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Two Unforgettable Conversations with HaRav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l

Two Unforgettable Conversations with HaRav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l

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HaRav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l (1929 – 2020) Source: https://www.rebdovidfeinstein.com/ The 19th of Cheshvan 5787 (corresponding to Friday, October 30, 2026), will mark six years since the passing of HaRav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l. Over the last six years, numerous important articles have been written to memorialize him . In those compositions, the following attributes are emphasized: his complete mastery of all areas of Torah and Halacha, his willingness to share his vast Torah knowledge and wise counsel with all who sought…

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Pets on Shabbat, Rabbi Morenu, and Epidemics

Pets on Shabbat, Rabbi Morenu, and Epidemics

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1. In my last post here I wrote as follows: R. Yitzhak Nahman Eshkoli calls attention to what he sees as another mistake made by those who published R. Moshe Feinstein’s works. Here is Iggerot Moshe,Orah Hayyim 5, 22:21. According to the text of R. Moshe’s responsum, animals are muktzeh, even those that children play with. This means that R. Moshe held that pets are also muktzeh. Yet in the small print the editor added that pets are permitted, even…

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Who Wrote the Late Volumes of Igrot Moshe?

Who Wrote the Late Volumes of Igrot Moshe?

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Though this article deals with a factual question, it often seems to devolve into an ideological one. I therefore wish to state: I have no horse in this fight. I have not taken halakhic positions from Igrot Moshe volumes 7-9. I went into this with a genuinely open mind, and in the course of researching this question, I have taken the affirmative and negative sides of this question at different points. Ever since Igrot Moshe volume 8 was published, and…

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