Halacha Yomis - Onions Overnight OU Kosher Halacha Yomis This column is dedicated in memory of: Rav Chaim Yisroel Belsky, zt'l Senior OU Kosher Halachic Consultant (1987-2016)

May I dice onions and place them in sealed packaging to avoid the sakana (danger) of eating peeled onions that were left overnight? (A subscriber's question) The Gemara (Nida 17a) writes that there is a sakana to eat peeled onions that were left overnight, even if they were placed in sealed packaging. The only exception that the Gemara mentions is if part of the roots or the peel is left on the onion. Tosfos (Shabbos 141a s.v. Hani) writes that the sakana applies to diced onions as well. However, if there are other ingredients mixed in to the onions, Rishonim already discuss that one can be lenient. Igros Moshe (Y.D. III: 20) writes that industrial produced products are not subject to this sakana. So one may purchase frozen packages of diced onions.

[Aneinu] Please Daven for Rabbi Goldzweig - Surgery Now

Please daven for Chaim Tzvi ben Malka, Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Goldzweig, who is having surgery now.

Ywn HaGaon Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Hospitalized

HaGaon HaRav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael and a member of the Degel Hatorah Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael, was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Thursday afternoon, 2 Adar I. He was transported by a talmid after complaining of not feeling well. At present the rav is undergoing diagnostic examinations. The rav was hospitalized a number of times in 2015. The tzibur is asked to be mispallel for Baruch Mordechai ben Hinda Malka for a refuah shleima bsoch kol cholei am yisrael.

Aneinu Please Daven

Please daven for Chicagoans, Shifra bas Riva and Itzchak ben Rivka, as they will both be undergoing different medical procedures. 

[Aneinu] Tehillim Needed

Please say extra Tehillim for Chicagoan, Chana bas Sara. She needs extra tefillos as she is right now having a very bad negative reaction to her chemo. Thank you.

NAALEH.COM and YU TORAH Double Desire By: Mrs. Shira Smiles

We have just come from the spiritual high of Hashem’s revelation at Sinai, and what immediately follows is Parshat Mishpatim, almost exclusively devoted to laws of property and damages. We’ve apparently moved from the completely spiritual to the completely material and mundane. How can we reconcile this seeming disconnect?(Video here) Click here for source sheet.

NAALEH.COM Parshat Mishpatim: G-d's Emblem of Truth By: Rabbi Hershel Reichman

In this Torah shiur (class), Rabbi Reichman discusses this week's Torah portion, Parshat Mishpatim, in accordance with the interpretation of the Shem MiShmuel. This Torah class is available online in streaming video and for download in mp3 and ipod video formats.