Lessons on Inheritance

articles on Inheritance

money sent by mistake

they forgot to cancel my membership and the Ministry of Religious Services sent the money for my scholarship

Borrowing money from special needs son

Is there a problem in taking a loan/borrowing money from my 20 year old special needs son?

I scratched a car

If I mistakenly caused a very minor scratch on a car what does the Halacha require?

Paying Cash to Avoid Taxes

I was offered a big discount if I pay cash. I assume it is in order to avoid paying taxes. Would I be responsible if I were likely facilitating an illegal practice?

Excluding a Son from Inheritance

Are there sins that would cause a son to automatically lose his share? If a father is angry at a son, is he allowed to use a device to disinherit him?

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Elul 8 5779

Agreeing to Not Receive Inheritance from One’s Children

Various Rabbis | 5775

Putting Pressure on Male Inheritors

Various Rabbis | 5775

3 Lessons on Inheritance

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Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Rabbi Elyakim Levanon
Rabbi Avraham Shapira Zt"l
Rabbi Eliyahu Brin
Rabbi Chaim Katz
Rabbi Hershel Schachter
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l
Rabbi Mordechai Hochman
Rabbi Yinon Grossberg

Chukat

A Tale of Four Islands

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tamuz 6 5778

D'varim

Poetic Controversies

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 1 5777

Prayer

Days on Which Tachanun Is Not Recited

Chapter Twenty One-Part Three

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

Prayer

May I Daven in English?

People, who cannot read Hebrew at all, have no choice but to pray in the language that they can read and understand. However, anyone who can should accept the challenge of studying the prayers a bit at a time, gradually thereby developing both fluency and comprehension

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

Prayer

The Blessing for Rain for those travelling to the Land of Israel

Praying for a Rainy Day When Traveling to or from Eretz Yisroel in November

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771

Naso

The Mitzvah of “Duchening” - Birchas Kohanim

The basic Halachot of Duchening, taking off shoes and washing hands, Why Is This Mitzvah Called Duchening? The connection between Duchening and dreams...

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769

Vayishlach

The Halacha and History of the Gid Hanosheh

The mitzvah of gid hanosheh forbids us from eating the sciatic nerve, a sinew that runs from the lower back over the top of the hip and down the leg. Another Mitzvah is not eating the Cheylev, some fats in an animal.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | kislev 5769

Sections

Are We Permitted to Enjoy this World?

I recline in an armchair in the lobby of the hotel and look over the menu. After the crazy day I've had, I deserve to relax and enjoy a good meal. Suddenly, I am menaced by a disturbing thought: Am I really permitted to enjoy myself in this world?

Various Rabbis | 13 Shvat 5768

Laws of Hanukkah

Flying High - A Traveler’s Guide to Channukah

What does one do about Channukah candles in a hotel, while traveling and in other complicated circumstances?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Kislev 5768

Vayetze

Study House of Shem & Ever in a world of Lavan

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | Kislev 5768

Mishpatim

The Absolute and the Conditional

Although Mishpatim follows Yitro, the two parshiyot are very different in nature.

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Shvat 5767

Various Subjects

The Laws Relating to Converts

The laws relating to Jewish converts are most astounding. Despite the criticism directed at the Jewish people on the grounds that Judaism is racist, the Torah teaches us that any non-Jew who earnestly seeks to join the Jewish people may do so.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

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