Venue: YU Israel YU Israel

Halacha:

Kashrut,  Mekorot / Responsa Literature 

Collections: R' Rakeffet Responsa Literature Fall 2023

Description

Traiboring or porging. Tourist visiting Israel on 7 Marcheshvan as to saying ve-tein tal umatar. Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotovsky and Dr. Ari Greenspan in Mishneh Halachot 16:8 asking about eating locusts. Which community, Ashkenazi or Sephardi, has superior authenticity in halakhic practices? Fat around the stomach: Bavel differs from Eretz Israel. Debating Conservative and Reform rabbis: תורה שבעל פה is the crucial issue. The Rav's greatest derashah: Hespaid for R' Chaim Heller. Pesachim 51: Actually having seen what a great rabbi actually did dominates analysis. R' Yaakov Kamenetsky dialogue with Yeruham Meshel. Shaving on חול המועד. Knowing via tradition the exact species of locusts one may eat is absolutely required. Exotic kosher dinners of Doctors Zivotofsky and Greenspan. R' Slifkin. R' Rakeffet: If you eat chocolate-coated locusts you are not a bad Jew. R' Rakeffet totally agrees with articles in Emes Ve-Emunah Blog by R' Harry Maryles about the Gaza War. Ben Gvir was the real hero among Israeli politicians.