Machon Smicha hosted Rabbi Moshe Kesselman and Rabbi Tuvia Kasimov for a panel on contemporary halachic questions at a Halachah Symposium in Brooklyn, NY. Panel moderate by Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Kesselman.00:00 Welcome and panel introduction02:25 How the panel will work3:55 Do rabbonim consider people's emotional state when issuing halachic rulings?6:10 Does an emotional issue make for a "sha'as had'chak"?8:13 Is the goal of a Rov to be strict or to be lenient?13:31 How do rabbonim deal with contemporary machlokes?23:30 How to deal with smart homes and security systems on Shabbos?31:53 When, if ever, would a heter be given for an abortion?39:03 May one sell items that have non-Jewish themes?42:30 May one have a business meeting in a non-kosher food establishment?46:55 May one attend a wedding which has a non-kosher reception?51:35 Should rabbonim not perform marriages of there is a concern that the couple will need up divorced and no gett will be given?54:22 May one sell Jewish items on Amazon?

Machon Smicha hosted a conversation between Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun and Rabbi Mendel Prescott at a Halachah Symposium in Brooklyn, NY about how a Rov paskens halachah.00:00 Introduction01:50 How one should ask a shailah18:15 What shimush is43:46 A Rov needs to stay current and the danger of using AI to pasken51:46 Minhag vs Halachah

Machon Smicha hosted Rabbi Boruch Fried for a shiur on acting as a Torah Jew in the Marketplace at a Halachah Symposium in Brooklyn, NY. June 25 2025

Monthly Shiur by Harav Chaim Finkelstein shlit"a - Presented by Machon Smicha.

Shiur delivered on 24 November 2024 / 23 Cheshvan 5785

Kinus Torah Shiur #3 - Chol Hamoed Sukkos 5785

Shiur Delivered by Rabbi Avi Zakutinsky

Author Umekareiv Biyamin; Rov of Hashevaynu - Kew Garden Hills

Kinus Torah Shiur #2 - Chol Hamoed Sukkos 5785

Shiur Delivered by Rabbi Shraga Dovid Homnick

Sgan Rosh Kollel of Kolel L'horaah Ma'asis - NY

Kinus Torah Shiur #1 - Chol Hamoed Sukkos 5785

Shiur Delivered by Rabbi Chaim Finkelstein

Shiur 4 of 4. Part of a series of shiurim delivered by Dayan Raskin to the Dayanus program at Machon Machon Smicha.

Shiur delivered on 4 August 2024 / 29 Tammuz 5784

Shiur 3 of 4. Part of a series of shiurim delivered by Dayan Raskin to the Dayanus program at Machon Machon Smicha.

Shiur delivered on 12 July 2024 / 15 Tammuz 5784

Shiur 2 of 4. Part of a series of shiurim delivered by Dayan Raskin to the Dayanus program at Machon Machon Smicha.

Shiur delivered on 14 July 2024 / 8 Tammuz 5784