A special message from Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Executive Director of Pidyon.
20 Tevet 5771 | 27 Dec 2010 | Duration: 1:39
When a robber enters a home, can the homeowner assume that the robber is a threat and immediately shoot? Or does the homeowner need to first be threatened in some way?
10 Tamuz 5769 | 2 Jul 2009 | Duration: 15:00
San. 72a
Kiddush Lavana is a time of joy, and many of its halachot and customs reflect this. So can a mourner say Kiddush Lavana? We are supposed to enjoy the light of the moon as part of the reason for the blessing, but do we look at the moon while reciting Kiddush Lavana?
4 Iyar 5768 | 9 May 2008 | Duration: 15:32
OC 426:2; MB 426:11-14
What if you accidentally include ya'aleh v'yavo in a weekday amidah?
29 Tevet 5768 | 7 Jan 2008 | Duration: 14:57
OC 108:12; MB 108:37-38
Many tragedies befell the Jewish people in the month of Av, from the sin of the spies to the death of Aharon HaCohen.
1 Av 5767 | 16 Jul 2007 | Duration: 7:39
OC 580:1-2; MB 580:3
If the morning brachot are recited out of order, how should one correct the error, if at all. Also -- some mistaken brachot that were once recited.
25 Sivan 5767 | 11 Jun 2007 | Duration: 14:55
OC 46:5-7; MB 46:20-23
Just when and how do we apply the concept of marit ayin? Is buying a Coke at McDonald's marit ayin?
12 Adar 5767 | 2 Mar 2007 | Duration: 1:06:27
YD 66:9; Ker. 21b; MT MA 6:1; Tur YD 66; BY YD 66 d.h. V'Dam Dagim; YD 87:3; Igrot Moshe OC 1:96; 2:40
The general rule is that you must go back to pray for rain if you forget to mention "matar", but the details are must more complicated.
13 Kislev 5767 | 4 Dec 2006 | Duration: 11:43
OC 117:4-5; MB 117:15,17,19
The books are open: the Book of Life for the righteous and the Book of Death for the wicked; the rest of us hang in the balance.
12 Elul 5766 | 5 Sep 2006 | Duration: 11:42
MT Teshuva 3:3-4; Rosh HaShanah 16b
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Mori v'Rabi, HaRav Shlomo Yitzchak ben Elka, shlit"a.
Two aggadic passages introduce the importance of Kaddish.
7 Iyar 5766 | 5 May 2006 | Duration: 10:46
Brachot 3a; Shabb. 119b
29 Kislev 5766 | 29 Dec 2005 | Duration: 1:20:30