Are you permitted to judge a case in which a friend of yours is one of the litigants? What about someone who davens in the same shul? Or someone who consistently rubs you the wrong way?
I was told that I should not include quotations from pesukim on my daughter’s wedding invitation. Yet, I see that ‘everyone’ does! Could you please explain the halacha? "I wish someone could walk me through all the halachic steps that we need in planning our daughter's wedding. I am afraid I'll forget to take care of something.
Would Yitzchak (and ultimately klal yisroel been better off has he written up in advance a will, clearly determining how he wanted his spiritual and temporal properties to be divided? Are there any hashkafah problems with drafting a will? May one distribute one's estate differently from the way the Torah instructs?