Paying to learn Torah and receiving payment to learn (rebbeim, rabbanim, and avrechim in kollel) “מה אני בחינם אף אתם בחינם”: Did Moshe mean just as Hashem told Moshe to teach Torah without payment so too Bnei Yisrael or just as Hashem taught Moshe without payment, so too do we have to follow that original […] The post Bechoros 29: Paying for Mitzvos (part 2) – Paying a Rebbe appeared first on OU Torah.

If a judge receives payment to judge a din torah his psak is invalidated. The Shulchan Aruch says he is allowed to receive שכר בטלה but it has to be legitimate (he has another job he could be doing). If a judge does accept payment, does it invalidate his previous dinei torah or only those […] The post Bechoros 29: Paying for Mitzvos (part 1) – Paying a Dayan appeared first on OU Torah.

Squeezing olives and grapes vs. berries and pomegranates on Shabbos. Fruit made primarily for their juice vs. other fruit. Juice that comes out while cutting fruit and vegetables on Shabbos. Eating grapefruit on Shabbos. The post Bechoros 25: Sechita (part 2) appeared first on OU Torah.

דבר שאינו מתכוון: It is asur to plug a hole in a wine barrel on Yom Tov using a rag because it leads to sechita. Since it’s a psik reisha everyone agrees it’s asur. Why is פסיק רישא asur? The post Bechoros 25: Sechita (part 1) appeared first on OU Torah.

If we know there is a psul in a Sefer Torah but don’t know where the psul is and subsequently find a psul in the Torah. Can we assume the psul is the original one and use it immediately or do we say it might be a new psul and the entire sefer torah has […] The post Bechoros 25: Pasul Sefer Torah appeared first on OU Torah.

Rambam: If a Navi reports that the halacha is like a certain opinion he is considered a Navi Sheker, even if he performs a sign. Why? Because “לא בשמים היא”. The Rogatchover’s asks: If so how can the gemara say that when Eliyahu comes he will pasken for us? The post Bechoros 24: Torah Lo Bashamayim appeared first on OU Torah.

Does the fact that an animal is taking care of a baby prove that it gave birth to it? The post Bechoros 24: Chazir appeared first on OU Torah.

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