Beit Midrash Series Chemdat Yamim

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Iyar 11 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Lying to Avoid Embarrassment
If someone asks you a tactless, unnecessary question, the answer to which is embarrassing, and refusing to answer is like admitting the truth, is it permitted to lie?
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Iyar 4 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Sitting Next to Someone Who Is Davening on the Bus
I was sitting next to my wife on a bus, and she was davening. Was I allowed to remain seated when she got up to Shemoneh Esrei?
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Nisan 27 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
When to Make a Beracha for Inheritance
The executor of my mother’s will is starting to distribute funds. I saw in P’ninei Halacha (online) that the beneficiaries should say Hatov V’hameitiv when they receive the funds. In our case, distribution will be piecemeal. When/how often should I recite the beracha?
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Nisan 13 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
The Way to Make Charoset
Are there halachot of how to make charoset, or is the (approximate) final product the important thing?
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Nisan 6 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
The Logic Behind the Unusual Fast of the Firstborn
What type of fast is ta’anit bechorot on Erev Pesach? If it is a real fast, why do people use a loophole (taking part in a siyum) to get out of it?
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Adar II 28 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Temporary Markings in a Sefer Torah
Is it permissible to mark a place in a sefer Torah with a “post-it” or the like to know where a reading starts?
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Adar II 21 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Alerting People to Stand
At our minyan, we take a sefer Torah from a beit midrash in which people are learning and return it to there. Sometimes when we return the sefer Torah, someone bangs so that everyone will stand up for it. Is this necessary?
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Adar II 13 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
When Does a Negative Practice Become Binding?
If one decided to accept a stringency and is refraining from doing something, without a verbal acceptance of a neder (oath), at what point is it considered binding? While for something active, three performances make it binding, how does refraining from action work to accomplish it?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.)
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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)?
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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.
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