Question: Can I write the Ineffable Name in a published article? In other words, it is the saying of the Name that is the issue, correct? RAMI: This is an important distinction. From a halachic perspective, the primary prohibition concerns pronouncing the Four-Letter Name ככתבו (as written). The Name is not to be articulated in its true form outside the service of the בית המקדש (Beit HaMikdash – Holy Temple). When reading Scripture, we substitute אדני, and in ordinary speech

Question: The Gemara (Megillah 28b) Forbids Looking at the Face of a Wicked Person. How Should this Prohibition be Understood and Applied? RAMI: The Gemara in Megillah 28b does not prohibit the mere awareness of evil, but rather the intentional engagement with it. The prohibition is not about accidentally seeing a wicked person, but about directing one’s attention toward them in a way that gives their wickedness space within the soul. There is an important distinction between

Question: Is it permissible to give a Torah scholar money in order to acquire a share in the Torah learning he has already completed? RAMI: No. One cannot retroactively acquire a share in Torah learning that has already taken place, nor in the reward generated by that learning. Torah is not transferable, saleable, or assignable after the fact. The Torah a person studies is acquired through his own effort, time, and dedication, and once that learning has occurred, its merit is

Question: While reviewing my nightly prayers before Tikkun Chatzot, I began reflecting more carefully on what I am saying and why. After reciting the Mourner’s Kaddish for individuals who have passed away within the last eleven months, naming each person and saying one Kaddish, I have the custom of speaking directly to G-D. In that moment, I ask that He protect the souls of Jews who have died defending Israel and those who were murdered by terrorists, and I recite a single Ka

Question: Is there a halakhic ruling for someone who is uncertain whether he mistakenly put on tefillin on Shabbat morning? If a person cannot recall whether he wore tefillin during Shabbat prayers, despite having a regular practice of consciously reminding himself not to do so, how does Halakhah address such doubt? Did our sages establish a presumption or ruling for cases where one fears an unconscious or inadvertent act on Shabbat? RAMI: Yes. Our sages did consider precisel