Yabia Omer
1: Orach Chaim 1:9 - Hilchita leMisheecha and Mai deHavah Havah - Studying laws which don't have practical applications
1: Orach Chaim 19 - Electricity on Shabbat and Yom Tov
1: Orach Chaim 26 - Defining "Mitzvah meals" [Seudot Mitzvah]
1: Orach Chaim 26:10 - Mysticism in Judaism
1: Orach Chaim 27 - Defining "Mitzvah meals" [Seudot Mitzvah]
1: Orach Chaim 28 - Women and Berachot on Mitzvot Aseh shehaZeman Gerama
1: Orach Chaim 28:5-6 - Blessings which don't appear in the Talmud
1: Orach Chaim 32 - Laundry on Chol haMoed
1: Orach Chaim 33:10 - Is cigarette smoking prohibited?
1: Orach Chaim 33:15 - Dream Interpretation
1: Orach Chaim 39 - Women and Berachot on Mitzvot Aseh shehaZeman Gerama, Women and the Mitzvah of Shofar, Women and Kiddush Levanah
1: Orach Chaim 40 - Women and the Mitzvah of Shofar, The Mitzvah of rebuking others
1: Orach Chaim 41 - Dream Interpretation, Mysticism in Judaism
1: Orach Chaim 42 - Dream Interpretation, Mysticism in Judaism
1: Yoreh Deah 8:4-6 - When science seems to contradict Halachah
1: Yoreh Deah 12:2 - The form of the Keruvim
1: Yoreh Deah 26 - Tearing Keriah on news of a relative's death long ago [Shemuah Rechokah]
2: Choshen Mishpat 1 - Resorting to secular courts
2: Even haEzer 1 - Artificial Insemination
2: Orach Chaim 4 - Piyyutim [Extra poems in the service]
2: Orach Chaim 7:3 - Answering "Amen" to "Gaal Yisrael"
2: Orach Chaim 8 - Prayers between Rosh haShanah and Yom Kippur
2: Orach Chaim 9 - Creative Liturgy
2: Orach Chaim 15 - The Mitzvah of rebuking others
2: Orach Chaim 25:14 - The Zohar in Halachah
2: Orach Chaim 26 - Electricity on Shabbat and Yom Tov
2: Orach Chaim 30 - Women and the Mitzvah of Shofar
2: Yoreh Deah 11 - Entering a house of idolatry
2: Yoreh Deah 11:4 - Does belief in a Trinity qualify as Avodah Zarah?
2: Yoreh Deah 13:8 - Batlah Daato - Personal intent is irrelevant if it differs from normal human intent
2: Yoreh Deah 16:7-8 - Use of Avraham and Sarah's old names, after the name change
2: Yoreh Deah 17 - Teaching Torah to a Nochri
2: Yoreh Deah 27 - Wearing Tefillin during the period between a relative's death and burial [Aninut]
3: Even haEzer 10 - Holding a wedding in a synagogue
3: Orach Chaim 3:11 - The Zohar in Halachah
3: Orach Chaim 15:4 - Does belief in a Trinity qualify as Avodah Zarah?
3: Orach Chaim 17:12 - Use of a time-delayed transaction to sell Chametz when Erev Pesach is Shabbat
3: Orach Chaim 19 - Wine and the Mitzvah of Havdalah
3: Yoreh Deah 24 - Waste
3: Yoreh Deah 24:4 - Wearing a Hat/Yarmulka in Public
3: Yoreh Deah 25 - Dressing in a Modern Style
4: Choshen Mishpat 6:4 - Bitachon and Hishtadlut - The Obligation to trust Gd, vs. the need for efforts of self-preservaton
4: Even haEzer 1 - Abortion
4: Even haEzer 3 - Married women and the covering of hair
4: Orach Chaim 2:3,6,11 - The Zohar in Halachah
4: Orach Chaim 9 - Women and the Mitzvah of Shofar
4: Orach Chaim 13 - Defining "Mitzvah meals" [Seudot Mitzvah]
4: Orach Chaim 14 - Defining "Mitzvah meals" [Seudot Mitzvah]
4: Orach Chaim 20 - Appreciating HaShem's Creations
4: Orach Chaim 21:6 - Yuhara - The appearance of arrogant self-righteousness in Mitzvah performance
4: Orach Chaim 23 - The General Mitzvah of Havdalah, Women and the Mitzvah of Havdalah
4: Orach Chaim 24 - Women and the Mitzvah of Havdalah, Baruch haMavdil Bein Kodesh leChol
4: Orach Chaim 47 - Tashlich
4: Yoreh Deah 29:4 - Praying by a Grave
4: Yoreh Deah 31 - Learning on the night of Hoshana Rabbah
4: Yoreh Deah 33 - Praying by a Grave
4: Yoreh Deah 35 - Praying by a Grave
5: Choshen Mishpat 6 - Storing food beneath a bed - Returning such food to a store
5: Even haEzer 5 - The Mitzvah of rebuking others
5: Orach Chaim 15:2 - Aliyah laRegel after Churban Beit haMikdash, Aliyah laRegel from outside of Israel
5: Orach Chaim 15:4 - Batlah Daato - Personal intent is irrelevant if it differs from normal human intent
5: Orach Chaim 19:1 - Appreciating HaShem's Creations
5: Orach Chaim 22 - Eating before Shofar Blowing
5: Orach Chaim 22:6 - The Zohar in Halachah
5: Orach Chaim 36 - Women and Kiddush Levanah
5: Orach Chaim 38 - The Mitzvah of marriage, The Mitzvah of procreation
5: Orach Chaim 39 - Is cigarette smoking prohibited?
