Venue: YU Israel YU Israel

Halacha:

Kashrut,  Mekorot / Responsa Literature 

Collections: R' Rakeffet Responsa Literature Fall 2023

Description

Tzohar, wine, and non-Shabbat observant employees in winery. Woman convert wants to visit her dying mother in Rav Moshe Feinstein Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah part 2 (published 1973) responsum no. 130. Rambam states a convert must treat his biological parents properly. No need to worry he will revert. Rav Aharon Ziegler in his book describes how the Rav felt converts should be treated. Young Afro-American who converted: What motivated him? Drinking milk: How the problem first began with injections injuring key organs. The cookies Rebbetzin Kotler served. Have olives shrunk over the centuries? Are science and halakhah to be kept separate or not? Similarly with respect to literature and Torah with Agnon as an example. Torah education in South Africa: a brief history. Rav Azriel Goldfein on chumrot. Rav Hershel Schachter and milk. Rabbis who would not eat meat. Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotovsky and Dr. Ari Greenspan in Mishneh Halachot 16:8 asking about eating locusts. The Tur Yoreh Deah סימן פב on which birds are kosher and which community's masoret is more accurate