by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 7, 2020
How does Rav Moshe feel about eating the afikoman after midnight? Rabbi Linzer finds out in our third pre-Pesach episode.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
Rav Moshe addresses the obligations of women in the mitzvot of the night of Pesach. How far does ‘af hein hayu beoto haneis’ go? Can a woman be motzi her husband in reading the Haggadah?…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
Rabbi Linzer looks at a teshuva about making a siyum on a book of Tanakh for Taanit Bechorot on Erev Pesach. Is it allowed? What is the source?…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
Blended whiskey usually has some wine mixed in to raise the alcohol content. Does this treif it up? Dive into bitul in Rav Moshe with Rabbi Linzer.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
Rabbi Linzer looks at Rav Moshe’s approach to cholov yisroel, and his reliance on government supervision to be sure the milk we are drinking is kosher. Rav Moshe even goes so far as to claim that all the milk in the United States is cholov yisroel.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
How binding is the minhag of gebrochts in a family? What if nobody else in your community is upholding it? Rabbi Linzer looks at a teshuvah that answers these questions.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
Are peanuts kitniyot? What makes something kitniyot? Rabbi Linzer asks and Rav Moshe answers.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
How does Rav Moshe feel about eating the afikoman after midnight? Rabbi Linzer finds out in our third pre-Pesach episode.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
Rav Moshe addresses the obligations of women in the mitzvot of the night of Pesach. How far does ‘af hein hayu beoto haneis’ go? Can a woman be motzi her husband in reading the haggadah?…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
Rabbi Linzer looks at a teshuva about making a siyum on a book of Tanakh for taanit bechorot on erev pesach. Is it allowed? What is the source?…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 6, 2020
Why do we say shehecheyanu on Purim day but not on Chanukkah? Does the perfunctory announcement that the shehecheyanu should be on all the mitzvot of the day make sense? Rabbi Linzer explains Rav Moshe’s approach.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on March 6, 2019
Rav Moshe has a series of surprising responses to questions about Jewish names, and the importance of holding onto this distinction. Rabbi Linzer explains that Rav Moshe chose a strict and rational halakhic perspective instead of giving weight to the Midrashic tradition of “lo shinu et shemam.”…