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Q&A with Harav Gedalya Oberlander, rov of Heichal Menachem in Monsey. Send questions to inbox@anash.org

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    • Apr 20, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Halacha 89

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 22:38


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander will answer practical halachic questions including vitamins on Pesach, flying during chol hamoed, kneeling while cleaning, preparing for the seder and what if you forgot, petting zoos, and preparing gebrokts on Shvi'i shel Pesach.

    Halacha 64

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2021 24:29


    Halacha 58

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 21:35


    Watch at 7 PM: Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including washing, ironing, and urgently needed tailoring on Rosh Chodesh, eating a special meal on Rosh Chodesh, sleeping alone at home, moving inedible pits on Shabbos, and exchanging an old coin in a pushka with a current coin.

    Halacha 57

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 24:37


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including borrowing from a home pushka, watching and performing magic shows, brushing a sheitel on Shabbos, eggs added to a cholent after Shabbos started, and at what age to start saying brachos with children.

    Halacha 56

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 21:45


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including putting earings on babies, what to do with extra money from a campaign, paying for treif lunch of non-Jewish workers, buying a gadget you saw by a friend, using pushka money for a different cause, and is a leather tefillin bag considered hiddur mitzvah.

    Halacha 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 21:47


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including saying Shehecheyanu when buying a home, taking off tefillin while sitting, listening to krias haTorah of a second minyan, and food touched by a child before neggel vasser.

    Halacha 49

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 21:48


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including entering a stranger's driveway to make a U-turn, eating before a child's bris, eating challa with milchigs, and having a motion-detecting thermostat on Shabbos.

    Halacha 48

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 21:00


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including ripping packages open on Shabbos, a woman accepting Shabbos after her husband, saying Shema next to negel vasser, and when can you stop saying Tehillim for someone who is getting better.

    Halacha 47

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 20:47


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including when can one take a haircut before Shavuos this year, eating meat on Shavuos, saying less tikun to understand it, bracha on snacks Shavuos night, moving flowers, and kashering oven to make milchigs.

    Halacha 46

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 20:19


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including using baby wipes and spray deodorant on Shabbos, 6-hour cheese, toasting pas akum, and playing music for children during sefira.

    halacha 45

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 22:23


    practical halachic questions including playing music Lag Baomer eve, permissible music during sefira, the bracha on kneidlach, breaded schnitzel, and Shehecheyanu on a fruit available year-round.

    Halacha 44

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 20:57


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including Minhag Chabad on trimming the mustache, using regular handsoap on Shabbos, when to do areinfirenish, and the bracha on breaded shnitzel.

    Halacha 43

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 22:02


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander will answer practical halachic questions including “split chicken,” buying chometz from a Jewish store that was open during Pesach, waxing eyebrows during sefira, female mezuman, and birkas ha'ilanos after Nissan.

    Halacha 42

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 22:44


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including selling part of a freezer, recycled cardboard on Pesach, kashrus of disposable pans, bentching after the end-time for chometz, non-mevushal wine with sulfites, and Maos Chittim when living off of savings.

    halacha 41

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 23:42


    practical halachic questions including what are the Lubavitch Pesach chumros, eating egg matza on erev Pesach, kashering the glass door of an oven, vitamins on Pesach, women pouring wine by the Seder, and using a backpack that was sold for Pesach.

    halacha 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 24:59


    practical halachic questions including a milchig Shabbos seudah, throwing out junk food, bedikas chometz when going away, fish fillets from non-kosher stores, and priorities in Pesach cleaning.

    halacha 39

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 25:05


    IS A JEW ALLOWED TO OWN A CAT practical halachic questions including owning a cat, Hagomel a month late, mixed mevushal wine, chosson entering during davening, mopping a dirty floor on Shabbos, mezonos roll for lechem mishneh, and how many people to invite to a seudas mitzvah.

    halacha 38

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 22:47


    practical halachic questions including maaser from stimulus check and tax refund, checking pockets before Shabbos, working on Purim eve, tuition from maaser, common borer questions, and eating bread baked in a fleishig oven with cheese.

    halacha 37

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 26:17


    practical halachic questions including women and older girls dressing up on Purim, parshas Zachor in quarantine, Mishloach Manos during aveilus, and Friday Purim seuda in a Chabad House.

    halacha 36

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 22:39


    practical halachic questions including pas Yisroel cereals, cutting nails on Friday Rosh Chodesh, evicting a shul, sherry cask whiskey, and earmuffs on Shabbos. Plus follow up on visiting the Ohel at night.

    halacha 35

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 22:21


    practical halachic questions including eating a snack before visiting the Ohel, Bishul Yisroel for tuna, tasting before Kiddush, Tehillim at night for a shidduch, eating marshmallows with milk, and glow-in-the-dark toys on Shabbos.

    halacha 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 23:28


    practical halachic questions including which fruits to eat on Tu Bishvat, reciting Shehecheyanu on fruits available year-round, how to check fruits for bugs, a man wearing women's sunglasses, and making a bracha on cake for dessert.

    halacha 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 21:49


    practical halachic questions including saying three brachos for rice, saying Tehillim in middle of davening, a lost kesuba, 60 breaths of sleep, and davening that someone in pain should pass away. Also follow up on naming a boy after a woman, reciting korbanos before the time for mincha, and adding a candle after missing one.

    halacha 32

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 21:34


    practical halachic questions including brachos when going back to sleep, child toiveling keilim, naming a boy after a woman or vice versa, missed part of kiddush and reciting kiddush over mashke.

    halacha 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 20:39


    practical halachic questions including Pas Yisroel for granola bars, lighting Shabbos candles after mistakenly making the bracha, adding a candle when forgetting to light, thanking Hashem for a new baby, and mayim acharonim for women.

