A special message from Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Executive Director of Pidyon.
20 Tevet 5771 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Duration: 10:46
Brachot 3a; Shabb. 119b
29 Kislev 5766 | Duration: 1:20:30