Venue: Italy Italy

Halacha:

Shabbat,  STAM 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: Jewish Heritage Tour of Italy

Description

Shiur given on a bus in Italy. The Chida wrote 83 sefarim. When a Rabbi is mechadeish a din d'oraisa, is it retroactive? Is it permitted to ordain women. On erev yom tov, does one recite a bracha before or after lighting the candles? Did the Rambam feel that it was a sin for him to live in Egypt? The mitzva of writng a sefer torah. When did the minhag of naming a child after a deceaesd relative start? What to do on shabbos, when confronted with automatic doors and lights? Walking past a video surveillance camera on shabbos.