Short insights from the daily "daf yomi"
What are the Torah and Rabbis instructions for table manners, overeating, and excessive spending?
Introduction to the mitzvah of kisui hadam: why did Hashem give us this mitzvah? Why was it only commanded for non-domesticated animals/birds?
If 2 people buy a mother and her offspring respectively on the same day, how do we apply the prohibition of 'oto v'et bno'?
Does the prohibition of "oto v'et bno' apply to the eglah arufah?
What is a koi and what can it teach us about the creation of the world?
In the law of "oto v'et bno", does this also apply to slaughtering the father and its offspring on the same day?
What are the reasons for noy slaughtering a mother and her offspring on the same day?
Are experimental medical procedures/superstitious acts permitted to be used in life-threatening situations?
The powerful spiritual message of the "tzomet hagidin"/the 3 chords joining the heel to the leg of an animal
Do we require a shechita for a "ben pekua" fetus? Do we make a beracha on this shechita?
What is the status of the fat and sciatic nerve of the "ben pakua"?
Do gentiles have to follow Rabbinic decrees? What is the law of the "dangling limb"?
Do I make a bracha on a shechita that will not be eaten by Jews? Would I make the bracha during the week leading up to the 9th of Av?
Can the pregnant wife of a kohen enter a cemetery or should we be concerned she is carrying a baby boy who cannot go into a cemetery?
Should a baby that is delivered with the assistance of forceps be required to have a pidyon haben? Is that baby considered a firstborn?
What are the parameters of when we can invoke the principle of bittul b'rov/majority nullifies when there is a mixture or permitted and forbidden?
Do we make shehecheyanu blessing on eating a nectarine after already eating a peach and plum?
Are we required to use magnifiers to discover creatures in food nor visible to the naked eye?
People are attracted not only to people who look like them but also who think like them
How to check for blood spots in eggs and what to do if a blood spot is discovered
Why you should limit your words when you speak/teach, and how to elevate even the most mundane conversations
How does the moon get its light and what was its complaint in creation?
Is there a requirement to check fruits and vegetables for bugs before eating them?
Am I allowed to be machmir/stringent when it bothers other people?
The spiritual dimension of the "derusa" concept- infusing kedusha
How does an animal become a tereifa by getting clawed by a predator?
Until what stage of an item's usability after discovering a defect am I allowed to return and demand a refund?
The difference between chelev and shuman and how to determine what is permitted
The spiritual message behind the treifa laws of the animal's brain
The spiritual and philosophical rationale behind the prohibition of eating "treif"
Do the defining "wounds" that make an animal "treif" change or evolve with scienctific discovery?
When Rabbis in different locales have different (both authoritative) rulings, how are we to view the truth of those rulings?
can an animal that has to get a surgery and becomes a treifa in the process, be reversed when the doctor sews up the incision?
Are there really any true treifot out there or are we just being stringent?
What is the difference between "glatt" and non-glatt kosher meat?
If my non-observant neighbor violates Shabbat that ends up benefiting me, am I allowed to gain from their violation of Shabbat?
Why an individual is able to sometimes create a prohibited status of friend's item but not of something that belongs to the public/community
When in halacha are we able to apply the concept/principle of rubo k'kulo (the majority of something is seen as the entirety of it) and when does it not apply?
What internal organs of an animal if any, does a slaughterer have to check for kosher status?
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