Sunday, May 31, 2009

URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

Please daven for Yitzchak Elchanan ben Nechama. May he have a refuah shlema b'soch sha'ar cholei Yisroel.

My friend has just informed me that her son URGENTLY needs your tefillos. He was born with a spinal tumor, which was properly diagnosed only at age one. TG it was benign, but reappeared at age 11. From that surgery he was paralyzed for quite a while, but worked hard to regain functioning. Now he is 24 – and has been found to have a tumor in the BRAIN. Now is the time to daven, while they are running the tests and hoping it will turn out to be benign. So please try to daven for Reuven Benyamin ben Cherna Rivka.

May we always share only good news.

Best wishes, Rivka

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 36 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi -SUBLETTING


Q:Your renting a house or apartment can you sublease it

A:S"A you do it with permission then its ok and you can even keep the money
but if you do it w/o permission its a machlokes if you can keep the money

YBC 4 COMING SOON


Arriving shortly, YBC 4 “SH’MOY SHEL MELECH”. Every ybc album stepped it up a notch in sound & production, this one will iyh do the same. The song “Sh’moy” is the next Kol Hamispallel, Vohavta & Shabichi. There’s a new version of Hamalach on the album,which will definitely be the runaway hit. YBC performed it this past Pesach & people keep praising the song. Check back here for more.

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 35 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - FLUCTUATING COMMODITIES


Q:Your watching a bar of gold $400 a year later it goes up to $800 it gets stolen do you pay $400 or $800

A:Shach you pay $800

Thursday, May 28, 2009

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 32 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - ANIMAL RIGHTS AND WRONGS


Q:Trumas Hadeshen how can you ride on a horse your causing the horse pain

A:The Trumas Hadeshen answers if its constructive you can do it riding a horse is constructive

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 31 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - A STITCH IN TIME :SAVING YOUR NEIGHBOR PROPERTY


Q:You see your friend car lights on is their a mitzvah to tell him there on and you see a big guy stealing if you inform on him he will hurt you do you have to tell the police about him

A:When you see your friends car lights on there is a mitzvah of returning a lost object to him the gemara Baba Mitzia says your lost object comes b/4 someone else lost object since he is going to hurt you if you inform on him there is no mitzvah to return a lost object

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 30 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - PARAMETERS OF CHESED;OBLIGATION AND BEYOND


Q:Can you fulfill the mitzva of bikur cholim with someone who is unconscious

A:Rav Moshe yes you can daven for him

Sunday, May 24, 2009

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 29 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - PROPER RESPECT FOR SEFARIM


Q:What is proper respect for sefarim

A:Anything needed for learning is muter Rav Moshe you can lean on sefer while learning and put paper on it while learning M"B holds like the M"A that while learning you can use 1 sefer to lift up another 1

URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

Please daven for "Avraham Shlomo ben Pessel"May he, and all cholim in Klal Yisroel have a refuah shlema. May we hear besoros tovos.

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 28 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - HACHRAZA CALLING IT OUT


Q:How does 1 fulfill the mitzvah of announcing a lost object nowadays

A: Poskim you put up a sign in a big shul also put up a sign were the lost object was found Rav Moshe says put up the sign for as long as possible Chasam Sofer says put a free ad in the newspaper S"A Harav if you find an expensive ring and the ad in the newspaper is $20.00 you should put an ad in the newspaper and the owner will reimburse you

MISHNA BERURAH YOMI MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 23 PART 2


S"A siman 202 Mishna Berurah 86
perhaps the beracha on it is shahakol
Mishna Berurah Dirshu chelek 2
Q: what is better when your in doubt what bracha to make on food make a shhakol or eat it in a bread meal

A:The mishna berurah says in siman 204 sif katan 60 its better to eat it in a bread meal

MISHNA BERURAH YOMI MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 23


S"A siman 202 mishna berurah sif katan 76
If so if one sucks the sweetness out of wood this is no better than squeezing the moisture out of the cane 1st and then drinking it
Mishna Berurah Dirshu CHELEK 2
Q:What bracha do you make while sucking on a fruit

