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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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00:59:47

6.6 Vayero 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/11/09

1) When was the brocho הנותן ליעף כח (drawn from last week’s Haftorah) instituted?[1]2) Why is the poem ויאתיו not brought in the Chabad Machzor?[2]3) May I rinse dishes on Shabbos after each course, to make it easier to wash later?[3]4) May I stack dishes in the dishwasher on Shabbos?[4]5) The Shul where I daven Shabbos morning I don’t return to that evening. Is there a way for me to fold my Tallis on Shabbos or must I leave it a mess? [5]6) Need I tell other

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00:52:14

6.5 Lech Lecha 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/11/02

1) Is it okay to empty the Negel Vasser into the kitchen sink?[1]2) May one eat food that was touched by someone who had not washed NegelVasser?[2]3) I spent Succos this year in New York, enjoying the rain and all. Is sheltering the food in a box the same as if the food was indoors?[3]4) Halocho requires the covering of a married woman’s hair. What if part of the hair was removed artificially, must that area still be kept covered?[4]5) After our son’s Bris my wife tells me

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00:57:55

6.4 Noach 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/10/26

1) Clue in this week’ Sedra to list of days when entire is recited:[1]2) Is reheating moist food on Shabbos the same as reheating liquid?[2]3) May we use frozen chips that are semi-cooked in the factory?[3]4) Taleisim and Taleisim-Ketanim that are no longer in use,must they be placed in Genizah [AKA Sheimos]?[4]5) Having made Havdolo for my family, I wish to go to a youth venue and recite Havdolo again. Is that okay?[5]6) In many Sidurim, the Tefilos for young children

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00:48:49

6.3 Breishis 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/10/19

1) On Succos I realized that I hadn’t lifted the Schach after it was placed by a non-Jew:[1]2) What is the after-brocho for a snack-bar made with mashed dates?[2]3) Should one rise for ברוך ה' המבורך לעולם ועד at the beginning of each Aliya?[3]4) May the Arovos of the Lulav be used for Hoshanos? [4]5) How do the Hoshanos-poems relate to their respective days?[5]6) Which is more correct: ברכנו בברכה המשולשת or ברכנו בברכה המשולשת בתורה?[6]7) Feedback on

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00:52:40

6.2 Sukkos 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/10/10

1) What is the Torah source for the Beis haShoieivo celebrations?[1]2) Several years ago, a friend cleared out his garden of several fruit trees. His home has since been ridden with persistent problems. Thinking the above issues are connected: Is there a way to repair the spiritual harm brought on by destroying a fruit tree?[2]3) Why is עלינו included in the Chazan’s Musaf on Yom Kipur?[3]4) Why is the alphabetical על חטא notrecited at Neilah? [4]5) Does one who ate

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00:47:40

6.1 Vayeilech 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/09/30

1) Does a door that is shorter than 10 Tefochim have bearing re. Heker Tzir?[1]2) A Jewish man was married to a non-Jewish woman, and they had a daughter together. The man now wishes to provide food for his [biological] daughter. May he buy treif food? [2]3) We have no local Shochet. What’s preferred for Kaporos: fish or money?[3]4) I was appointed to blow Tekios Meumad, but I daven slower than the congregation. Is it okay for me to blow the Shofar although I haven’t reached the

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00:48:16

5.48 Nitzovim 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/09/22

1) One saying Selichos alone is advised to omit the paragraphs in Aramaic. How about the Aramaic verses in uVo leTziyon?[1]2) The Oshamnu confessional prayer follows the Alef-Beis sequence but is divided into four sections. This becomes significant when it is sung over Yom Kippur. Why is it divided this way? [2]3) In Selichos for Day Three, in poem beginning אין כמדת בשר מדתך, the phraseחשוחה ועזובה כקורעת בפוך has been fixed in several ways. Which way seems most

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00:42:25

5.47 Ki Sovoi 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/09/14

1) In a doorway between two rooms, the direction the swings (Heker Tzir) defines where to place the Mezuza.Yaavetz[1] extends this to sliding doors, i.e. that the room where the track is, that is the interior. Would that also applyto patio-doors, where one panel slides and the other is rigid?2) There is an issue with drying one’s wet hands on his shirt.[2] What about clothes that he is not wearing at that moment? 3) A particular bread wrapper says that it is Mezonos according to the

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00:36:16

5.46 Ki Seitzei 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/09/05

1) For Kiddush Levono we wait until Day 7. Does that go according local time or according to the time in Yerusholayim?[1]2) My son is travelling to Yeshiva immediately after his Barmitzva, with no Krias haTorah in between. When should I say the brocho ברוך שפטרני?[2] 3) At Krias haTorah for Mincha on Shabbos the BalKorei showed the passage כי תצא in last week’s Sedra – on the previous column. Need the brocho be repeated?[3]4) May boxes of Seforim be placed on the

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00:35:53

5.45 Shoftim 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/08/31

1) Why in Selichos, when we first invoke the 13 Midos of Mercy, we preface with א-ל ארך אפים, whereas in thesubsequent invocations we preface with א-ל מלך יושב?[1]2) Is there any leeway to start Selichos on Motzei Shabbos before midnight?[2] 3) If someone missed hearing Shofar during the day in Elul, is there any gain to do so after sunset?[3] 4) What’s the Chabad position regarding the saying of Tachanun after sunset?[4]5) On Friday night, after ברכה מעין שבע, the Chazan

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00:49:12

5.44 Re’eh 5785

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/08/22

1) Why in Parshas Eikev does Onkelos translate ורגלך לא בצקה as מסנך לא יחיפו?[1]2) Does Pas Akum include bread baked in geothermal heat?[2]3) A doorframe has a diagonal lintel, the right doorpost being taller than the left one. When measuring the ‘top third’, do we measure the doorpost or the doorway?[3] 4) Changes in the Pizmon שלוש עשרה מדות in Selichos of Erev Rosh haShono:[4]5) May a weekday Krias haTorah be held for less than 6 men who haven’t heard yet?[5]6) May

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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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