Panorama of Halacha

1) When I lift the Sefer Torah (AKA Hagbeh), should I: a) rotate to my right or to my left; b) turn to the degree that those in the front of the Bima are able to see the script? 2) May a brother listen to his sister singing? 3) Thinking of helping to form Minyonim for Krias haTorah later in the day of Shovuos: Does it work for someone to decide that “I’m not going to be yoitze with my hearing the...

1) Exploring a הערה of the Rebbe to a Maamar: 2) If there’s a Bris on Shabbos Mevorchim Sivan, is אב הרחמים omitted? 3) I run a Shabbos group for children. We give them tokens as incentives, and they redeem these tokens for items of nosh. Is that permitted? 4) To enter our Shul we need an electronic-chip card. May we hand the card to a Goy? 5) One the 2 nd night of Shovuos, if we eat early evening...

1)     We avoid the use of medication on Shabbos, unless one would otherwise be indisposed. May one use medicated mouthwash on Shabbos?[1] 2)    Isthere a concern for Shabbos to wear a luminous watch? [2] 3)    I awoke on Motzei Shabbos at 2:15 AM - after alos hashachar . I davened maariv (was that correct? [3] ). At Havdolo , do I say the brocho over the spices and over the flame? [4] 4)    I pur...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: This week’s Shiur is dedicated by Mr & Mrs Pinchas Rabin שיחיו in honour of the engagement of their son הרב מרדכי שאול שי' to Miss Etty Halperin תחי' of Monsey. 1)In the Annotated edi...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) On Yomtov, may I grind coffee-beans with a hand-grinder? [1] 2) I run a public Seder and then my family Seder. May I drink wine at the earlier Seder?[2] 3) As above, but – due to the northern...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) After a woman converted it was realized that she was carrying a child. Is the child a Jew? [1] 2) A Kohen married a woman’s whose biological father wasn’t Jewish. May a Kohen marry their daugh...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) My two-year-old developed chicken-pox. I sent my one-year-old to a child-minder. The following night the one-year-old also has chicken-pox, as do several children that were at the child-minder...

1)   Feedback on saying a  Brocho Acharona  after eating harmful foods: [1] 2)  I understand that  Kaddish  is said by the sons of the deceased ר"ל during the 11 months after passing, to provide respite for the soul of the deceased. Why then do the sons say  Kaddish  on  Shabbos  too, when the souls have respite anyway?  [2] 3)  I am saying  Kaddish  for my late uncle ע"ה. Since I  daven...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1)    What’s the source for the custom for women to avoid doing the laundry on Motzei Shabbos? [1] 2)  When saying Kaddish for someone who isn’t a relative, is there a [spiritual] reason that a l...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1)  In the Sefardi Sidurim there is no שיר של יום for Shabbos. Why? [1] 2)  Upon purchase of a home should I say שהחיינו ? 3)  What is the reason that we make a Kiddush for the birth of a daughte...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1)       Feedback on the question of Muktzah of money received from the Rebbe זי"ע: [1] 2)       Feedback on the Rebbe’s frequent mention of למטה מעשרה טפחים: [2] 3)      I buy dough in froz...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: Motzei Shabbos Terumo, 8:30 - 9:30 PM (#21) 1) In this week’s Sedra we read about the Oron and the Kapores (cover), their joint height being 10 tefochim. This is used as a source for the walls of...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) We recently learned that Hashem tells Moshe Rabbenu to take with him the staff with which he had smitten the river. But wasn’t it the case that Aharon smote the river? [1] 2) A man who is tota...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) After Tachanun at Shacharis the Chazan said Kaddish Tiskabeil. When finishing uVo LeTziyon, should he say that Kaddish again? [1] 2) In error, I bought some non-Cholov Yisroel products. May I...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) Someone suffering from diabetes drinks sweet apple-juice; does he say a brocho? [1] 2) In error, I bought some non-Cholov Yisroel products. May I give them to a Jewish neighbour who uses non-C...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1)        Follow-on from last week: My son parked my car late on Friday afternoon in a tow-away zone. May a non-Jew be asked on Friday night to park the car elsewhere?  [1] 2)       The Shabbos-h...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) Our Shul hot-water urn is plumbed into the mains; when hot water is drawn from the faucet, a similar amount of cold water is released into the hot-water tank. Usually we isolate the inflow for...

1)       One shouldn’t make an interval between Kiddush and the meal. Is there a time limit? [1] 2)      Why do we cover the Hand-Tefilin while reciting the Brocho ? [2] 3)      On Shabbos morning, may one take Shnitzel from the fridge and place it on the Shabbos plug-in hotplate? [3] 4)      Should the foods for the Shabbos meal be brought to the table only after Kiddush ? [4] 5)      Regarding t...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) Is it permitted on Shabbos to bang on the table to a beat? [1] 2) Why do we ask HaShem for dew (in the 9th brocho of the Amidah); isn’t there a rule that dew is never withheld? [2] 3) May one...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) [In relation to Seudas Hoda’ah]: Why is the Korban Todah to be eaten one day and night, whereas most lesser Korbanos may be eaten until the following evening? [1] 2) What are the guidelines fo...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: Dedicated in honour of the Yohrzeit (3 Teves) of Mrs Channoh Rayzel bas Aharon Dovid ע"ה and for Refua Sheleimoh to Mr Chaim Shmuel ben Channoh Rayzel שי', by Mr & Mrs P Rabin שיחיו...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: New letter of the Rebbe זי"ע re. women’s obligation to recite Hallel on Chanukah. 1) Revisiting incident of a circumcision performed by non-Jewish doctor in the presence of a Jew: [1] 2) Are...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) When making kiddush for a larger crowd, I’ve found it time consuming to pour wine into small cups for all those present. In some communities, wine is poured into many small cups before Kiddush...

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1) Raising the Kiddush-cup one tefach or three tefochim: [1] 2) You have written that Butane-lamps are unsuitable for Menorahs. What about Tiki torches?[2] 3) May one light Menorah away from his...

(Shiur begins at 5:18) A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. The following issues are discussed by Dayan Raskin in this week’s episode: 1)       Explanation on the poem of Geshem , related to this week’s Sedra : [1] 2)       I started out as Chazan for Shacharis , and – thinking that there was no ‘ chiyuv’...