A:Rebbi Akiva Ager argues on the Mishna Berurah and says when sucking on a new fruit make the bracha of the fruit b/c its like eating fruit The Kaf Hachaim says this is only when it happens through chewing but if you grab the fruit and squeeze it and suck it out its like drinking

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 27 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - A CARING HOME FOR A LOST OBJECT


Q: You find a lost mp3 player on shabbos what do you do

A: Since its muktzeh chisaron kis (its expensive) Chasam Sofer dont kick it or pick it up even though there a mitzvah to return a lost object but the S"A says you can make an announcement in shul about it

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 26 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - A YAD OR A YARD-KINYAN CHATZER


Q:You buy for a simcha 20 cokes who gets to keep the coke points

A:Sefer Mishpatei Hatorah says if its in your home or a shul your chatzer is koneh for you the caps and others at the simcha cant take them

Thursday, May 21, 2009

MISHNA BERURAH YOMI MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 21


S"A 202 Mishna Berurah Sif Katan 40
Since the substance of the fruit is still present make an hatz on it

Mishna Berurah Dirshu chelek 2
Q:What beracha do you make on cornflakes

A:If it is made from flattened cooked corn kernels S"T Or Litzion says make an hadamah on them b/c the substance of the fruit is present when there made with corn flour make a shhakol on them S"T Shevet Halevi says even when there made of corn kernels make a shahakol on them b/c if the form of the fruit isnt recognizeable

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 25 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - EILU CHAYAV LEHACHRIZ


Q:How does finding a lost object nowadays work what does a yeshiva do with the thousands of lost items according to halacha is a lost and found a good idea
A:Nowadays people are not into looking for lost objects Rav Shienberg and Rav Elyashiv say if an item you find is small in value leave it there for owner to find
If it a ring then put up a sign you find money in a store you can keep it
placing something in a lost and found maybe not a good idea you need to watch it Rav Moshe lost and found has a sign people will find there objects The gedolim say a yeshiva at the end of the year should put up a sign if you dont take your sefer it becomes hefker and can be sold

MISHNA BERURAH YOMI MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 20 PART 2


S"A Siman 202 Mishna Berurah sif katan 39
Final answer make a shahakol on orange peels fried in honey but if you make an hatz or hadamah your still yotzei
Q:Is there anyone who agrees with the Mishna Berurah that you make a shahakol on orange peels fried in honey
A:yes the Chazonish agrees make a shahakol on them

MISHNA BERURAH YOMI MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 20


S"A Siman 202 Mishna Berurah 39
What beracha do you make on orange peels fried in honey some say make a shhakol some say make an hatz and some say make an hadamah

Mishna Berurah Dirshu
Q:What the reason that you make an hatz and what the reason for hadamah

A:The M"A says make an hatz on it b/c the peel is the guf of the fruit
THE Taz argues and says make an hadmah b/c the peel is not the guf of the fruit(for more see M"B Dirshu note 32)

URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

Daniel, the eight year old boy who has been diagnosed with leukemia L'A, has just received an additional name :

His new name is: Daniel Chaim ben Tzofia Bracha.

He's going through painful treatments


THE FAMILY IS EXTREMELY GREATFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO CAN DAVEN ON HIS BEHALF

Thank you

Michael Rothschild

Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 24 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - LICENSE TO LIE


Q:When are you can you lie and can a jew have a surprise party

A:Aurach Hashulchan you can say kalah is good looking to the chasan but your lieing over here there a heter you dont want to hurt feelings so you say something that could be understood in 2 different ways Rabanu Yonah says you can lie for shalom bais
Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurbach someone comes to the door and asks for someone you can lie and say he isnt here for shalom someone asks you for someone b/c he wants to kill him you can lie that is emes poskim say you can lie to do a chesed a surprise party has a lot of lies mabye we allow it b/c of shalom Rav Fisher says no its asur

MISHNA BERURAH YOMI MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 19


S"A SIMAN 202 M"B SIF KATAN 18
If you have a sour fruit make a shahakol on it unless it is cooked or sweetned by fire then it is fruit that being made edible for eating
Mishna Berurah Dirshu chelek 2
Q: What bracha do you make on cooked fruits and lemon

