Rabbi Michael Tzadok

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Born in New Jersey, educated in Philadelphia, attained Semikha from Rabbinut in 2003, went on to become a Sofer, Mohel and Shochet. Currently studying Dayyanut and Kabbalah at Yeshivat HaMekubalim Nahar Shalom and Yeshivat HaMekubalim Beit El. Husband and father of four(for now).

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May 21	comment	food containers - why is hechser needed? @DoubleAA Once upon a time I sat at a Mashgiach conference for a certain Heksher where they laughed at another Hekhsher(and implied that they were less than honest) for hekshering bottled water and bleach. Then in the midst of the year, they were offered contracts with competing bleach and water companies. The following year they were telling us how they are necessary. I'm sorry but it is about $$$ and nothing else.
May 20	answered	chassan/kallah signing the kesubah or tenaaim
May 19	answered	Why do Israelis keep one day of Yom Tov?
May 14	awarded	Necromancer
May 14	answered	List of Publishers
May 14	revised	Which passages comprise the classic Tikkun Leil Shavuot? added 249 characters in body
May 13	answered	Which passages comprise the classic Tikkun Leil Shavuot?
May 13	revised	Relying on the tasting of a Jewish chef added 30 characters in body
May 13	answered	Relying on the tasting of a Jewish chef
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva @joshwaxman Since when did the answers here have to be universally accepted by all opinions?
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva let us continue this discussion in chat
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva @joshwaxman That is why he ruled that you change the word to this bride. Tomorrow I will find the source in Yabia Omer, but he dealt explicity with that, and ended up with it was inappropriate and that one should change the words as given in his quoted psak above.
May 8	comment	Seeing dam due to relations and the halachos of vests @Yehoshua You should specify whether she felt pain at the time of relations or not, as the halakha varies widely with the answer.
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva @joshwaxman Then why don't you write an answer with those sources. I have never seen the Ketubah signed beforehand. We always sign under the Chuppa. This may come as a surprise but not everyone in the world holds according to Rav Schachter, some of us prefer Rav Ovadia.
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva @Shalom I was mesader Kiddushin for a wedding in which we used Kalta, because the bride was really a din Zonah. I took the Ketubah to Rav Ovadiah to have him check it, and explained to him the details. He had no problem with either the language or the sum($55K USD) so long as the groom agreed to it. My understanding is that the difference comes down in a Get. A m'd'oraitta sum(technically) must be paid, a m'd'rabbanan sum... that can be more easily disposed of to grease the wheels to get the Get.
May 8	revised	Misreading a k'suva added 2428 characters in body
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva @msh210 Good point. I will, bli neder get to that when I get home from Yeshiva. Essentially you can't, because the reading of the Ketuba was instituted so that the husband understands what is written in the shtar.
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva @DoubleAA Never said that he did. Just saying that the answer needs some work before it will get my upvote.
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva @DoubleAA I don't see how that helps. Is there sourcing for this? No.
May 8	comment	Misreading a k'suva @DoubleAA Yes the Teshuva of RMF says that however the answer itself exceeds the Teshuva of RMF and says"The questions come up when it's not widely known that the bride was divorced, widowed (very unlikely), converted, or had a non-Jewish boyfriend at some point." Without any sourcing whatsoever. If he stayed just with the words of RMF I wouldn't have a problem. However he didn't.