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Can you light another candle beside the Chanukah candles when they’re burning? Chanukah | Shayla
To read >>We live in Jerusalem, and want to have a picnic outside the city for our Purim seuda. Once we have completed all the other Purim obligations, can we leave Jerusalem and feast outside the city? Purim | Shayla
To read >>Pores mapah u-mekadesh: Continuing the Purim Seudah into Shabbat Purim | Shayla
To read >>Can I take prenatal vitamins containing chametz on Pesach? Pesach | Shayla
To read >>Can I kasher porcelain chametz dishes for Pesach Shayla | Kashrut
To read >>Celebrating a Bar/Bat Mitzvah During the Omer Shayla | Sefirat Haomer
To read >>Can I store chicken schnitzels in an empty ice cream container? Shayla | Issur Ve'heter | Kashrut
To read >>Folding corner of page as bookmark on Shabbat Shayla | Shabbat & Yom Tov
To read >>Tying a decorative knot on Shabbat Shayla | Shabbat & Yom Tov
To read >>Should I fast if I get migraines Three Weeks | Fast Days | Shayla
To read >>Serving cholent on a Friday night Shayla | Shabbat & Yom Tov
To read >>The value of hafrashat challah in a state of impurity in the absence of a Mikdash, and an approach toward public hafrashat challah events Challa | Shayla | Kashrut
To read >>Fasting with a migraine on 9th of Av Three Weeks | Fast Days | Shayla
To read >>Family mishloach manot Purim | Shayla
To read >>Musical instruments and avoda zara: Can I use a Tibetan singing bowl for meditation if it’s also used in pagan services? Avoda zara | Shayla
To read >>I’m injured – what should my chametz cleaning priorities be? Pesach | Shayla
To read >>Eating on Erev Pesach Pesach | Shayla
To read >>Deceptive business practices and geneivat da’at halakha | Shayla
To read >>Child appropriate activities for Bein HaMetzarim – Three Weeks and Nine Days Three Weeks | Shayla
To read >>Child appropriate activities for fast days Fast Days | Shayla
To read >>Part III: May a woman blast shofar on behalf of others in Elul? Elul | Shayla
To read >>I don’t enjoy the new fruit, should I still make shehekhiyanu on the second night of Rosh HaShana? Rosh HaShana | Shayla | Shabbat & Yom Tov
To read >>How do I do teshuva for damage to an unknown party? Yamim Noraim | Shayla
To read >>Ideal lighting or safe lighting? Chanukah | Shayla
To read >>Drinking on Purim and Shalom Bayit Purim | Shayla
To read >>Purim and packages to Israeli soldiers and evacuees Purim | Shayla
To read >>Responsa Pesach: Shortening the Haggadah Pesach | Shayla
To read >>Pesach: The blessing on the search for chametz Pesach | Shayla
To read >>Tikkun Leil Shavuot or a happy home? Pesach | Shayla
To read >>Music as a necessary mood booster Three Weeks | Shayla
To read >>Music and Bein HaMetzarim Three Weeks | Shayla
To read >>Showering on Yom Tov Rosh HaShana | Yamim Noraim | Shayla | Moed | Shabbat & Yom Tov
To read >>How do I know if I should fast on Yom Kippur? Yamim Noraim | Shayla
To read >>Traveling outside Jerusalem over Purim Meshulash Purim | Shayla
To read >>Purim Meshulash explanation Purim | Shayla
To read >>Posts about Shayla
Fasts commemorating the Churban, and the authority to add laws Fast Days | Shayla
To read >>Connecting to the Mitzvah of Shofar Shayla
To read >>All of Israel are Responsible for One Another – how so? – Part I Elul | Shayla
To read >>All of Israel are Responsible for One Another – how so? – Part II Elul | Shayla
To read >>How much does one have to sit in a Succah? Succot | Shayla | Moed
To read >>Recreational Trips and Hikes on Sukkot Succot | Shayla | Moed
To read >>Parshat Bereishit “To work and to guard”: Where is the ecological halakhic responsa? halakha | environment | Gan Eden | Shayla
To read >>What is the source of the Seven Noahide Laws? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Lech Lecha – The mother and father’s role in Brit Mila Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Vayera – Imitatio Dei, Righteousness and Judgment – which “ways” of God should we imitate? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Chayei Sara – When Kibbud Horim hurts Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Toldot – Honesty is the best policy – or is it? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Vayetze – Jewish marriage: An origin story Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Vayishlach – Is rape prohibited by the Torah? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Women and Chanukah: A shield and a torch Chanukah | Shayla
To read >>Vayeshev – Yibum or chalitza? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Miketz, Chanukah, and Decrees of Separation Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Burial rites Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Shemot – Adoption and identity Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Vaera – The place of prayer Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Bo – Korban Pesach Today: Can we? Should we? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Exporting Shemita Fruits Shayla
To read >>Parshat Beshalach: Which mitzvot must be beautiful? Parshat HaShavua | halakha | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Yitro – Honoring parents: Great expectations, practical limitations Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Mishpatim: Torah law and secular courts Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Terumah: Sanctuaries & Donations – Can I use tzedakah to pay shul dues? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Tetzaveh: Priestly garments, atonement, and the mantle of responsibility Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Can I send shmita produce for mishloach manot? Purim | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Ki Tisa – Figures, art, and sculpture Purim | Shayla
To read >>Vayakhel-Pekudei – Transparency with communal funds Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Vayikra Korban Chatat: The relevance of halakhot that are halakhically irrelevant Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Why isn’t coffee included in the prohibition of kitniot? Pesach | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Tzav: Quality, quantity, intention Pesach | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach Pesach | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Shemini: One who teaches halakha before his teacher Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Tazria-Metzora – Ritual purification Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Emor: Blasphemy, halakhic detachment & rabbinic empathy Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Behar-Bechukotai – Ona’a Financial and Verbal Exploitation Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Bamidbar – Halakhic means to determine paternity Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>How should we treat potential converts? Shayla
To read >>Parshat Nasso – What’s the connection between a sotah woman and Torah study? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Special Shavuot – Ten Commandments: Standing Up for Faith Shayla