A:S"A sif 12 says when you cook a raw fruit that made to be cooked you make a shahkol on it m"b sik katan 64 adds even if it tastes good cooked
Rav Shilomo Zalman Aurbach says the bracha you make on a lemon is shahakol S"T Or Litzion adds if its really sour you dont make any beracha on it(for more see mishna berurah dirshu notes 17 18 and 19)

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 23 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - BAL TASHCHIS;THE REAL STORY


Q: A restaurant or catering hall has left over food what should they do with regards to bal tashchis and disgracing food also what about trees and plastic plates what about bread on the floor

A:S"A CH"M and Y"D bring a Rosh in gemara baba kama you have a purpose to cut down the tree we are some poskim are makal others say there is a sakana get non jew to do it a plate should not be destroyed but a plastic plates we are makal b/c it is not called waste you dont want to go to the trouble of cleaning it by a catering hall or restaurant we are makal by bal tashchis and disgracing food b/c it cost money to deal with it and Rav Shienberg and Rav Elyashiv say its not disgracing food b/c if you throw out the left overs in a bag we have many reasons to be makal by bread on the floor Pri Megadim bread is less then kizias dont pick it up S"A dosnt bring down the halacha M"B does bring it but Rav Chaim Kinevski says it means just move it to the side

MISHNA BERURAH YOMI MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 18 PART 2


S"A siman 201 M"B sif katan 1
There are places where there is a minhag to let an aval during the 12 months of mourning for a father or mother to lead bentching
Mishna berurah dirshu chelek 2
The S"T Shalas Yavetz there is no source for this its just a minhag through this and other mitzvos and good deeds its good for father or mother soul and helps out there din for the 12 months

MISHNA BERURAH YOMI MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 18


S"A SIMAN 201 M"B SIF KATAN 1
says if 1 of them is the bal habis and the others ate his food he can give the honor of the beracha to whoever he wishes of the members of his household who should also bless the bal habis
MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU CHELEK 2
The S"T Or Litzion writes that yeshiva bachors who make the blessing of bircas the orach instead of saying bal habis they should say bal hasudah for the philanthropist of the yeshiva but Rav Shlomlo Zalman Aurbach argue and says the nusach that was tikun to be blessed was bal habis in this case there is no bal habis so dont say the blessing for the orach at all

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 22 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - FRIENDS DONT MIND OR DO THEY


Q:Gadol goes to someone house sees food can he eat it a man sees a mitzvah item can he use it what about a women or a kid what about a non mitzvah item
A:Tosfos Kitzos KItzur and S"A Harav holds Gadol sees food he cant eat it w/o permission the Shach argues says he can eat it S"A Harav says you always borrow money from your brother you can take it w/o permission you dont always borrow need permission
you dont get permission your a ganaf S"A Harav I can borrow washing cup w/o asking if you know for sure wont lose it and he dosnt mind then its ok the Poskim say if you have the ability to ask him you should ask him if you could borrow it guy is a little bit makpid no heter like a hat Shach siman 72 M"A M"B olden days need permission to borrow sefarim might rip nowadays poskim say we have better sefaim and and alot of them S"A siman 14 you can borrow talis and tefillin w/o permission just make sure guy not makpid you stay in the shul and you put back everything the way it was except shabbos no folding talis women and children can borrow your lulav your happy there using it M"B Says no borrow sucah when your using it owner cant use it

URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

Please daven for a very sweet and special little girl in our community, Menucha Brocha bas Elana, who really needs a refuah shlema b'soch sha'ar cholei Yisroel.

