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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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01:01:38

6.15 Shmos 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2026/01/12

1) A Chupah was held on a Monday at 2 PM. Is Sheva Brochos held next Sunday eve?[1]2) May I have a manicure & pedicure on the same day (with separate therapists)?[2] 3) At a farbrengen over 19th of Kislev, a bochur was inspired to commit himself memorize a number of chapters of Tanya until Yud Shevat. It now seems an unreachable target. Can he absolve his commitment through Hatoras Nedorim?[3] 4) I daven slowly, often stopping to think and absorb. What if the Chazan is

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01:02:45

6.14 Vayechi 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2026/01/04

1) How did Noach bring his Korbanos from Mount Ararat toYerusholayim?[1]2) Before going to sleep I switch my daytime Tallis-Koton for a night-time one. How do I prevent this garment from becoming a night-garment - which is exempt of Tzitzis?[2] 3) I’m at a farbrengen on Shabbos afternoon, and my child – who’s already the age of Chinuch – says that he can’t eat because he hasn’t yet heard kiddush. May I make Kiddush for him now?[3]4) Someone placed pizza into my pop-up toaster

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01:08:06

6.13 Vayigash 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/12/30

1) When reciting the entire Tehillim on Shabbos Mevorchim,does everyone recite the Yehi Rotzon after each Sefer?[1]2) After Succos is over, we are advised to hold on to the Lulav - to use for baking Matzo, and to the Hoshanos – to use for buring Chomeitz. Why not the same for the leftover wicks at the end of Chanukah?[2]3) A Menorah-lightin at a sports arena, where you have to remove and or put out the Menorah soon after the lighting, does that present a problem re. saying the

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00:46:47

6.12 Mikeitz – Chanukah 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/12/22

1) Someone travelling abroad during Chanukah stops at the Ohel on his way to JFK. Is there any value in him lighting Menorah at the Ohel?[1]2) A boy who turns Barmitzva during Chanuka, can he light Menora before nightfall?[2]3) I said a brocho over a dairy knish and then realized that I’m fleishik. Should I eat a drop of knish? What if it’s within an hour from when I ate meat?[3]4) I have to begin Shacharis very early, which presents a problem this time of the year with donning

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00:57:38

6.11 Vayeishev 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/12/14

1) I put on a pair of Tefilin early in the day, to recite Shema.I later put on a different pair of Tefilin, for Shacharis. ShouldI recite a brocho when donning the second pair?[1]2) Does a polyester-fabric shower-curtain present a problem for use on Shabbos (with cold water)?[2]3) Is it okay to pour boiling water from a parev kettle into a meaty cholent?[3]4) Is a gluten-free dough eligible for the mitzvah of Challoh?[4]5) May one peel lip-stain on Shabbos?6) Why is

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00:42:52

6.10 Vayishlach 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/12/07

1) How to react when seeing an unfamiliar Jew smoking on Shabbos ר"ל:2) One who said Retzei in bentshing after Melave Malka,does he have to repeat?[1] 3) A person observed a specific chumrah, believing that it was standard practise in his community. He the learned that it isn’t so. Does he need Hatoras Nedorim?[2]4) On Shabbos someone broke apart chopsticks, used for eating Sushi. Was that permissible?[3] 5) I’m moving home. The incoming tenant is Jewish and is ready

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00:56:18

6.9 Vayeitzei 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/11/30

1) If a chutznik visits Eretz Yisroel between the 7th of Cheshvan and the 5th of December, he says ותן טל ומטר. But there are different opinions whether he continues doing so after having returned to Chutz lo’Oretz. What’s our guidance?[1]2) Can water for Negel Vasser be kept under the bed?[2]3) I live alone in a small apartment and I own a cat. When leaving my dwelling on Shabbos, as I close my front door, am I not ‘trapping’ the cat indoors?[3]4) May we hang up a chart of ויהי

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01:00:44

6.8 Toldos 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/11/24

1) Story about the brocho to be said when eating rice:[1]2) For the chapter of Tehilim said according to one’s age, what should a Ger do?[2]3) May I call up to the Torah one whose brocho is unintelligible?[3]4) When lighting candles for Shabbos, following the custom of not extinguishing the match directly, may one place the burning match on a flat surface (which will cause the match to go out sooner)?[4]5) What is the earliest time in the morning for reciting the passage of

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00:39:54

6.7 Panorama of Halocho 5786

Panorama of Halacha ·

2025/11/18

1) When davening alone and therefore omitting the י"ג מדות, the words ושם נאמר seem disconnected and therefore out of place?[1]2) Disused Shul furniture, can they be ‘bought’ for a nominal sum and then disposed of?[2]3) May a man roll up his beard on Shabbos?[3]4) What is the correct brocho for Malawach?[4]5) Is a divorced woman obliged to cover her hair? [5]6) Why is there a vertical line after the 1st word קדוש in Kedusha?[6]7) Laundry that was wet at the

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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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