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Shaylah of the Week - Yeshurun - Rabbi Zev Cohen — 235 episodes

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Does a woman do Yibum or chalitza to a brother that converted?

2

Can one be mekadeish a Woman with Money?

3

Should a Camp be Mafrish Challah before baking Challahs for the kids?

4

Is One Obligated to Share Inside Information about a Potential Rav being Hired?

5

What happens to the Money that a Woman hid from her Husband after a Divorce?

6

Can someone whom is Makpid on Gebrukts Use a Matza that had Wine Spilled onto it as Lechem Mishna?

7

Can the Lender that Supplied a Pesach Suit Sale ask for his Family to get First Dibs?

8

Can a Zaidy be a Sandek for more than One Sibling - Part 2

9

Can a Zaidy be the Sandek for more than One Sibling?

10

Does One have to make a Zeichor for the Churban During Seudas Purim?

11

What is the “Make Up” of Birchas Erusin at the Chuppah?

12

Is the Chosson Allowed to make the Bracha "Al Ha'Arayos" at his Own Chuppah?

13

Accidently said "Al Ha'Eitz" for the Bracha Acharonah after Drinking Wine

14

A Shaylah that Pertains to Writing the Word "Isisah" in a Kesubah

15

What's the Recourse for Someone Ditching the Beis Din Date?

16

Can a Kesubah Prove either to Asur or Matir a Woman to a Kohen?

17

What to do when a Couple Finds their Original Kesubah after Writing a Replacement

18

A Bachur Sleeps in an Empty School on Chanukah (No Room at Parents House) Where does He Light the Menorah?

19

Is it Permitted to Kill Someone who is about to Embarrass Someone Else?

20

Are Women Obligated to Make 100 Brachos a Day?

21

Shorts and Flip Flops in a South African Bais Din

22

Shnayim Mikra V'Echad ArtScroll

23

The Israeli Repairman Shaylah - Part 2

24

Can an Israeli Repairman Fix a Refrigerator for a Ben Chutz La'Aretz on Yuntif?

25

(Old Shiur) The Tese Shaylah (Testicular Exploritory Sperm Extraction)

26

The Pidyon HaBen Coin Gemach Shaylah

27

Is a Goel Ha'Dam Allowed to Kill Nowadays?

28

What are considered "Arei Yehuda" and would Require Tearing Kriah upon Seeing?

29

What to do about Laundry when Take a Flight to Eretz Yisroel Immediately after Tisha B'av?

30

May a Person Take Ribis for a loan and Return it?

31

Should we Celebrate the Current Nissim Happening in Eretz Yisroel?

32

Forgot to make Havdalah and Now it's Shavuos Night! Part 2

33

Forgot to Make Havdalah and It's Now Shavuos Night! Part 1

34

Why do we Eat Milchigs on Shavuos?

35

When did we Start Leining Megillas Rus?

36

New Neighbors - A Shaylah Pertaining to Hezek Re'iah

37

How to be Saved by the Issur of Ribis when a Goy Married a Jew R"TZ

38

What NOT to Focus on at Leil Seder

39

What should I use for Lechem Mishnah on Shabbos Erev Pesach?

40

Underaged Boy Buys Beer and Lets the Store Keep the Change!

41

When Purim Falls out on Erev Shabbos (Part 2) - Why not Make a Morning Seudah?

42

When Purim Falls out on Erev Shabbos (Part 1) - When to Make the Seudah

43

Does one Bentch Gomel when Returning from the Bahamas?

44

Can one Watch the Hostage Release Clips that Were Taken on Shabbos?

45

Treatments that Cause Infertility - Part 1

46

Are Women Chayiv in Hallel on Chanukah?

47

A Woman Marries another Woman and Needs Money. Can the Rav Solicit Publicly Using her Name?

48

Why Don't we Make a Shehechianu on a Boy becoming Chayiv in a Minyan?

49

How can someone become a Dayan knowing that he will cause someone to Feel Bad? Part 2

50

How could someone become a Dayan Knowing that he will cause someone to Feel Bad? Part 1

51

How did Eisav Sell the Bechor (Davar Shelo Ba'olam) to Yaakov?

