by Rabbi Dov LinzerPosted on March 8, 2017
This is a source sheet to accompany the panel that took place in Jerusalem on January 5, 2017 titled, “Divine Sparks: Shabbat, Electricity” To listen to the audio from the panel, click on the following audio link: https://library.yctorah.org/files/2017/03/Shabbat-and-Electricity-Bin-Nun-Cherlow-Linzer.mp3 Below is a summary of the main ways in which poskim have tried to put the use of electricity, when it does not involve any other melakha (e.g., the turning on of incandescent lights, which would be considered a fire since it burns a piece of metal generating heat and light).…
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by Rabbi Dov LinzerPosted on August 4, 2016
This shiur focuses on the question of whether the mitzvah of shofar on Rosh HaShana is to blow or to hear the shofar. In addition to addressing some of the halakhic aspects of that question, it attempts to see how the טעמי המצוה interact with its halakhic formulation, and how this enables a fuller way of resolving some of the halakhic tensions between hearing and blowing.…
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by Rabbi Ysoscher KatzPosted on July 5, 2016
To read this Hebrew article, click here.…
by Rabbi Ysoscher KatzPosted on July 5, 2016
To read this hebrew article, click here.…
