An LIRR Dilemma: Volume 6, Issue 8, Vayeishev

December 13, 2025; 23 Kislev, 5786 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

Question: I live in Lawrence and attend a Daf Yomi class each morning in Far Rockaway before commuting to Manhattan via the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). The New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) offers a much cheaper "Far Rockaway Ticket" for trips to Manhattan compared to the pricier "Lawrence Ticket," since Far Rockaway falls within New York City while Lawrence is in Nassau County. Because I am present in Far Rockaway each morning, the MTA app allows me to buy the discounted round-trip ticket from there. My question is: On my return home from Manhattan, can I exit the train at Lawrence...

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Rav Elyashiv's Minyan: Volume 6, Issue 7, Vayishlach

December 6, 2025; 16 Kislev, 5786 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

At 6:30 in the morning, the sun had already risen over the Meah Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem. The early risers were returning from the sunrise Minyan, while others remained asleep and would attend a later Minyan. It was at this time, that Rav Elyashiv ZT”L prepared to begin Shacharis, awaiting the assembly of a Minyan in his residence. Finding a Minyan at this time proved challenging since many people had already participated in an earlier Shacharis or had yet to wake up and would be davening later.

Every day, six…seven…eight… people would slowly straggle in...

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Liberty with the Law: Volume 6, Issue 6, Vayeitzei

November 29, 2025; 9 Kislev, 5786 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara

QUESTION: The Pension Funds Act (“Act”) contains provisions related to the recovery of pension benefits from an employee in cases where an employer has suffered a quantifiable financial loss due to the employee's admitted gross negligence. Specifically, Section 37D of the Act lists "theft, dishonesty, fraud or misconduct" as grounds for such recovery. If such a case would come to pass and the employer wishes to recover losses due to an employee’s misconduct from the employee’s pension benefit, may a lawyer ethically contend that "misconduct" under Section 37D does not inherently require an element of dishonesty...

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