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Panorama of Halacha

Panorama of Halocho

A weekly shiur by Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas. Partially sponsored by the National Lottery Fund.

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00:49:12

5.43 Eikev 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/08/15

1) Let’s learn a Torah-idea of the Baal haHilula:[1]2) In the Musaf of Yom Kipur we mention ושני שעירים לחטאת – the additional goat being the one designated by the Goral as a sacrifice for Hashem. We then quote מלבד חטאת הכפורים. It seems like we’re mentioning the very same offering twice over:[2]3) May one hard-of-hearing wear a hearing-aid on Shabbos?[3]4) What are the guidelines regarding carrying freely on Shabbos within a non-Jewish hotel?[4] 5) May candles that were

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00:44:11

5.42 Voeschanan 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/08/13

1) In Ketores, Rabbi Noson haBavli says that a tiny amount of כיפת הירדן was included in the Ketores. Seemingly in the same breath he states that honey mustn’t be included. What’s the connection?[1] 2) Please explain the words of Bar Kaporo: Should honey be included in the Ketores, “none would be able to stand the fragrance”. But why don’t we add honey? ….[2]3) A Mezuzah-case that slides into position, is it valid? [3]4) What brocho is said for Coconut-milk?[4]5) After

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00:56:50

5.41 Devorim 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/08/01

1) Discuss the variations in minhag for Haftorah when the past Shabbos coincides with Rosh Chodesh: [1]2) On fast-days we incorporate the Selichos within Tachanun. Should there be a Baal Simcha present we won’t say Tachanun. What is the format then for Selichos?[2]3) I want to buy a property for investment, but I’ve heard that one should avoid selling his first acquired property. So, please advise:[3]4) I run a kosher restaurant in a resort town where there are many Jewish

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01:00:23

5.40 Matos-Masei 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/07/25

1) Why do we say Hodu before Boruch sheOmar, unlike Nusach Ashkenaz? 2) I’m behind the minyan, saying Pesukei deZimra, and the Chazan and the congregation are saying the 13 Midos. Do I join in? 3) Cartons of fruit juice usually have a seal that gets torn open when twisting the cap to open. May these be opened on Shabbos? 4) I put up a property for sale and I have a buyer – whose purchase is contingent upon the sale of his current dwelling. Meanwhile another buyer has offered a much higher price. Is

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00:41:19

5.36 Korach 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/07/24

1) Siyum on Rambam Sefer Haflo’oh: 2) In the passage אביי הוה מסדר, the word קודם is interspersed at each category, it is then dropped and then picked up again at the last stanza. Explanation of the Rebbe:3) For his medical needs, my father needs to drink often. May I wake him to do so? 4) In my father’s frail state, saying the full bentsching takes an hour. Is he allowed to doal hamichya instead of the full bentshing? 5) At Shacharis we have more than 10 men but only 6 of them davened Shmoine Esrei

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00:58:05

5.39 Pinchos 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/07/24

1) In the 1 st brocho before Shema each morning we quote from Tehillim that HaShem creates the “large luminaries”. Ostensibly that creation was only short-term? 2) Some Poskim advise us to keep wearing our Tefilin until after Oleinu. Would that also be fulfilled if I switch Rashi Tefilin to RTs sometime before Oleinu? 3) In addition to the Challos being covered, is there an issue re. other foods being exposed on the Shabbos table before Kiddush? 4) On the Shabbos that is Erev Tisha b’Av, may I take

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00:56:39

5.38 Bolok 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/07/15

1) Which Brocho should be said on frozen Grape Juice?[1]2) I wear a bandage on my ankle, to keep the ankle from moving when doing exercise. May I wear it in the street on Shabbos?[2]3) What should be the attitude of a Jewish child to his/her non-Jewish father?[3]4) And what a Jewish father and non-Jewish children?5) A Kohen married a divorcee; does their firstborn boy require Pidyon haBen?[4]6) The said boy now got married and had a bechor. At the Pidyon haBen, the father says to

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00:52:28

5.37 Chukas 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/07/04

1) The Shai laMora Sidur writes that in an early print of the AR’s Sidur (Berditshev 5578), the word Shabbos in the Amidah and Kiddush is vowelized with a Komatz: Shabbos Kodshecho. This seems more accurate than the nikud in most Sidurim: Shabbas Kodshecho. Comment?[1]2) I need to buy a new Tallis. Is there any difference whether I buy from a local supplier or I buy online from overseas?[2]3) May we celebrate a Siyum Sefer Torah during the Three Weeks?[3]4) We are taught that Malochim

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00:28:48

5.35 Shelach 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/06/20

1) Our Chabad House is launching a Charidy campaign in two weeks time. My father-in-law loaned a substantial amount of money to a colleague and he said: “Don’t forget the upcoming Charidy”. Was that a charge of Ribbis? [1]2) In a non-Chabad Shul, when the Chazan says Birkas Kohanim, should I [quietly] say Omein - as per our minhag, or should I say כן יהי רצון – as per the Shul’s minhag?[2]3) Similarly, in Kaddish – should I answer בריך הוא or Omein? [3]4) A Yisroel became a father on

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00:53:11

5.34 Behaalosecho 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/06/13

1) At Hodu we were nine men. We started Davening and shortly thereafter the tenth man arrived. Can Kaddish deRabonon be said right away or does someone need to finish off the braysa of Reb Yishmoel aloud?[1]2) When the name of Hashem name comes up in the Zohar etc. in Tikun Leil Shovuos, should it be uttered in the normal manner?[2]3) Where I keep my car I need to pay for parking on a daily basis. May I ask a Goy to do this for me? Is there any preference that I reimburse the Goy after

