before people succeeded to correct him. He went back to “Ata chonen.” When he got up to “R’ei v’oyneinu,” he did not recite it, reasoning that it was incorrect to repeat it. Was he correct, and why?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Shvat 18 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Davening in Front of a Mirror
Is the prohibition against davening in front of a mirror or reflective glass a chumra or a serious halacha?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Shvat 8 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Sefarim under Seats
In our shul, the seats have drawers underneath them to store chumashim, siddurim, etc. Thus, we sit over these books. Is that allowed?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Shvat 2 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Moving Kugel into a Cholent Pot
May I take a kugel that was on a hot plate on Shabbat and put it into a cholent that is in a crock pot?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Tevet 24 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Donating a Sefer Torah to a Shul
People who own sifrei Torah often lend them to a shul. Is there any reason they cannot donate them (which can get them a tax credit)?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Tevet 19 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Reading before Going to Sleep
Is it permissible to read a book after the bedtime Shema/Hamapil? I like to read in bed before falling asleep, but I sometimes fall asleep and, if I have not said them beforehand, it is possible that I will sleep through the night without reciting them.
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Tevet 12 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Short Mincha on Shabbat
In my community (I am the rabbi), we daven Mincha during the week without a separate chazarat hashatz (=heiche Kedusha) because of people’s busy schedules. In the winter, we have the practice of davening Mincha of Shabbat after the shul Kiddush following Musaf. Some congregants have requested that we do short Mincha, as their wives wait to go home with them. Is there any basis to allow this?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Tevet 5 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Muktzeh during Bein Hashemashot
May one “violate” muktzeh during bein hashemashot (=bhs; the time between sunset and nightfall treated as a doubt of day or night) based on the rule of sefika d’rabbanan l’kula (we are lenient in cases of doubt of a Rabbinic prohibition) even without a mitzva need. If not, why?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Kislev 27 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Interruptions during Hallel
Is it and/or under what conditions is it permitted to interrupt Hallel for matters of some importance?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Kislev 20 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Shaming those who do Not Vaccinate
Is it permitted to publicly shame those that do not vaccinate their children for measles and put people in the community at risk in order to get them to vaccinate?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Miscellaneous
Kislev 12 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Greeting before Davening
The Mishna Berura rules that one may not go over to his friend’s place in shul before davening. As the shul’s rabbi, is there a heter for me to go over to a new congregant to make him feel welcome and comfortable with our tefilla?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Kislev 6 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Do the Chatan and Kalla Need to Eat at Sheva Berachot?
Must the chatan and kalla eat (bread) at Sheva Berachot (upper case for the week and the meal; lower case for the berachot recited) in order to recite the berachot? (Sometimes one does not feel well and eats little or nothing.)
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Cheshvan 27 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Announcements before Shemoneh Esrei of Ma’ariv
I thought that at Ma’ariv of Rosh Chodesh (or other times there is something new to say), the gabbai calls out “Ya’aleh V’Yavo” (=YVY) before Shemoneh Esrei. But in many shuls, someone just bangs. Which way is correct?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Cheshvan 23 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Bar Metzra
I want to soon sell my semi-detached house, which, as is common, is officially owned by the Jewish Agency and rented by me. Do the halachot of giving precedence to buy to adjacent property owners (bar metzra) apply in my case? If yes: does the owner of the other half of my building take precedence over the neighbor from an adjacent building? Do I have to allow my neighbors bargain with me? If they decline at my asking price and someone else bargains me down, do I have to return to the neighbors with that price?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions