The Questions Families Actually Ask
Rabbi Avi Zakutinsky's library reads like a running answer to the shaylos of real Jewish life. "Changing the Name of a Sick Person," "Using One or Two Hands to Bless One's Children," "Wine Touched by a Non-Observant Jew" — these are not abstractions but the exact situations that come up at a bedside, a Shabbos table, a family simcha.
That practical instinct defines his more than one hundred and thirty recorded classes. He tends to start from the concrete case a person is standing in, then work back to the sources, so the halacha arrives already attached to the moment it is meant to govern.
Shabbos and the Kitchen
A large share of his teaching lives in the areas households navigate every week. "Hilchot Shabbat: Chazarah" tackles one of the genuinely intricate corners of Shabbos law — returning food to a heat source — and "Kashering the Kitchen for Pesach" walks through the seasonal overhaul that every family faces before the seder.
These are the classes people search for because they need them. He gives clear, sourced guidance on the practical mechanics of a kosher Jewish home, in the areas where a wrong guess actually matters.
The Mitzvos of the Home
He also teaches the halachos woven into daily and weekly observance, such as "Halachot of Hadlakat Neirot" — the laws of lighting candles that open Shabbos and Yom Tov in every home. It is the kind of mitzvah performed constantly and understood only partly, and he fills in the details.
Across the library the through-line is steady: everyday halacha, explained clearly enough to act on. His classes are less a survey of Jewish law than a practical companion for the questions a family will genuinely face.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Avi Zakutinsky teaches practical halacha built around the real shaylos of Jewish life.
- His classes start from the concrete case — blessing children, a sick person's name, wine and non-observant Jews.
- He covers the weekly essentials: hilchos Shabbos chazarah and kashering the kitchen for Pesach.
- He also teaches the mitzvos of the home, such as the halachos of hadlakas neiros.
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