52

Mistakes made in a Raffle - Part 2

53

Is one able to use a Gorel (Lottery) to Divide a Property

54

Can a Yid be a Shutif (Partner) with a Goy?

55

Can a Korban with a Blemish be Brought for the Sake of Peace?

56

Does one need a Kinyan to be a Shutif?

57

Can one use a Frozen Challah for Lechem Mishnah?

58

He Says She Says - Complicated Divorce Shaylah

59

May 2 Women Sign the Kesubah after 2 Men already Signed

60

May one say Hamapil in the Beis Medresh and then walk Home to go to Sleep?

61

What is the Halachic Status of a Seat Taken in Shul?

62

Husband Runs Away from Israel to America to Avoid Giving a Get and His Wife Dies. What Should be Done with Her Inheritance?

63

Ponzi Scheme - Part 3

64

Should the Husband hand the Kesubah to his Kallah under the Chuppah?

65

Someone Splits a Bottle for his Friend for Purim. The Seller Sells on Condition that He only Drinks 4 Shots from the bottle.

66

97 Year Old Woman Always Goes to Sleep at 7pm. What Does She Do about Hearing the Megillah?

67

Does a Woman who had a Hysterectomy need to do Bedikos?

68

Yeshivas Bais Yisroel - Hilchos Ribis

69

Yeshivas Bais Yisroel - Strange Minhagim

70

May one fix his Tefillin Shel Yad if it Falls off During Shemoneh Esrei?

71

Yeshivas Bais Yisroel - Can one Fix his Tefiilin Shel Yad when it Falls off during Shemoneh Esrei?

72

Yeshivas Bais Yisroel - Blowing the Shofar During an Eis Tzara

73

Kiddush Levana - A Segulah for Teeth?

74

Which Bracha does One Make First, Asher Yatzar or Tzitzis?

75

Yerushalmi Minhag - Tallis and Tefillin Erev Shabbos Mincha every Taanis

76

Can a Soldier Light a Menorah in War?

77

Reuvain Builds on Land that is Disputed Between him and Shimon

78

Bochur's Vape containing Marijuana Fell from his Pocket when Dancing at a Wedding. Is there a Chiyuv to Return it?

79

Can one Order Something from Amazon to be delivered on Shabbos?

80

Should a Kid Wait Until his Bo Bayom to do Shnayim Mikra?

81

Is Tevillah Required on a Pan You Assemble? Part 2

82

Is Tevillah Required on a Pan You Assemble? Part 1

83

What is the Responsibility Between the Lender and the Borrower?

84

Chosson and Kallah Lose their Kesubah in the Hotel

85

A Boy Writes and Eats with his Right Hand but Throws a Ball with his Left Hand. Which Arm does he put his Tefillin on?

86

Is One Allowed to Shave for a Bris During the 9 Days?

87

On a 2nd Story Porch that has no exit but into the House What Side do I Put the Mezuzah on? (Part 2)

88

On a 2nd Story Porch that has no exit but into the House What Side do I Put the Mezuzah on? (Part 1)

89

Stuck in an Airport Hotel for Shabbos - Techumim

90

Various Ribis Shaylahs

91

Is a Buyer Obligated to Inform the Seller that He Could Make More Money?

92

Can a Dayan "Really" Say for Certain what the Din is?

93

Reuvain Subleases a Storage Facility to Shimon. Shimon doesn't pay for 3 months. Storage Facility puts it up for Auction. Does Reuvain have a Mitzva of Hashavas Aveidah?

94

Why Isn't there a Zecher for the Rechush Gadol at Leil Seder?

95

Heter Iska on a Loan with 2% Paid Up Front

96

The Ba'al Simcha is a Mechutin with the Eid Kiddushin

97

Kohen finds himself Stuck on an Airplane with Human Tissue inside a Box

98

Does One Bentch Gomel after Flying from Miami to Panama?

99

Is it Ribis for an Unpaid Rav to Daven in his Shul?

100

When does a Bar Mitzva Boy Light the Menorah Erev Shabbos of his Bar Mitzva?

101

Why Don't we make a Bracha of She'Asah Nissim Immediately After a Miracle Happens?

