Mezuzahs in the Ghetto
Did the homes in the ghetto require a mezuzah?
5 Sep 202213min
Use of Electric Lights for Shabbos Candles
May one use electric lights as Shabbos candles in the ghetto?
28 Aug 20225min
Pidyon Haben/Redemption of a First-Born Son with a Missing Father
With regards to a first-born son with an absent father, who may perform the mitzvah of pidyon haben, redeeming the first-born son?
14 Aug 202212min
Circumcision by a Nonreligious Jew
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 regar...
31 Juli 202214min
Reciting the HaGomel Blessing in the Ghetto
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?
17 Juli 202211min
Suicide in the Ghetto
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.
10 Juli 202228min
Cooking on the Sabbath in the Ghetto
Is it better to perform hard labor or transgress the Sabbath by cooking? And can someone eat the food cooked on the Sabbath?
28 Juni 202215min
Using Clothing from Martyred Jews
Can the clothes of martyred Jews be used by someone else? Rabbi Oshry responds.
15 Juni 20229min
