Gray Matter IV

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Inviting a Non Observant Jew for a Shabbat or Yom Tov Meal Cooking for Non Observant Jews on Yom Tov Yayin Mevushal and Non Observant Seder Guests Serving Food to a Jew who will not Recite a Brachah

The Geirut Controversy The Ger Katan Controversy Nullification of a Conversion

Torturing in Order to Save Lives Disobeying Orders in Tzahal (Israel Defense Forces)Shabbat Demonstrations in Israel The Halachah of Rodeif and the Rabin Shooting Expelling Arabs from Israel Gush Katif Fasting and Kinnot Kashrut in Combat Conditions

The Prohibition of Turning On Electric Lights on Shabbat and Yom Tov Opening Refrigerators on Shabbat The Use of Elevators on Shabbat The "Sabbath Mode" Oven Controversy Closing a Website for Shabbat and Yom Tov Air Travel on a Fast Day Showering on Yom Tov Highways and Eiruvin

Contemporary Brit Milah Issues The Plain Mogen, the Gomco Clamp, and the Bronstein Mogen

Beit Din and Dina d'Malchuta Dina A Dental Clinic in an Apartment Building Who is Religious?

Confiscating Items from Students

The Mesirah Dilemma Dina d'Malchuta Dina Hezeik Re'iyah, Encroachment on a Neighbor's Privacy

Is Lashon Hara Permitted between Close Friends and Spouses?A Kohen's Marrying the Daughter of a Jewish Mother and a Non Jewish Father Rav Osher Weiss's Endorsement of the RCA BDA Prenuptial Agreement Pesukim on Wedding Invitations Get in Honolulu Intercity Gittin The Orthodox Union's Policy Statement on Adolescents Drinking on Purim An Evaluation of Rav Aviner's Provocative Tzedakah Ruling

Live Organ Donations Separating Conjoined Twins Frozen Pre embryos, to Whom do they Belong?National Health Care Choices

Women Firing Weapons in Alaska on a Friday Recording Sports Events Played on Shabbat Nezek Done while Playing Sports The Championship Hockey Glove Dispute Broken Bats and Beit Din Moving to Better Seats at a Ball Game

About This Text

Author: Chaim Jachter

Composed: Teaneck, NJ, c.2008 – c.2012 CE

Gray Matter is a 21st-century,multi-volume book of articles about contemporary halakhic (legal) questions by Rabbi Chaim Jachter. Rabbi Jachter thoroughly reviews the relevant halakhic literature in clear language geared toward laypeople and concludes each section with a short practical decision. The work covers topics like halakhic perspectives on casino gambling, copyright laws, and smoking.

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