A posek on practical halacha
Rabbi Moshe Heinemann is best known as a halachic authority whose rulings shape day-to-day observance, particularly in kashrus, where he serves as the rabbinic administrator behind the Star-K certification. His shiurim reflect that role: practical, decision-oriented, and grounded in the daily questions of a kosher home and kitchen.
That practical bent shows in a session like his Agudah Convention Yarchei Kallah on hilchos kashrus — the kind of shiur where abstract sugyos are pulled toward the concrete rulings a person actually relies on when keeping a kosher household.
The Yom Iyun on Purim that falls on Shabbos
A standout is his multi-part Yom Iyun on the rare case of Purim falling on Shabbos, opening with the sugya in Megillah — how the mitzvos of the day rearrange when Purim meets Shabbos, an occurrence infrequent enough that most people have never learned its halachos in depth.
A later part draws a distinction many find clarifying: the difference between a chumra, a halacha and a minhag — three categories people routinely blur. Sorting them out is exactly the kind of framework that makes his shiurim useful well beyond the case at hand, and the series closes with an open question-and-answer session.
Halacha for unusual moments
His teaching also meets the moment when circumstances change. Halacha for these Unprecedented Times addressed how observance adapts under genuinely abnormal conditions — the kind of chizuk-with-psak that a community needs when the usual assumptions no longer hold.
Across these topics the method is the same: identify the real question, lay out the sources, and land on guidance a listener can act on. It is the register of a posek accustomed to being asked what to actually do.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Moshe Heinemann is a leading halachic authority and the rabbinic administrator behind the Star-K kashrus certification.
- His multi-part Yom Iyun covers the rare case of Purim falling on Shabbos, starting from the sugya in Megillah.
- He clarifies the practical difference between a chumra, a halacha and a minhag.
- His shiurim, including Halacha for these Unprecedented Times, focus on real, decision-oriented psak.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.