Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Terumah
February 19th 2010
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SPECIAL DOUBLE PORTION L'KAVOD SHABBOS KODESH
Halachos for Erev Shabbos Kodesh
1)A kosher kitchen where both meat and dairy foods are prepared must have separate cooking and serving utensils and dishes for meat and dairy.
It is praiseworthy to also have separate utensils and dishes for preparation and serving of parve foods. (See Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah Siman 93:1 and Aruch HaShulchan Yoreh Deah Siman 89:16)
2) Scrupulous people also designate separate pots and pans for cooking/frying fish. (This is a Chumrah (stringency) based on a minority ruling. See Tur Yoreh Deah Siman 116:2. See also Taz Yoreh Deah Siman 95:3. and Mishna Berura Siman 173:3 that according to many Poskim, today's days there is no Sakana anymore with eating fish and meat together, so there is room for leniency in cases of necessity)
Halachos for Shabbos Kodesh
1) Dishes, utensils, etc.. for dairy. Meat and Parve should be distinctly different from each other in style, color, etc.
It's not enough to simply rely on them having separate drawers or cabinets, as it is common for them to end up in the wrong place, and if not for their uniqueness they may end up being used wrongly and lead to Kashrus problems.
This is especially important for silverware and even more important in public kitchens
2) It is especially praiseworthy to not only have separate utensils, but to actually mark them (either via engraving or with another permanent method, not simply with a sicker or marking that will come off after being washed a few times) with their class, so it will be evident to all who handle it to which class it belongs.
Some people have a custom to label only the dairy utensils and then treat any other utensils or dishes that aren't marked as meat. (See Rama Yoreh Deah end of Siman 89 and Kaf HaChaim Yoreh Deah 89:79 and Darchei Teshuva Siman 89:54 and 55 for the reasons for this custom)
Any method of separation that is employed must be clearly understood by all who may handle the dishes.
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The more Tzedakah you give to poor people on Purim, the more praiseworthy you are!
It is better to give additional Matanos L'Evyonim than to give extra Mishloach Manos or to increase the Seudas Purim, because ..."There is no greater or loftier Simcha than to gladden the hearts of the poor, widows, orphans and converts. One who gladdens the hearts of these downtrodden people is likened to the Shechina (!)" (Words of the Rambam Hilchos Megilah Perek 2 Halacha 17, quoted in Mishna Berura Siman 694:3)
As I do twice yearly (Before Purim and before Rosh Hashana) I raise funds for various Talmidei Chachamim who need financial assistance. There is no greater Mitzvah than supporting Talmidei Chachamim in need. These funds will be distributed on Purim day B'Ezras Hashem.
I am posting a letter of support from HaRav Dovid Schustal Shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Bais Medrash Govoha of Lakewood in regard to one of the people for whom I am raising these funds, who has unfortunately become ill and finds himself in an extremely difficult financual situation.
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Reader's Question:
Where can I find the halachos that are nogeia (pertinent) to Dayanim {Jewish Judges). What kind of gifts are they allowed to accept and what kind are they not allowed to?
For example: Let's say a Dayan did a Chalitza or a Get. He doesn't want to get paid. One side insists on giving money. So can the Dayan allow that money to go towards a sefer that he is
publishing for the public's benefit? Would this not interefere with the Dayin being able to sit on a case in the future for this donor?
What about someone who is always contributing seforim to the Dayan. Is this permissible?
Where can I read up on the halachos of what is permissible and not in connection with a dayan?
Answer:
This is a Lav (Torah prohibition) in Parshas Mishpatim, and even the most pious dayan can-and will- be swayed by gifts, and will be unfit to judge the donors case.
See Gemara Kesubos 105a and b, Sefer HaChinuch Mitzvah 83, Rambam Hilchos Sanhedrin perek 23, Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat Siman 9.
From what you described it would seem problematic to take money for his Sefer, but a (different) Rav must be consulted for Halacha L'ma'aseh. |
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