Orach Chayim

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Rav Chaim zatzal on Lag BaOmer

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | May 22, 2024
A question was posed to Maran Rav Chaim zatzal regarding Lag BaOmer: What exactly is the joy that on Lag BaOmer the students of Rabbi Akiva ceased dying?  They were...
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When You Don’t Have Water..

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | May 6, 2022
It happens every so often, that one does not have water available.  The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 4:22) addresses this issue and writes that in such a situation one should...
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Attending a Sefardic Minyan For a Shidduch

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | May 5, 2022
Someone posed a question to Maran Rav Chaim zt"l about shidduchim: There are numerous young men and you women that are having difficulty finding their zivug. Does Maran have a...

Yoreh De'ah

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Rav Chaim zatzal on Motivating Students

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | April 5, 2022
A Rosh Yeshiva of a Yeshiva for weaker students posed a question: "My Yeshiva is going through a rough patch currently. What is the best manner in which to strengthen...
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Rav Chaim zatzal on Snitching

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | April 5, 2022
The Yeshiva had a strict policy: NO CELL PHONES PERMITTED! Yet they knew that there were violators of the policy. But now, they had taken things up a notch. One...
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What Should a Bar Mitzvah Boy Take On?

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | April 1, 2022
Rav Chaim zatzal on “What Kabalah Should a Bar Mitzvah Bochur Take Upon Himself?” Often, a Bar Mitzvah bochur would inquire of Maran zatzal what kaballah he should take upon...

Even Ha-Ezer

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Rav Chaim zt”l’s Last Answers to Shidduch Questions

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | March 27, 2022
A woman who teaches in a Beis Yaakov recently got engaged.  Her husband wishes to move to Lakewood from New York.  She had signed a contract that she would teach...
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Passing Inappropriately Dressed People

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | March 27, 2022
Trips When there are Inappropriately Dressed People. Even HaEzer What are the parameters of "alternative routes" regarding inappropriately dressed people? There is a Tosfos in in Avodah Zarah 48b that...

Choshen Mishpat

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Rav Chaim on Barbers and Nail Salons

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | April 14, 2022
Someone once posed the following question to Rav Chaim zatzal regarding barbers.  It is the custom when one enters a barber shop to wait in line based upon when you...
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Window Open or Closed? Rav Chaim zatzal’s Opinion

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | March 28, 2022
When the weather gets cold, there are often disputes as to whether to keep the window open or closed. And often, halacha gets quoted. What follows is the view of...
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The Book Sales That Happen in Shuls in Eretz Yisroel

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | March 27, 2022
There is a new type of Seforim-selling that has been happening in Shuls throughout Eretz Yisroel. The books are left in boxes outside of shul. The purchaser is instructed to...