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What does בהאנרעלזשולע mean?

R. Hoffman is using the German word for business school: Handelsschule. The question thus raised is: A father told his son to write in business school on the holy Shabbat. He does not want to and ...
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Source that a married woman seduced by a “messianic figure” is still permitted to her husband

It sounds like you might be looking for Binyan Tzion 154 (R. Yaakov Ettlinger). Although the case discussed is of a man claiming to be Elijah the Prophet, and seducing a woman by telling her that she ...
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Agunoth and Mamzerim after the Holocaust

Even though it's an old question, still I would like to answer it, as my native country was heavily involved in this very sad historical event. One of the most important work on the issue is the essay ...
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Nishmas Chaim / Rav Chaim Berlin - searching for his tshuva on men and women shaking hands

See below for the explanation as to why you could not find it, but here is the text you are looking for: ואשר שאל על דבר נתינת ידו לרשעים או לנכרית הנה ליתן יד לפושעים אין שום איסור בזה אם אין בזה ...
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Who is "the author of the Shulchan Aruch" in this teshuvah of Rashbash?

The Machon Yerushalayim edition of the teshuvos, which is available on Otzar Chochmah, has a footnote that asks your question and suggests "the author of the Shulchan Aruch" was added by mistake at ...
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Sheilos U'Tshuvos on Gemara

I don't know if any of these three is exactly what you are looking for, but I'm sure that they would be extremely helpful for your purposes. A Sefer that often quotes various Teshuvos and their ...
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Responsa/Rabbinic Thought on Israeli Reprisal Operations

Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli wrote a lengthy essay on the subject shortly after Qibiya, published in his book עמוד הימיני, pp. 113-139. He first noted: "מאז נסתיימה המלחמה ה"רשמית" של מדינות ...
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Product recommendation: A "Starter" Responsa Set

Shut Minchat Asher from R Asher Weiss (there are many books on that name, I'm referring the 3-volume halachic Q&A set) meets many of the criteria you are looking for there are many short- to ...
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New responsa on releasing terrorists in exchange for hostages?

Following on from our interaction in the comments. HaRav Asher Weiss shlita has a recording where he discusses the issues at length here.
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Maharam Discussing the Rosh

The Mechon Yerushalayim edition of Maharam's responsa includes an index of people mentioned. For R. Asher ben Yechiel, it includes the following:
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Sheilos U'Tshuvos on Gemara

Hebrewbooks.org is available to everyone who is on the web. When you open the 'shas' tab, There a Sefer on the mefarshim list called שדה צופים which quotes many Sheilos Uteshuvos the likes of the ...
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What does מיללעליכט mean in this Responsa?

As Dr. Shmuel mentioned in a comment, this section is quoted here on page 24 footnote 86. There he elaborates: ר' שלמה קלוגר מצא שני כוונים אחרים של היתר ללמוד לאור הנר בליל שבת. התיר בנר ...
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Original Arabic text of Isaac Alfasi in last 3 responsum of Menahem Azariah da Fano

Yes, it is. At least one manuscript has preserved it: MS Huntington 503, pp. 94r-117v. See Boaz Cohen's essay "Three Arabic Halakic Discussions of Alfasi" for a discussion of the responsa, ...
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Biometric screening on Shabbat

Even if the "listening" circuit is always on, the "action" circuit is turned off until activated. When anything comes near the sensor, it immediately springs into action, searching ...
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R’ Hurewitz’s response to prof. Louis Ginzburg about grape juice

Rabbi Yitzhok Simhah Horowitz’s written response/challenge of Prof. Ginzberg’s responsum was published in his commentary Yad HaLevi on Rambam’s Sefer HaMitzvot, beginning s.v. ונראה.
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Views on participation in the Chidon Hatanach

I did a quick search and came up with the following two responsa: Teshuvos Vehanhagos 1:548 (found here) forbids it, based on the fact that it is dangerous to interact and join together with the ...
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Where is a responsum regarding misguided Jews prioritizing kisui rosh over observance of kashrus?

Teshuvos Maharshal 72 ועכשיו אני אגלה את קלון האשכנזים בודאי מי ששותה יין נסך במלון של גוים ואוכל דגים מבושלים בכלי שלהם והמחטי' הוא שמאמין לפונדיקי' שלא בשלו בה אין חוששין עליו ואין בודקין אחוריו ...
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Why do some frum Jews go to college, even though the Lubavitcher Rebbe writes that it's completely forbidden for all Jews forever?

Please see this pamphlet published on the website of N'shei Chabad: https://asktherav.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/College-Booklet-Applying-the-Rebbes-Position.pdf See also https://derher.org/wp-...
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Sheilos U'Tshuvos on Gemara

A popular set of seffarim written explicitly for this purpose is שערים מצויינים בהלכה by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Brown. His son Rabbi Chaim Elazar finished off many of the Tractates that his father left ...
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Are there unresolved ‘tekus’ in the Talmud later resolved in responsum?

It's untrue that cases left with a תיקו are primarily far-fetched and unusual ones. There are many practical cases, and they are treated by the poskim as unknowns, decided by the usual rules of doubt: ...
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Rothschild purchased Israel excluding the temple mount

"What were the reasons the Rabbis were against it?" According to the Hebrew Wikipedia article, the Rabbis were worried about the Arabs violent reaction to such a purchase. The English Wikipedia ...
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Responsa concerning attending University or College

I believe you are referring to the responsum of R. Elchonon Wasserman to a young R. Shimon Schwab. It can be found at the end of Kovetz He'arot (#11) as well as in Kovetz Shiurim vol. II #47. (...
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Responsa concerning attending University or College

Rav Moshe Feinstein was asked in his Igros YD 4:34 from a Rosh Yeshiva if he should allow his talmidim to go to college in the summer. Rav Moshe answered (in June 1972) that talmidim going to college ...
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If you get a psak, then hear that it is wrong, what must you do?

1) First you should approach a knowledgable Jew who is also someone you can trust enough to shmooze it over with. This step is not asking for an actual "psak halachah" from a 2nd Rav. This is simply ...
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Swallowed medicine hechser

First of all, Consult Your Own Local Rabbi (CYOLR). Star-K writes with regards to taking non-kosher tablets: In tablets, the most common possibly non-kosher ingredients are magnesium stearate, ...
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New responsa on releasing terrorists in exchange for hostages?

R Shlomo Aviner discusses his position in this very recent podcast interview (starting at 33:28). He is known to be against exchanging terrorists for hostages (see the paragraph starting "...
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Is there Maamar Tekhiyat HaMetim from the Rambam online version in English?

Yes, you can find an English translation here. The translation is part of the book "Maimonides - Crisis And Leadership" by Avraham Halkin and David Hartman and includes translations of ...
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Question and answer sefer for shluchim

This was published in 1990. Aside from the two compilations directly from the Rebbe which both carried the title ספר השליחות, this was the first such publication from Kehot.
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Question and answer sefer for shluchim

Possibly Nesivim Bisdeh Hashlichus, by Dayan Levi Yitzchak Raskin of the London Beth Din.
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Are there unresolved ‘tekus’ in the Talmud later resolved in responsum?

A teku is a status of unsolvability. Nobody, i.e. nobody out of Eliahu Hanovi, can argue against this status. See the following example. See sefer Yavin Shemua from Rabbi Shlomo Elgazi, in the last ...
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