To read >>Parshat Behaalotcha – One who is occupied with a mitzvah Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Shelah: Separating Challah, Designating Women Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Korach: The halakhot of disputes Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Chukat: “They took captives” Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Balak: Human needs and animal cruelty Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Pinchas: Are laws of inheritance inherent or changeable? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Matot-Masei: Flattery (khanifa) will get you destruction? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Devarim Provoke War or Call for Peace? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Va’etchanan – Kriyat Shema Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Bein haMetzarim: Are we avoiding celebration, pleasure or danger? Three Weeks | Shayla
To read >>Back to Basics: Mourning on Tisha B’Av Three Weeks | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Ekev: Converts or foreigners: Which geirim are we commanded to love? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Re’eh: “The place that the Lord will choose” Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Shoftim: “You shall not leave a living soul” Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Ki Tetzei: Grounds for divorce Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Ki Tavo: Mikra Bikkurim Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech: Mitzvat Hakhel Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Part I: Elul – Hearing the call, befuddling the Satan Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Part II: Is there an obligation to hear shofar in Elul? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Is there a mitzvah to rejoice on Rosh HaShana? Elul | Shayla
To read >>Shehekhiyanu on Rosh HaShana Elul | Shayla
To read >>Only a plebeian sits in a sukkah in the rain Sukkot | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Ha’azinu – can I get a witness? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Vzot HaBracha: My Torah, not yours Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Back to basics: Do we need kavana when we sit in the sukkah? Sukkot | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Noach: Matters of life and death Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha – Lekh Lekha: “Do not fear” Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Vayera: The role of fathers and mothers in chinukh Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Chayei Sara Signs, portents, and segulot Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Toldot Halakhic approaches to guiding a wayward son Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha – Vayetze Why not a double wedding? Mixing smachot Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha – Vayishlach Gid HaNasheh: Displaced memory Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Vayeshev Destructive speech Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>The mitzvah of fire safety: Chanukah and beyond Chanukah | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha – Vayigash – Praying for a (corrupt) government? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha – Vayigash – The Traveler’s Prayer Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Vayechi Yissachar – Zevulun Arrangements Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Shemot Our obligation to save a life Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Va’eira: If you lead, should I follow? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Bo Okhel nefesh: Food prep on festivals Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Beshalach: Faith in our leadership Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Yitro – You shall not covet – Is wanting prohibited? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Mishpatim: Bias and influence Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Parshat Terumah – A woman’s part in building the Temple Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Tetzaveh: Honor, glory, and modesty Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Ki Tisa: May a Gentile keep Shabbat? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha – Vayakhel Is temporary building prohibited on Shabbat? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Pekudei Cleanliness next to Godliness? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Vayikra “Takanat HaShavim” Repentant Thieves Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Tzav – Eternal Flame Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha – Shemini: “To separate between the sanctified and mundane” Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Tazria: Brit Mila on Shabbat Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Metzora: Is it a sin to be tamei? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Halakha: Using a flashlight for Bedikat Chametz halakha | Pesach | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Kedoshim: Eating before the blood Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha – Kedoshim: Love your neighbor, even if they’re not like yourself Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Emor: The affliction of Yom Kippur Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Behar: Bowing down on carved stone Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: How can we add to the Torah? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Bamidbar: Levites, Torah scholars, and draft dodgers Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Beha’alotcha: The Menora and the Shabbat candles Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Shlach: Do we need permission to enter Israel? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Shlach: The give and take between Priests, Levites, and Israelites Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Chukat: The reasons for the mitzvot Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Pinchas: Legislating extrajudicial executions Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Pinchas: Are women obligated in Mussaf? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Matot – The release of vows floats on air Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Devarim – Does Jewish justice apply to non-Jews? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Va’Etchanan – “You must be exceedingly careful with your lives” Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Eikev- Does halakha allow us to question suffering? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Re’eh – Aliyah l’regel without a Mikdash Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Shoftim – What’s considered a bribe? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Ki Teitzei – Is raping captive women permitted? Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha: Ki Tavo – Remember not to forget Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Nitzavim-Vayelech: The mitzvah to write a Sefer Torah Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>From Parsha to Halakha Ha’azinu Sanctifying God’s Name Parshat HaShavua | Shayla
To read >>Halakha: Chol HaMo’ed: Festival or regular day? Shayla | Moed
To read >>Kohelet: Contradictions and disputes in halakha and reality Shayla | Moed
To read >>Bein Adam l’Chaveiro: The halakhic significance of “in God’s image” halakha | Shayla
To read >>Bein Adam leChavero (2): The body and “God’s image” in halakha halakha | Shayla | Relationships | Other
To read >>Bein Adam leChaveiro (3a) – Differentiating between types of mitzvot halakha | Shayla
To read >>Bein Adam leChaveiro (3b) – Differentiating between types of mitzvot halakha | Shayla
To read >>Bein Adam leChaveiro: Where do we begin? halakha | Shayla
To read >>Bein Adam LeChaveiro: Mitzvot ha’ben al ha’av halakha | Shayla
To read >>Bein Adam LeChaveiro: Child support halakha | Shayla | Relationships
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