5 Lessons
Otzar Bais Din or Heter Otzar Beis Din
An Otzar Beis Din is literally ‘a storehouse operated by Beis Din.’ Why would Beis Din operate a warehouse?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Elul 10 5782
The Heter Mechirah Controversy
What is heter mechirah? Is this any different from selling one’s Chometz for Pesach?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Elul 11 5781
The Haredi Boycott of Heter Mechira Fruits is Unsustainable
The only logical explanation for the fierceness of haredi opposition to the heter mechira is that they associate it with Zionism
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tamuz 8 5775
The History of the Heter Mechira
The heter mechira came about in the first shmitta year, 5649 (1888), after thousands of years in exile. Some opposing poskim changed their positions when they saw how urgent the situation was. Anti-Zionism caused more opposition.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tamuz 1 5775