LONG READS Issue 1079 · September 17, 2025

Close Call

Kav Halacha’s Rabbi Shimon Sofer: “Klal Yisrael wants to know, and they’re picking up the phone to find out more”

Close Call
Photos: Elchanan Kotler
What began as a way for English-speakers in Yerushalayim to ask a sh’eilah is now a part of the global rabbinic architecture, says Kav Halacha’s Rabbi Shimon Sofer. “Klal Yisrael wants to know, and they’re picking up the phone to find out more”

IFyou get into a halachic tangle when chopping an onion, you might get a psak more quickly than you can slice another one.

Should you get into a muddle in the middle of Shemoneh Esreh, you don’t need to root around in the back of your siddur for a solution.

If a Choshen Mishpat question comes up in your board meeting and you’re only an expert in the other three sections of Shulchan Aruch, help is literally at hand — thanks to a tech marvel.

Not ChatGPT, but the dumbest of dumb phones.

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