30 Questions Covered in "Captivating Cases"

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  1. 1958, Brooklyn – Can an Israeli ocean liner sail on Shabbat?
     
  2. 1954, Brooklyn – May a patient with a catheter pray and study?
     
  3. 2015, New York – Who is the mother when there’s a mitochondrial transfer?
     
  4. 1709, 1763, Hamburg – Is a chicken without a heart kosher?
     
  5. 1772, Hamburg – Should burials be delayed due to the widespread fear of premature burial?
     
  6. 1963, Manchester – May tefillin be brought into a hospital if they will be incinerated?
     
  7. c. 1380, Valencia – Is a synagogue seat-holder justified in opposing the addition of new seats that would narrow his access?
     
  8. c. 1450, Pavia – Do parents have the authority to dictate whom their children marry?
     
  9. c. 1478, Pavia – Can all German Jews be taxed to help ransom the Regensburg Jews accused of a blood libel?
     
  10. 1732, Algiers – Can a repurposed bathhouse be used for prayer during war?
     
  11. c. 1450, Algiers – Can crypto-Jews eat grain-based foods on Passover that are typically avoided?
     
  12. 1530, Modena – Should Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon be annulled?
     
  13. c. 1300, Barcelona – Is one obligated to contribute toward communal expenses despite holding a royal tax exemption?
     
  14. c. 1300, Barcelona – Can an astrolabe be used on Shabbat?
     
  15. c. 1300, Barcelona – Should donors be recognized on plaques?
     
  1. 1871, Lubavitch – Are new breeds of chicken imported to Europe kosher?
     
  2. c. 1790, Lizhensk – Do parents have the right to stop their children from switching to pray in the Chasidic manner?
     
  3. 1615, Lódź – Should the community invoke its autonomy to save a Jewish murderer?
     
  4. 1944, Auschwitz – Can a father ransom his son, knowing another will be killed in his place?
     
  5. c. 1570, Kraków – May a wedding take place after sunset on Friday, when delayed due to a dowry dispute?
     
  6. 1908, Berezhany – Does a hot air balloon hovering over a sukkah invalidate it?
     
  7. c. 1550, Salonika – May immigrants from Italian lands switch over to the Sephardic prayer rite?
     
  8. c. 1173, Cairo – Should one believe in the Yemenite Jew claiming to be the messiah?
     
  9. 1548, Cairo – Is it permissible to use a canal formed by the Nile’s rise for ritual immersion?
     
  10. 1866, Jerusalem – Are new breeds of chicken imported to Europe kosher?
     
  11. 2003, Jerusalem – Who is the mother in cases of ectogenesis?
     
  12. 2003, Jerusalem – How does one track Shabbat on Mars?
     
  13. 2009, Maaleh Adumim – How does one track Shabbat on Mars?
     
  14. 2022, Beit Shemesh – What’s the kosher status of lab-grown beef?
     
  15. 2026, Worldwide – Can AI be used for Halachic decisions?
     

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