MISHNA BERURAH YOM I MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 16 PART 2


S"A SIMAN 199 MISHNA BERURAH SIF KATAN 13
Children are not obligated in mitzvos so they should do zimun by themselves

Mishna BERURAH Dirshu Chelek 2
Q:Does chinuch help what about hearing zimun from 3 adults or 10 adults

A:From a din of chinuch the Mamer Mordichi and Kesef Mishna say he patur but Meri Brachos brings a Yash Mi Sheomar who says that children are like women and brings a Yash Mi Sheomar who says that children are like women and should do
zimun
A kid who hear zimun from 3 adults Rav Chaim Kineivski says you dont have to be machnech them to answer we are not tikun chinuch on kids with regards to zimun
but if he hears it from 10 people The S"T SHEVET Halevi concludes that they are able to answer with HASHEM name its no worse then teffila and berachos which they willbe obligated in when there adults which is a big rule in chinuch if there obligated as adults we michanach them in the mitzva when there kids

MISHNA BERURAH YOMI MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU MAY 16


S"A SIMAN 199 MISHNA BERURAH SIF KATAN 8
An onein is exempt from making blessings as long as his dead is lying in front of him

MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU CHELEK 2
Q:How long does the exemption last and what about sudas havarah(mourner first meal after funeral)
A:When the body is buried the mishna berurah said(siman 54 sif katan 24 that for the aval says zimun S"T Halef Lca Shilomo (Y"D siman 318) writes lcatcila 3 people shouldnt eat together in an aval house but if they already did they need to have a zimun Tzitz Eliezer(chelek 5 ohel yaakov siman 54) brings sefer Koras Habris and S"T Tarshish Shoham licatcila make a zimun in an aval house by sudas havarah its a machlokes in poskim(see Y"D siman 379 sif 5 and Shach 6 and Dagal Marivavah) halacha limasa The Geshe Hachaim says its better not to eat in a group of 3 at the sudas havarah but if you do you should do zimun but if its with 10 people dont do zimun with HASHEM name

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 21 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi-EILU METZIUS;FINDERS KEEPERS

Q:When can you keep a lost object and when do you have to return it
A:1.you leave it there baby pacifier going to get lost you leave it by the garbage anybody can take it
2.Totally lost from a person garbage man finds ring in garbage truck he can keep it
only once its in the garbage truck
3. lose it in a non jewish neighborhood(finders keepers losers weepers) majority non jews you keep it majority jews return it
4.find $100 wife money wife gives up husband dosnt give up return it small change Rav Elyashiv says people dont check their pockets nowadays so leave it
5. find pen metra card no siman keep it
6.less then a shava prutah 1 shoe loser worth alot finder worthless can you keep it machlokes in the poskim

Friday, May 15, 2009

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 20 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - DEMYSTIFYING ZABL"A


Q:can the litigant and defendant have ZABL"A(lawyers) in beis din

A: Aruch Hashulchan siman 13 sif katan 14 says the litigant and the defendant tell there lawyers their side of the case w/o the other guy being there this should make them pasul but the A"H says since they both agree to have this pasul its OK and its a minhag in klall yisrael but but some dont hold like the A"H and say no lawyers If you want to be makal you can but dont give the lawyer more money for wining that is asur b/c it makes him noga bidavar and he might lie

Thursday, May 14, 2009

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA 19 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - CONTEMPORARY MAMZER;A WAY OUT


Q;how do we get a mamzer children not to be mamzir
A:gemara Kidushin Rav Tarfon says a non jewish girl who becomes a ger should become a shifca and then the mamzer and shifca should marry the father gives his kid a get shicrur and there regular jews Q: 2 problems according to the law of the land (AMERICA) slavery is asur so how is the sale valid in beis din Mrbal says it breaks the sale MARAM TRONI says its good 2nd problem this girl didnt intend to do this its a shtik does this break the sale Mincas Yitzchak answers we can take care of the 1st problem by having the girl do 2 tivilos (1 as a shifca and a 2nd 1 as a ger) children are fine b/c we have a safek mamzer wich is muter and thats what the Ada chradus Yirushalim does what about shtik Rav Goldberg answers there are 2 kinian here kinian isur and kinian mamon buy her as a shifca mafkir her only remains kinian isur not kinian mamon no women will oppose kinian isur only kinian mamon and you should explain to the american goverment why your doing and they will understand and allow it

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URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

A 9 yr old boy was hit by a car on his way home from cheder & is in critical condition. Please daven for Pinchas ben Perel Yehudis. (Scranton, PA)

