R. Yaakov Reischer on Coffee and Newspapers on Shabbat (Shvut Yaakov 1:12 and Orach Chayim 3:23)

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March 12 2016
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1h 3min 47s
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Bishul Akum,  Shabbat 

Collections: R' Fischer Responsa Class

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Coffee and newspapers were relatively new when R. Yaakov Reischer addressed them in the early 18th century. Each of them raised a number of halakhic questions that would be addressed in the coming centuries, but R. Reischer was one of the first...

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