Practical Medical Halachah Whatsapp #21 - Lactaid on Shabbat - Dec 24, 2024 - A weekly 5-10 minute Medical Halachah Whatsapp. This installment: May one take lactase pills, like Lactaid, on Shabbat? Note: Please consult your doctor for medical advice, and your halachic authority for halachic advice. To sign up for the whatsapp go to http://tiny.cc/wamedical

Shoftim Mini-Shiur Part 19: 4:4-5 - Woman of Lapidot, Under a Date Palm? - Dec 24, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. What is the message in naming Devorah a "woman of lapidot"? And what is the message of the date palm tree beneath which she judged the people? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washoftim.

Medical Halachah: Attending Conferences on Shabbat - Dec 23, 2024 - The macro issue of attending medical conferences on Shabbat, as well as some of the individual issues which arise at a conference. For the Jewish Physicians Network and Ematai.

Shoftim Mini-Shiur Part 18: 4:1-3 - Introducing Canaan and Devorah - Dec 22, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Who are the Canaanim? Who is Devorah? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washoftim.

Pidyon Shevuyim: Correcting the Sale of Yosef - Dec 20, 2024 - Derashah for Parshat Vayeshev 5785. The lack of empathy as the worst part of the sale of Yosef and a cross-generational stain, and our pidyon shevuyim as an empathy-driven mitzvah, as explained by the Rambam.

Shoftim Mini-Shiur Part 17: 3:31-4:1 - The Story of Shamgar - Dec 20, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Who was Shamgar, and when did he lead the Jews? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washoftim.

Shoftim Mini-Shiur Part 16: 3:21-30 - Ehud Successful - Dec 19, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Ehud kills Eglon, and the Jews successfully revolt against Moav. To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washoftim.

Makkot 14b-15a (again) - Dec 17, 2024 - Reviewing the discussion of a tamei who enters the Beit haMikdash, or touches or eats terumah or kodashim. And then revisiting and continuing the discussion of a lav hanitak la'aseh and a lav which exists side-by-side with an aseh (which preceded it).

Practical Medical Halachah Whatsapp #20 - Allogenic Bone Grafts - Dec 17, 2024 - A weekly 5-10 minute Medical Halachah Whatsapp. This installment: Are allogenic bone grafts permitted? Note: Please consult your doctor for medical advice, and your halachic authority for halachic advice. To sign up for the whatsapp go to http://tiny.cc/wamedical

Shoftim Mini-Shiur Part 15: 3:15-20 - Ehud's Plot - Dec 17, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shoftim, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Our second shofeit, Ehud ben Gera, initiates a plan for a revolt against Moav. To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washoftim.