Welcome back to the VaadCast! For this special episode, Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld joins us. Rabbi Schonfeld is a past president […]

The Mechaber (671:7) brings the halacha of lighting the Menorah in the Bais Haknesses.  It is lit with a brocha […]

The Mechaber (151:1) brings the prohibition of having kalos rosh in the Bais Haknesses and Bais Hamedrash.  Included in this […]

The Mechaber (151:1) says that one may not act with kalos rosh – lightheadedness in the Bais Haknesses.  Included in […]

A person who donates something to the Bais Haknesses, for example the paroches or the silver breastplate for the Sefer […]

The Mechaber (154:11) rules that candles that were used for idol worship and were given or sold to a Jew […]

The Mechaber (152:1) writes that one may not demolish an existing Bais Haknesses in order to build another one.  We […]

The Mishnah Berurah (Orach Chaim 150:2) brings the Magen Avrohom who says that if there is enough room in the […]

The Rambam, in Hilchos Teffilah, writes that any place where there are ten Jews living, must have a place where […]

The מחבר (סימן תר”ה סעיף א’) brings the minhag of those who shecht a chicken on Erev Yom Hakippurim as […]