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  • Mezuzahs in the Ghetto
    2022/09/05

    Did the homes in the ghetto require a mezuzah?

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    14 分
  • Use of Electric Lights for Shabbos Candles
    2022/08/28

    May one use electric lights as Shabbos candles in the ghetto?

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    5 分
  • Pidyon Haben/Redemption of a First-Born Son with a Missing Father
    2022/08/14

    With regards to a first-born son with an absent father, who may perform the mitzvah of pidyon haben, redeeming the first-born son? 

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    13 分
  • Circumcision by a Nonreligious Jew
    2022/07/31

    A young man raised in an assimilated home wishes to undergo a circumcision in the Kovno ghetto. Can a nonreligious doctor perform this procedure? This is a question which applies even today with regards to many men who have had circumcisions performed by either non Jewish doctors or nonreligious mohels. Here is Rabbi Oshry's response. 

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    14 分
  • Reciting the HaGomel Blessing in the Ghetto
    2022/07/17

    Should someone in the ghetto  recite the special blessing of HaGomel, which is said when saved from a dangerous situation, when they are spared from being rounded up by the Nazis? 

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    12 分
  • Suicide in the Ghetto
    2022/07/10

    Can someone in the ghetto commit suicide to avoid having to witness the murder of his family? A heartbreaking question, a dubious source, and a not-so-simple answer. 

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    28 分
  • Cooking on the Sabbath in the Ghetto
    2022/06/28

    Is it better to perform hard labor or transgress the Sabbath by cooking? And can someone eat the food cooked on the Sabbath? 

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    15 分
  • Using Clothing from Martyred Jews
    2022/06/15

    Can the clothes of martyred Jews be used by someone else? Rabbi Oshry responds. 

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    10 分