Kolel L’horaah Ma’asis Crown Heights – Shiur 19 on halachic topics – by Rabbi Shraga Dovid Homnick, Sgan Rosh Kolel, on the origins of the practice of selling chametz on a communal basis through a rabbi, and the arguments of those who thought that far from an improvement, this made the sale illegitimate
Kolel L’horaah Ma’asis Crown Heights – Shiur 21 on halachic topics – by Rabbi Shraga Dovid Homnick, Sgan Rosh Kolel, on the halacha in Shulchan Aruch that forbids sugar on Pesach, and the halachic questions about sugar that arose during WWI that were addressed by Rabbi Zirelson, the Rogatchover, and others
Kolel L’horaah Ma’asis Crown Heights – Shiur 20 on halachic topics – by Rabbi Shraga Dovid Homnick, Sgan Rosh Kolel, on the question of kosher-for-Pesach alcohol: Honey mead in Shulchan Aruch, potato spirits in Rabbi Akiva Eiger’s letter, and beat sugar in the great controversy of the Tzemach Tzedek surrounding kashering a factory