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

DAF YOMI BABA METZIA DAF 18 Choshen Mishpat Through the Lens of The Daf Yomi - SUNSET WEDDING


Q: KISUVAH WRITTEN ON 15TH OF THE MONTH WEDDING ON 16TH OF THE MONTH IS IT A GOOD KISUVAH

A:GEMARA GITTEN SAYS ITS KOSHER THE RISHONIM SAY THAT THE TIME OF CHAZAL NOWDAYS THERES NO ARUSIN SEFER KISUVAH KILHILCASA BRINGS RAV SHLOMO ZALMAN AURBACH SAYS ITS NOT GOOD ITS A BIG PROBLEM RAV ELIEZER STERN SAYS IT GOOD AND IF YOU DONT DO IT THEN THE HUSBAND AND WIFE WILL BE LIVING IN ISUR FOR 23 HOURS TILL THE KISUVAH TAKES EFFECT

Boruch Dayan Emmes

4:10PM EST: YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of Hagon Rav Meir Bransdorfer ZATZAL, member of the Badatz Eidah Chareidis for many years. He was approximately 75 years old.





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URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

Yeshiva World
Tehillim Alert: Rav Meir Bransdorfer In Critical Condition

3:40PM EST: Hatzolah Israel and PMDA Paramedics are currently performing CPR on Hagon Rav Meir Bransdorfer Shlita at his home in Yerushalayim.

Hagon Rav Meir Bransdorfer Shlita is a long-time member of the Badaz Eidah Charedis in Yerushalayim, is currently in charge of the Shechita division of the Hashgocha, and is a Mechaber Seforim.

Please say Tehillim for Meir ben Frumit.

URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

Please daven for Yitzchok Meir ben Ita Chaya who is very ill and is having surgery tomorrow, Wednesday. May he have a refuah shlema b'soch sha'ar cholei Yisroel.

URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

Please daven for "Yehudit Chana bas Esther" who needs a refuah

URGENT! TEHILLIM 4

Please say Tehillim for a little eight year old boy,Daniel Ben Tzofia
Bracha has just been diagnosed with leukemia ,L"A.

Also,please say tehillim for Brocha Chaya Miriam bas Hinsha Riela, a young
mother of 3, suffering from cancer.

Also, please say tehillim for Eliyahu Moshe ben Chana Laya


Thank you

Michael Rothschild

Saturday, May 9, 2009

MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU PREVIEW PART 2

The Chazon ish once told Rav Chaim Kanievsky that when 1 is learning in yeshiva and is hurrying to return to his learning he should have in mind when washing not to be part of zimun of 10 people but only a zimun of 3 when questioned as to why as to why this solution wont work for a zimun of 3 the Chazon Ish responded its not worthwile to forgo the obligation of azimun of 3 people the Ohr Ltzion gives another solution -not to start nor finish eating at the same time as the other participants at the meal(for further details go to kesher stam and buy your MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU CHELEK 2)

MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU NOW AT KESHER STAM


Q: When one attends a chasuna and its diffcult for him to stay till bentching what do you do about bentching bzimun
A: SHULCHAN ARUCH SIMAN 193 SIF 1 MISHNA BERURAH SIF Katan 6
When one eats together with 2 or more people they cant split up for bentching and there obligated in zimun by eating together
MISHNA BERURAH DIRSHU
The IGROS MOSHE writes that when havinga great need to leave early 1 can speak out b/4 starting to eat that he dosnt intend to be part of the group eating together and bentch on his own RAV SHLOMO KLUGER and SHULCHAN ARUCH HRAV agree with RAV MOSHE the Machtzis hashekel and Aishel Avrohom argue

URGENT TEHILLIM 4

Please daven for a young woman who is critically ill, Dahlia Hadar Rachel bat Toba Shaindel. May she have a refuah shlema b'soch sha'ar cholei Yisroel.
AND Please say tehillim for a premature baby girl, tinokes bas Yaffa.

The family is asking that the tehillim to be said are; 20,6, 28, 121, 150, in that order.