Published Decisions, Pesakim, Teshuvot, and Articles
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The Halachic Prenup: Safeguarding Our Future
Rabbis Ike Sultan and Mordechai Djavaheri in conversation about the history, strengths, and weaknesses of Rav Mordechai Willig’s Halachic prenup and if it’s appropriate for Sephardim. This was a joint panel for their Yeshiva University shiurim. Watch: https://youtu.be/INeuDb2pOxI Listen: https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1168720
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Blizzards & Bet Din: Snowball Fights, Killing Snowmen, Fallen Trees, Shoveling, & Cars
Rabbi Djavaheri delivered a shiur on the topic of snow damages at The Cooper Union’s Midrash Lunch and Learn on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. You can listen to the recording here. Key takeaways with some sources below: Snowball fights: One is…
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The Syrian Conversion Edict, History & Discussion
Discussing the Syrian community’s edict banning converts from entering the community – its historical background, halachic mechanism, strengths, weaknesses, and evolution. This panel was meant to educate and inform the students in the rabbis’ classes, not actively change any communal policy.…
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Resolving Agunah Issues: A Local Success Story
Recently, a local couple separated, and the husband refused to give his wife a Get unless certain unrealistic conditions were met. The wife was an Agunah, a woman “chained” to her recalcitrant husband, for several months of emotional frustration and abuse.…
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Writing a Get in Poughkeepsie, NY
As the Covid Pandemic waned, there was a possibility that we would have to write a Get in Poughkeepsie, NY. An investigation was launched and went on for a few days to determine all the right identifying bodies of water and…
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The Status of Persian Kohanim
Some decades ago a rumor started spreading that Iranian Kohanim were not actually Kohanim; rather, the uneducated Persian Jews would often “volunteer” to be Kohanim for some period of time as a token of thanks to Hashem for some personal salvation.…
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Ketubah Boilerplates
Below is a collection of standardized texts of Ketubot for different communities and circumstances. The Sephardic ones are from Rav Eliyahu Bar Shalom based on his acclaimed 8-volume masterpiece Mishpat HaKetubah. One should download the Word file and make sure it…
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Spelling the Persian Name Pejman in a Ketubah or Get
The correct spelling of names in the Get is critical to its efficacy. In this article, Rabbi Djavaheri discusses the transliteration of Persian (Iranian) names. The name at hand, Pejman, includes the Farsi letter ز (the /ʒ/ phoneme, a voiced postalveolar…
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Wedding at The Sands at Atlantic Beach, NY
In this article, Rabbi Djavaheri advises another Bet Din about how to write the name of the location in a Ketubah for a wedding taking place at the popular venue The Sands Atlantic Beach on the South Shore of Long Island,…