    Halacha 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 21:52


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including what really needs to go in shaimos, making snowmen and snowballs on Shabbos, shoveling and putting salt on snow, and owning lifelike dolls.

    Halacha 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 21:25


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including Asara B'Teves on Friday, what can you learn on Nittel, the reward for writing a Torah, chuppa witnesses who were second cousins, and when front lace sheitels will become acceptable.

    Halacha 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 21:31


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including using oil left under a bed, propane for a public menorah, extinguishing the shul menorah when leaving, relying on a child against yichud, and upshernish before age 3.

    Halacha 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 23:40


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including making a bracha on a public Zoom lighting, frying latkes while menorah is burning, Chanukah gelt vs. gifts, and menorah for girls.

    Halacha 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 23:21


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including until what age may boys watch girls' productions and hear kol isha, skipping tachanun for a siyum Sefer Torah, relocating while eating, and eating food left under a bed.

    Halacha 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 22:11


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including manicure on Rosh Chodesh, lace front sheitels, collecting a loan, playing with a sequins pillow on Shabbos, yichud between step-siblings, and Chanukah gatherings for mourners.

    Halacha 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 21:50


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including waiting between meat and milk for children, letters with sprinkles, putting away dishes on Shabbos, leaving the room while eating, and neggel vasser after nap at night.

    Halacha 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 22:01


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including white wine between 6 and 7, how to calculate 6-7, repeating kiddush for family, saying “oif simchos,” and Havdala wine that spilled before drinking.

    Halacha 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 22:06


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including kiddush between 6 and 7 when hosting guests, kiddush before mairiv, nightgowns for young girls, and what is a woman's davening obligation.

    Halacha 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 25:05


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including girls entering the men's section, eating after lighting Shabbos candles, flower-shaped ice cubes, cookies with lettering, decorating cookies, and setting up a Shabbos belt on Shabbos.

    Halacha 20

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 23:19


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including listening to a recording of the Rebbe's hakafos, are pets muktza, adding and removing leaves from a table, using a baby monitor, asking a goy to do work in a different time zone, and sweeping on Shabbos.

    Halacha 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 23:14


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including coming late to shofar, mask on shofar, checking temperature on Shabbos, fasting Tzom Gedalya if you won't be able to fast Yom Kippur and bracha on a granola bar.

    Halacha 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020 20:04


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including making havdala on orange juice, assembling an Ikea highchair on Shabbos, buying shares of prohibited products, Bishul Yisroel on fish, and Veyiten Lecha with a spouse.

    Halacha 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 21:16


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including charging your phone in shul, buying a second-hand blender, pidyon haben for a premie, the start of shivah when attending a Zoom levaya, finishing all the food on your plate, and walking past a motion sensor on Shabbos.

    Halacha 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020 23:13


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including wearing a mask on Shabbos, bishul and pas yisroel on partially cooked foods, sitting when others are davening shmoneh esrei, and what to do if you forgot to take challah.

    Halacha 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020 21:24


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including paying for an item broken by a child, removing tattoos, emptying a sink strainer on Shabbos, playdough on Shabbos, and asking a non-Jew to open a fridge with a light.

    Halacha 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 22:29


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including applying bug spray on Shabbos, using a sectional challah for lechem mishneh, morning brachos when rising before dawn, and whether women should recite kiddush levana.

    Halacha 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 20:19


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including women and havdalah, eavesdropping on a phone call, halachos relevant to a challah bake, and returning a forgotten umbrella.

    Halacha 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2020 22:27


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including fasting during Corona, eating meat at a Siyum, and when the Nine Days' restrictions end this year.

    Halacha 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2020 21:19


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including water activities during Nine Days, changing linen for guests, and using perfume or aerosol on Shabbos.

    Halacha 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 21:22


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including entering a non-kosher restaurant, putting challa in an oven on Shabbos mode, and lying to avoid uncomfortable situations.

    Halacha 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2020 22:14


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including moving during the three weeks, putting on Rabbeinu Tam's tefillin by mistake, and using a knife sharpener for milchig and fleishig. Plus followup on coffee from a non-Jewish restaurant.

    Halacha 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 22:31


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including reading emails of a deceased parent, girls singing on a camp bus, and coffee from a non-Jewish establishment.

    Halacha 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 19:45


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander will answer practical halachic questions including toiveling a digital coffee maker, donating tzedaka before earlier pledges, and microchip implants. Plus follow up on salmon from Costco.

    Halacha 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 21:10


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander answers practical halachic questions including toiveling a digital coffee maker, donating tzedaka before earlier pledges, and microchip implants. Plus follow up on salmon from Costco.

    Halacha 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2020 21:43


    Harav Gedalya Oberlander discusses practical halachic questions including buying salmon from Costco, donating plasma, and the guidelines for taking in Shabbos early.

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