The Maharsham Project

A Family Legacy

The Maharsham — Rav Shalom Mordechai HaKohen Schwadron — served as Rav of Brezhan (Berezhany) in Galicia for over forty years. His more than 2,300 teshuvos, spanning seven volumes, shaped practical halachah across the Jewish world. Yet for most English speakers, his work remains inaccessible.

Each week, we select a teshuvah from across the Maharsham's seven volumes — choosing cases that tell a compelling story, raise sharp halachic questions, and reveal how one of the great poskim of the generation dealt with the real-life dilemmas that landed on his desk. B'ezras Hashem, we will bring the full scope of the Maharsham's genius into English for the first time.