Rabbi Shlomo Francis and Rabbi Yonason Glenner, the authors of the widely acclaimed sefer "The Laws of an Eruv"
The shiur will be broadcast live from Skokie Community Kollel, 3732 Dempster, Skokie, IL on Thursday, June 20, 2013 / 12 Tamuz, 5773 at 9:00 PM EDT.
Contemporary halachic issues to be covered
- May I carry on my front porch if there are steps leading to the street?
- May I carry in my backyard on Shabbos? Can the bushes serve as a mechitzah?
- Why do some people use community-wide Eruvin and others do not?
- The string of the eruv got caught in a branch - is it still kosher? ..
- As in the past the topic of the shiur is wide open so as to attract a crowd of both those who learn the Daf and those who don't as well. It is expected that both men and women will participate in this event at all broadcast locations.
For any other information relating to this event, please contact our office by calling 212-797-9000 ext. 266 or livebroadcast.aia@gmail.com. It is fairly easy to arrange a live broadcast in any location please contact our office for full details.
PEOPLE THINK THAT THE RABBONIM WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR METZIZAH BE’PEH ARE NOT AWARE OF THE LETTER OF THE CHASAM SOFER. HERE IS CLARIFICATION FOR THIS MISCONCEPTION (FROM WIKIPEDIA):
ReplyDeleteIn the ultra-Orthodox communities, most notably Hassidic Jews and some communities in Israel, use the oral method. [28][29] The practice has become a controversy in both secular and Jewish medical ethics. The ritual of metzitzah is found in Mishnah Shabbat 19:2, which lists it as one of the four steps involved in the circumcision rite. Moses Sofer (1762–1839) observed that the Talmud states that the rationale for this part of the ritual was hygienic — i.e., to protect the health of the child. The Chasam Sofer permittedmetzitzah with a sponge to be used instead of oral suction in a case presented to him for a ruling. His letter was published in Kochvei Yitzchok.[30] Moshe Shik (1807–1879), a student of Moses Sofer, states in his book of Responsa, She’eilos u’teshuvos Maharam Shik (Orach Chaim 152,)[further explanation needed] that Moses Sofer gave the ruling in that specific instance only and that it may not be applied elsewhere. He also states (Yoreh Deah 244) that the practice is possibly a Sinaitic tradition, i.e., Halacha l'Moshe m'Sinai.
Chaim Hezekiah Medini claimed the practice to be Halacha l'Moshe m'Sinai and elaborates on what prompted Moses Sofer to give the above ruling.[31] He tells the story that a student of Moses Sofer, Lazar Horowitz, author of Yad Elazer and Chief Rabbi of Vienna at the time, needed the ruling because of a governmental attempt to ban circumcision completely if it included metztitzah b'peh. He therefore asked Sofer to give him permission to do brit milah without metzitzah b’peh. When he presented the defense in secular court, they erroneously recorded his testimony to mean that Sofer stated it as a general ruling.[32]
IT IS IMPORTANT TO POST THIS INFORMATION AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE CHUTZPAH TO SAY THAT THE RABBONIM ARE NOT GOING ACCORDING TO THE CHASAM SOFER. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARTICLE POSTED ON FRUMFOLLIES ENTITLED “Has the OU Gone Stupid”
PLEASE PUBLICIZE THE ABOVE TO CLARIFY THE POSITION OF RABBONIIM AND THAT THE PEOPLE CRITICIZING THE RABBONIM ARE PLAIN AMEI HA’ARETZ. THANK YOU.