102

Mikadeish a Woman using Friends Money

103

Kesubah Destroyed during Hurricane Sandy

104

Shirts Came Back From the Cleaners Yellow. Owner Never Told Them it was Made out of Silk, are the Cleaners Responsible?

105

Bracha Acharona on Rice Krispy Treats

106

Carpool Dropout Requirements

107

Selling Fields to Non-Jews During Shemitta (Heter Mechira)

108

What are we Doing at the Chanukas Ha'Bayis and Hachnasas Sefer Torah?

109

Should one Use his Right Hand when Paying with a Credit Card?

110

Can one Wash a Non-Jews Clothing during the Nine Days?

111

Do Glass Doors that surround a Swimming Pool Need Mezuzos?

112

Mi Shenichnas Av M'Maitim B'Simcha - How Does one Take Away from Simcha in the Month of Av?

113

Lighting Candles Friday Night on Condition to Drive Afterwards - Part 2

114

Lighting Candles Friday Night on Condition to Drive Afterwards - Part 1

115

If the Employer Tells the Middle Man to Hire for 4 Dollars and the Middle Man Offers to Pay 3 Dollars Who Do you Listen to?

116

Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum

117

Mixed Seating and the Sanctity of the Synagogue

118

Cancelled Shidduch - What to do About the Plane Ticket

119

Non-Kosher Wine Taste Tester

120

Who Does Bedikas Chometz in a Rented House?

121

After Showering at Shkiyah is One Supposed to Put his Tzitzis on?

122

Can I Pick Up a Mezuzah that is Lying on the Floor on Shabbos?

123

Shvuyah (Kidnapped Person) Is Released. Is Music Allowed for Celebration if there are Still Hostages Left?

124

Is it Ribis to Replace a Borrowed Broken Item?

125

Davened Shemoneh Esrei Without a Yarmulka

126

Am I Allowed to Cook Corned Beef Over Night Leil Shabbos?

127

Going Back on an Agreement for Rabbi's Salary

128

Is Snow Muktza?

129

Do You Mention Your Wife or Parents First in a Mi Sheberach

130

Popular Author Accused - What Should be Done with the Books?

131

Can a Person Appoint a Shliach to Light the Menorah on Time?

132

Putting Salt on the Vegetables on Shabbos when Making a Salad

133

Does "The Bas Melech of the King" Have Anything to Do With Halacha?

134

Combination of Hilchos Shabbos and Ribis

135

Women who Missed Shofar Blowing During Rosh Hashana Davening Part 2

136

Women who Missed Shofar Blowing Durning Rosh Hashana Davening

137

Protecting the Money that the Children Bring into the Marriage - Part 1

138

Taking a Shower Erev Shabbos During the Nine Days

139

Is it Permitted for a Grandfather to Shave during the Three Weeks for a Grandsons Bris?

140

Stomach Ache during Davening Caused to Miss Shemoneh Esrei on Rosh Chodesh

141

Making a Bracha on the Atlantic Ocean and then a Month Later the Pacific Ocean

142

Ninja Line Between two Trees on Shabbos

143

Is it Muttar to Ask a Goy to Text a Colleague on 2nd Day Yom Tov?

144

Monetary Obligations Via the Kesubah

145

Onein Vs Avel in Regards to Tefillin

146

Why did we Stop Saying the Tefilla for Medina B'Chutz La'Aretz? (Country outside of Eretz Yisroel)

147

What to make Hamotzi on When Erev Pesach Falls out on Shabbos

148

Can one Listen to Krias Ha'Torah over the Phone/Hearing Aids?

149

When is the Yartzeit of a Death after Shkiyah?

150

If I am Ambidextrous What Arm do I Put Tefillin On?

151

When are Nicknames considered Onaahs Dvarim?

152

How do I Wear Tefillin if I Have a Cast on my Arm?

153

Should We Say Tikun Chatzos?

154

Are There Any Problems of Onaah (Cheating) Regarding Sales

155

What Disqualifies Somebody from being a Panim Chadashos

156

Mai Chanukah

157

Why Did the Greeks Force the Jews to Write on a Horn of an Ox?

