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Shaylah of the Week - Yeshurun - Rabbi Zev Cohen — 232 episodes

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

Are Women Obligated to Make 100 Brachos a Day?

18

Shorts and Flip Flops in a South African Bais Din

19

Shnayim Mikra V'Echad ArtScroll

20

The Israeli Repairman Shaylah - Part 2

21

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

22

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

23

The Pidyon HaBen Coin Gemach Shaylah

24

Is a Goel Ha'Dam Allowed to Kill Nowadays?

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

Should we Celebrate the Current Nissim Happening in Eretz Yisroel?

29

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

30

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

31

Why do we Eat Milchigs on Shavuos?

32

When did we Start Leining Megillas Rus?

33

New Neighbors - A Shaylah Pertaining to Hezek Re'iah

34

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

35

What NOT to Focus on at Leil Seder

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

Does one Bentch Gomel when Returning from the Bahamas?

41

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

42

Treatments that Cause Infertility - Part 1

43

Are Women Chayiv in Hallel on Chanukah?

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

Mistakes made in a Raffle - Part 2

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

Does one need a Kinyan to be a Shutif?

54

Can one use a Frozen Challah for Lechem Mishnah?

55

He Says She Says - Complicated Divorce Shaylah

56

May 2 Women Sign the Kesubah after 2 Men already Signed

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

Ponzi Scheme - Part 3

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

Yeshivas Bais Yisroel - Hilchos Ribis

66

Yeshivas Bais Yisroel - Strange Minhagim

67

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

68

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

69

Yeshivas Bais Yisroel - Blowing the Shofar During an Eis Tzara

70

Kiddush Levana - A Segulah for Teeth?

71

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

72

Yerushalmi Minhag - Tallis and Tefillin Erev Shabbos Mincha every Taanis

73

Can a Soldier Light a Menorah in War?

74

Reuvain Builds on Land that is Disputed Between him and Shimon

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

Is Tevillah Required on a Pan You Assemble? Part 2

79

Is Tevillah Required on a Pan You Assemble? Part 1

80

What is the Responsibility Between the Lender and the Borrower?

81

Chosson and Kallah Lose their Kesubah in the Hotel

82

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?

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

Stuck in an Airport Hotel for Shabbos - Techumim

87

Various Ribis Shaylahs

88

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

89

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

90

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?

91

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

92

Heter Iska on a Loan with 2% Paid Up Front

93

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

94

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

95

Does One Bentch Gomel after Flying from Miami to Panama?

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

Mikadeish a Woman using Friends Money

100

Kesubah Destroyed during Hurricane Sandy

101

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

102

Bracha Acharona on Rice Krispy Treats

103

Carpool Dropout Requirements

104

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

105

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

106

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

107

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

108

Do Glass Doors that surround a Swimming Pool Need Mezuzos?

109

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

110

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

111

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

112

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?

113

Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum

114

Mixed Seating and the Sanctity of the Synagogue

115

Cancelled Shidduch - What to do About the Plane Ticket

116

Non-Kosher Wine Taste Tester

117

Who Does Bedikas Chometz in a Rented House?

118

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

119

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

120

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

121

Is it Ribis to Replace a Borrowed Broken Item?

122

Davened Shemoneh Esrei Without a Yarmulka

123

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

124

Going Back on an Agreement for Rabbi's Salary

125

Is Snow Muktza?

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

Putting Salt on the Vegetables on Shabbos when Making a Salad

130

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

131

Combination of Hilchos Shabbos and Ribis

132

Women who Missed Shofar Blowing During Rosh Hashana Davening Part 2

133

Women who Missed Shofar Blowing Durning Rosh Hashana Davening

134

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

135

Taking a Shower Erev Shabbos During the Nine Days

136

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

137

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

138

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

139

Ninja Line Between two Trees on Shabbos

140

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

141

Monetary Obligations Via the Kesubah

142

Onein Vs Avel in Regards to Tefillin

143

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

144

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

145

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

146

When is the Yartzeit of a Death after Shkiyah?

147

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

148

When are Nicknames considered Onaahs Dvarim?

149

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

150

Should We Say Tikun Chatzos?

151

Are There Any Problems of Onaah (Cheating) Regarding Sales

152

What Disqualifies Somebody from being a Panim Chadashos

153

Mai Chanukah

154

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

155

Hilchos Ona'ah (Cheating with Money)

156

Eating Chicken Soup While Being an Onein

157

Working While Sitting Shiva

158

Mezuza Safek Bracha

159

Hataras Nidarim Alone

160

Hataras Nedarim Over Phone or Socially Distanced

161

How High Do you Lift your Kiddush Cup?

162

What is an animal in Halachic Terms

163

Pets on Shabbos

164

Mowing Lawns During the Nine Days

165

Selling Fruit Trees to Goyim - Part 3

166

Selling Fruit Trees to Goyim - Part 2

167

Selling Fruit Trees to Goyim - Part 1

168

Shaylah of the Week - Ponzi Scheme

169

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

170

COVID19 Salaries and Payment

171

How Does Sheluach Hakein Work?

172

Purchasing Air Rights of Condos and Skyscrapers

173

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

174

May I Practice Playing an Instrument During Sefira?

175

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

176

Can You Answer a Bracha Over the Phone?

177

Is Medical Marijuana Permitted to Smoke on Yuntif?

178

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

179

Sanctity in the Makom Mikdash

180

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

181

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

182

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

183

Taking Cocaine or Hallucinogenics for Pain

184

Making Your Wife a Shliach to Light the Menorah

185

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

186

Beauty Products Sold on Shabbos - Part 2

187

Lighting the Menorah in Shul

188

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

189

Sandek on Rosh Chodesh Wearing Tefillin?

190

Is Gambling an Asmachta?

191

Beauty Product Sold on Shabbos

192

Asmachta - What Makes a Deal Last

193

Landscaping on Shabbos

194

Buying a Ring with the Condition of Getting Married

195

Toveling a Keurig Coffee Maker

196

Wearing a Suit for your Siyum During the Nine Days

197

Transporting Non - Kosher Food

198

Unbraiding a Braid on Shabbos

199

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

200

Making a Bracha on Tzitzis and Tallis

201

Shaylah of the Week - Using a Rose for Kinyan Suder

202

Shaylah of the Week - Lo Sachmod by buying a house

203

Shaylah of the Week - Signed Photo of Einstein

204

Shaylah of the Week - Matana Al Minas Lehachzir

205

Shaylah of the Week - Document of Sale

206

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

207

Does a Shul make a Bracha?

208

Fidelity Charitable Trust

209

Sous Vide

210

Cancer research

211

Part 2 of Motzei Yom Kippur Havdalah Shaylah

212

Present for Shabbos

213

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

214

Credit Unions

215

Correcting the Ba'al Koreh

216

Using a Zester on Shabbos

217

Making the Bar mitzvah before the Bo Bayom

218

Shaving a Non-Jew with a razor

219

Kohen Preceding a Levi in Halacha

220

When spouses are in different cities for lighting?

221

Using Maaiser money to get a tax break - Part 2

222

Scholarship Tax Credit

223

Buying Kibudim

224

Leaving a note with letters on Shabbos

225

Bracha on Sushi

226

Underwater Headphones and Learning

227

The Lost Retainer

228

Fidget Spinners and other inventions

229

Pre-Boiled Eggs

230

An Escaped Rabbit

231

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

232

Kohen with an injured hand