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I'm not interested in taking any credit but because people asked I just wanted to clarify who I am. My name is Yitzchak Sultan (I go by Ike). I'm currently a student in Yeshiva University in Rav Schachter's shiur and previously I went to Shaalvim Yeshiva. My older brothers also went to YU and are involved in another great website called [http://www.berachot.org/index.htm www.Berachot.org]. My brothers and I came up with this idea a few years ago. At first we thought it was impossible to organize and translate all of the halacha but thought perhaps it would be possible if it's done slowly and with the help of others. By the way, every edit or comment is greatly appreciated. | I'm not interested in taking any credit but because people asked I just wanted to clarify who I am. My name is Yitzchak Sultan (I go by Ike). I'm currently a student in Yeshiva University in Rav Schachter's shiur and previously I went to Shaalvim Yeshiva. My older brothers also went to YU and are involved in another great website called [http://www.berachot.org/index.htm www.Berachot.org]. My brothers and I came up with this idea a few years ago. At first we thought it was impossible to organize and translate all of the halacha but thought perhaps it would be possible if it's done slowly and with the help of others. By the way, every edit or comment is greatly appreciated. | ||
<br> In general, the site is meant to cater to Jews of all types (must be Orthodox, though) and all minhagim. Therefore, irrelevant of my background, I'm happy to to include as many Orthodox opinions as possible. However, as the site is growing and isn't finished it's very possible that a particular opinion on a particular subject was missed. | <br> In general, the site is meant to cater to Jews of all types (must be Orthodox, though) and all minhagim. Therefore, irrelevant of my background, I'm happy to to include as many Orthodox opinions as possible. However, as the site is growing and isn't finished it's very possible that a particular opinion on a particular subject was missed. | ||
==Reliability of Halachipedia== | |||
A question that I've gotten from many people is whether there's any Posek or Rabbi who looks over everything on the website and how do you know that everything on the site is reliable. So to address this I want to ask clearly that although there's no Rabbi who's officially in charge of checking over everything on the website, every edit that's made on the site is checked thoroughly for accuracy. Almost every day I check a special page that collects all the edits for any page on the site and whenever I see a new edit, especially, if it's a new user or someone I don't know, I make sure to read it over and see if it's accurate. If I have the time or if I'm skeptical I look up the sources for the halacha that was added and go from there. I'm not biased to anyone's edits but I'm just interested in maintaining accuracy and if you have good sources, all the better, however, if there's no source, Halachipedia's policy is that the halacha has to be taken down. | |||
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Just to clarify there are one page halachic articles that are put out in Yeshiva University from the contributors of Halachipedia and these one page articles ahave been looked over by Rabbi Mordechai Willig. To view these articles see the [[Halachipedia Articles]] page. However, that does not mean that everything on the website (most of which is not found on in the above articles) was looked over by Rabbi Willig. | |||
==Choosing a Posek== | ==Choosing a Posek== | ||
"Ask your local Orthodox Rabbi" is a common phrase but doesn’t mean that you need to find a posek, usually it means that you need to find a competent Rabbi that will be able to find the relevant established opinions and judge the situation appropriately. If it’s an intricate question which one already investigated and concluded that this question has not been addressed previously, then either go to the posek which you have totally accepted or go to a local Rabbi who will suggest a resolution or refer a specific posek. | "Ask your local Orthodox Rabbi" is a common phrase but doesn’t mean that you need to find a posek, usually it means that you need to find a competent Rabbi that will be able to find the relevant established opinions and judge the situation appropriately. If it’s an intricate question which one already investigated and concluded that this question has not been addressed previously, then either go to the posek which you have totally accepted or go to a local Rabbi who will suggest a resolution or refer a specific posek. | ||