5: Orach Chaim 53 - Women and the Mitzvah of Shofar
5: Yoreh Deah 15:4 - Whether there must be bleeding
when the womb opens
5: Yoreh Deah 26 - Entering Har haBayit while Tamei
5: Yoreh Deah 27 - Entering Har haBayit while Tamei
5: Yoreh Deah 31 - The Mitzvah of marriage, The Mitzvah of procreation
6: Choshen Mishpat 1 - Recovering stolen property outside the courts [Avid Inish Dina leNafsheih]
6: Orach Chaim 7 - The importance of clean speech
6: Orach Chaim 10:2 - Piyyutim [Extra poems in the service]
6: Orach Chaim 13 - Married women and the covering of hair
6: Orach Chaim 15 - Wearing a Hat/Yarmulka in Public
6: Orach Chaim 28:4 - The Method for applying the principle of "Af Hen Hayu be'Oto haNes"
6: Orach Chaim 29 - Defining "Mitzvah meals" [Seudot Mitzvah]
6: Orach Chaim 29:1 - Blessings which don't appear in the Talmud
6: Orach Chaim 43 - The Mitzvah of marriage, The Mitzvah of procreation
6: Orach Chaim 45 - The Method for applying the principle of "Af Hen Hayu be'Oto haNes"
6: Yoreh Deah 7:4 - The Zohar in Halachah
6: Yoreh Deah 27:4 - Shatnez in a Hat
7: Choshen Mishpat 5 - The authority of the law of the land
7: Orach Chaim 7:7 - Origin and meaning of Kaddish
7: Orach Chaim 17:4 - The Mitzvah to teach/learn Hebrew
7: Orach Chaim 26:3 - The "Ushpizin" in the Succah
7: Orach Chaim 31:3 - The blessing on sugar
7: Orach Chaim 34:3 - Equating a "She'at haDechak [a pressure situation]" with a "BeDi'eved [ex post facto]" situation
7: Orach Chaim 48 - Laundry on Chol haMoed
7: Orach Chaim 57 - Whether to say a blessing when lighting the Shul Menorah
7: Yoreh Deah 12 - Entering a house of idolatry
7: Yoreh Deah 27 - Whether we depend on Rov [Majority] because we assume it is true, or because that is the Gezeirat haKatuv [biblical rule]
8: Choshen Mishpat 8 - The "Heter Iska" converting loans into investments
8: Choshen Mishpat 12 - Elective cosmetic surgery
8: Even haEzer 28:1 - Equating a "She'at haDechak [a pressure situation]" with a "BeDi'eved [ex post facto]" situation
8: Orach Chaim 7:2 - Answering "Amen" to "Gaal Yisrael"
8: Orach Chaim 11:10-12 - Origin and meaning of Kaddish
8: Orach Chaim 11:23 - The Two Names of "HaShem" in the 13 Attributes of Mercy
8: Orach Chaim 16 - Sanctity of a synagogue
8: Orach Chaim 25 - The blessing on sugar
8: Orach Chaim 26 - The blessing on sugar
8: Orach Chaim 48 - Writing on Chol haMoed
8: Orach Chaim 51 - Storing food beneath a bed - Using an Etrog which has been stored beneath a bed
8: Orach Chaim 54:6,15 - The Method for applying the principle of "Af Hen Hayu be'Oto haNes"
8: Orach Chaim 56:4 - Women reading Megilat Esther for men or for women
8: Yoreh Deah 11 - Consuming animal gelatin
8: Yoreh Deah 13 - Doing business in forbidden foods
8: Yoreh Deah 22 - The Mitzvah of procreation
8: Yoreh Deah 23 - Circumcision on the 2nd day of Yom Tov, when it isn't the child's 8th day
8: Yoreh Deah 27:4 - The Mitzvah of marriage
8: Yoreh Deah 38 - Tearing Keriah on news of a relative's death long ago [Shemuah Rechokah]
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