158

Hilchos Ona'ah (Cheating with Money)

159

Eating Chicken Soup While Being an Onein

160

Working While Sitting Shiva

161

Mezuza Safek Bracha

162

Hataras Nidarim Alone

163

Hataras Nedarim Over Phone or Socially Distanced

164

How High Do you Lift your Kiddush Cup?

165

What is an animal in Halachic Terms

166

Pets on Shabbos

167

Mowing Lawns During the Nine Days

168

Selling Fruit Trees to Goyim - Part 3

169

Selling Fruit Trees to Goyim - Part 2

170

Selling Fruit Trees to Goyim - Part 1

171

Shaylah of the Week - Ponzi Scheme

172

When Opening Up the Shuls, Do We Make Up All Past Parshios?

173

COVID19 Salaries and Payment

174

How Does Sheluach Hakein Work?

175

Purchasing Air Rights of Condos and Skyscrapers

176

A Swing Set or Zip Line that Swings into the Neighbors Property

177

May I Practice Playing an Instrument During Sefira?

178

Can You Get a Haircut on Rosh Chodesh During S'fira?

179

Can You Answer a Bracha Over the Phone?

180

Is Medical Marijuana Permitted to Smoke on Yuntif?

181

Does one need to Read the Entire Masechta in Order to Make a Siyum?

182

Sanctity in the Makom Mikdash

183

Does a Kehillah Make a Shehechianu on a New Sefer Torah?

184

Tu B'Shvat - Shehechianu on Fruit You've Never Eaten

185

Do You Need to Tear Kriah Upon Seeing Yerushalayim or The Old City?

186

Taking Cocaine or Hallucinogenics for Pain

187

Making Your Wife a Shliach to Light the Menorah

188

Parents Lighting Menorah on the First Night of Chanukah and the Day of their Children's Wedding

189

Beauty Products Sold on Shabbos - Part 2

190

Lighting the Menorah in Shul

191

Saying Kesser on Mussaf Rosh Chodesh - Wearing Tefillin for Mussaf!

192

Sandek on Rosh Chodesh Wearing Tefillin?

193

Is Gambling an Asmachta?

194

Beauty Product Sold on Shabbos

195

Asmachta - What Makes a Deal Last

196

Landscaping on Shabbos

197

Buying a Ring with the Condition of Getting Married

198

Toveling a Keurig Coffee Maker

199

Wearing a Suit for your Siyum During the Nine Days

200

Transporting Non - Kosher Food

201

Unbraiding a Braid on Shabbos

202

Follow Up to "Making a Bracha on Tzitzis and Tallis"

203

Making a Bracha on Tzitzis and Tallis

204

Shaylah of the Week - Using a Rose for Kinyan Suder

205

Shaylah of the Week - Lo Sachmod by buying a house

206

Shaylah of the Week - Signed Photo of Einstein

207

Shaylah of the Week - Matana Al Minas Lehachzir

208

Shaylah of the Week - Document of Sale

209

Shailah of the Week - Giving money to lock in a deal or get a curse

210

Does a Shul make a Bracha?

211

Fidelity Charitable Trust

212

Sous Vide

213

Cancer research

214

Part 2 of Motzei Yom Kippur Havdalah Shaylah

215

Present for Shabbos

216

Washing when breaking fast Motzei Yom Kippur, do you need Al Hagafen from Havdalah?

217

Credit Unions

218

Correcting the Ba'al Koreh

219

Using a Zester on Shabbos

220

Making the Bar mitzvah before the Bo Bayom

221

Shaving a Non-Jew with a razor

222

Kohen Preceding a Levi in Halacha

223

When spouses are in different cities for lighting?

224

Using Maaiser money to get a tax break - Part 2

225

Scholarship Tax Credit

226

Buying Kibudim

227

Leaving a note with letters on Shabbos

228

Bracha on Sushi

229

Underwater Headphones and Learning

230

The Lost Retainer

231

Fidget Spinners and other inventions

232

Pre-Boiled Eggs

233

An Escaped Rabbit

234

Can you use a Walker or a Wheelchair on Shabbos where there is no Eiruv?

235

Kohen with an injured hand