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00:51:11

5.33 Nosso 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/06/06

1) Just before Kiddush on Sunday evening I remembered that I had forgotten to make Havdolo on Motzei Shabbos. How do I now go about doing Kiddush and Havdolo?[1]2) I have a metal baking-tin for making cupcakes. I only use it with paper liners. Does the tin need to be immersed in a Mikveh? [2]3) May I use a sieve or a colander for immersing numerous small utensils in a Mikveh?[3]4) A tenant of ours installed a new kitchen. He is now moving on but he’s requesting that we reimburse for the

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01:02:08

5.31 Panorama of Halocho - Bamidbor 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/06/05

1) Is the heter to daven Maariv from Plag limited to a Minyan?[1]2) In the 1st parsha of Pinchos I see two versions of the tune for the word המוכה: [2]3) In the the מי שבירך said at a Bris, the Tzedaka is dedicated specifically to Bikur Cholim. Is that universal?[3] 4) For Havdolo, is there a preference to use cloves?[4] 5) We don’t daven Maariv nor make Kiddush early on the eve of Shovuos, not to ‘shorten’ the 49 days of Sefiras haOmer. What about lighting candles, with

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00:50:52

5.31 Behar – Bechukosai 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/05/23

1) With regard to the custom to leave a bit of the end of the Challah, does it apply only to the Lechem Mishneh, or to other bread too?[1]2) We use plastic tablecloths from a roll. If we didn’t manage to prepare before Shabbos, may we tear off the roll on Shabbos?[2]3) I wish to begin Shmoine Esrei and there’s someonebehind me who’s already begun. May I take the three steps before my Shmoine Esrei?[3]4) May one make ‘no-bake cheesecake’ on Shabbos?[4]5) Can I mix psyllium

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00:58:21

5.30 Emor – Lag b’Omer 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/05/19

1) We recently discussed responding Omein to someone else’s brocho whilst in the process of donning one’s own Tefilin. Reb Akiva Eiger has an interesting proof: [1]2) I’m affixing a Mezuza in the home of one who’s wheelchair-bound ר"ל. May the homeowner recite the brocho as I’m about to affix his Mezuza? [2]3) When the father isn’t present at a boy’s bris, who says the brocho להכניסו?[3]4) A food wrapper has a QR code. Am I allowed to tear through it or is it like text?[4]5) At

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5.29 Acharei-Kedoshim 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/05/09

1) Siyum on Rambam, Sefer Zmanim; start Sefer Noshim.[1]2) Feedback on comments on the Laws of Shema[2], aired seven weeks ago at Siyum Sefer haMada (Shiur #23). 3) I was contacted by a Jewish couple, touring on a nearby island. I know them as traditional, but not Shomer Shabbos. They were seeking kosher wine for Kiddush on Shabbos. I know of a possibility of kosher wine being accessible on that island, but it would be non-mevushal. Is it perhaps preferable that they make Kiddush over

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00:34:46

5.28 Panorama of Halocho - Tazria-Metzora 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/05/02

The first 10 minutes of this shiur were accidentally not recorded. Below is a link to the beginning of the shiur in Hebrew:https://youtu.be/sa1O4hmnRf01) In Modim we say הטוב כי לא כלו רחמיך, המרחם כי לא תמו חסדיך. Wouldn’t it have been more logical to link Toiv with Chessed and Rachamim with Rachamim?[1]2) At our public Seder I struggled to be heard throughout the room. Would I be able to use a hailer, i.e. a non-electric horn, to project my voice?[2]3) May I buy shares in a company that

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00:55:12

5.27 Shmini 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/04/25

1) I’ve said HaMapil and then realise that I haven’t counted Sefirah. What should I do?[1]2) A non-Shomer Shabbos picked up an open bottle of wine (not mevushal) to check the label. Is the wine Nesech?[2]3) At Kiddush on one of the last nights of Pesach I said שהחיינו. Having realized my error, may I now drink the Kiddush wine?[3]4) At Kiddush on the past Motzei Shabbos I realised that I had forgotten to include VaTodieinu in Maariv and I had carried something home from Shul. What

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00:50:16

5.26 Chol HaMoed Pesach 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/04/25

1) One of the participants at the Rebbe’sSeder in the year 5719 (’59) said the Al Netilas Yodayim at Urchatz. The Rebbe told to eat his Matzo right then. At the farbrengen of Acharon shel Pesach the Rebbe discussed this further. In a newly published letter the Rebbe explains why he didn’t tell the man to wear gloves until time for Matzo:[1]2) May one trim nails of children during Chol haMoed?[2]3) Someone wishes to offer cash for post-dated cheques for less than the amount written in the

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00:42:44

5.25 Vayikro 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/04/04

1) We didn’t see the Rebbe making an event of Birkas haIlanos. Any insights?[1]2) Our Shul is within an Eruv. Is there room to permit me to distribute Shmura Matzo on Shabbos to people who won’t come to Shul in the evening, for use at their Seder? [2]3) May I mash cooked potatoes on Yomtov with a designated mashing tool?[3]4) A Jewish lad works as a waiter in a non-Kosher restaurant. He’s already taking off for Yomtov proper and he’s worried that if he misses the whole week he

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00:55:59

5.24 Pekudei 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/03/30

1) Feedback on definition of Mitzva min haTorah הוכח תוכיח:[1]2) Does an egg-steamer need to be toivelled?[2]3) A young Baalas-Tshuva, lives with Grandma – who isn’t religious at all. The young lady is away over Pesach whilst Grandma is staying home and has no plans to desist from Chomeitz. Does the young lady need to kasher her kitchen upon her return? [3]4) Further re. Hamoitzi in one room and bentsching elsewhere under the same roof:[4]5) Should I make a point of putting on

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