R' Mordechai ben Hillel (Mordechai)

Is it forbidden to hold a Sefer Torah with bare hands, without a cloth?

If one washed their hands and did not divert attention from their cleanliness, it is permitted to ho…

If one delayed reciting the blessing until after the fruit had grown on the trees, may one still recite it?

If one did not see the trees until after the fruit had grown, the blessing may still be recited.

Does changing one's position within the same room (from corner to corner) require a new Kiddush?

Even corner to corner requires that one had in mind at the time of Kiddush to eat in that other corn…

May multiple people be called to read the same Torah portion (i.e., may an aliyah section be repeated for additional readers)?

It is forbidden to call a person to read the same section that was already read by a previous oleh.

Is it prohibited to wear tefillin on Chol HaMoed (the intermediate days of Pesach and Sukkot)?

One wears tefillin on Chol HaMoed. R' Meir of Rothenburg (Maharam) likewise ruled this way.

Are generic karpeifot (storage enclosures) of today presumed to be mukaf l'dirah?

Contemporary generic karpeifot are presumed to be mukaf l'dirah because people customarily open acce…