Does one sit or stand while cleaning himself when using the bathroom. If possible please list all opinions and sources. For example chacham ovadia and ramabam etc thanks. Answer: Chazal… Read more »
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Seven Arm Candelabrum
We have a 7 candle shabbos candelabrum. Is this a problem? What should we do about it? Answer: This is a problem, as we find in the Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh… Read more »
Kiddush Levanah for Kislev 5773
when is sof zman kidush levana in this kislev 5773? Thanks . Kol tuv Leon Answer: According to the ruling of the Shulchan Aruch (the night of the fifteenth of… Read more »
Drinking Human Milk
In says in Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah Siman 81 SIf 7 that it’s muter to drink chalav isha as long as it’s “pirush” from the body However for a gadol… Read more »
Yoledes Going to Shul (and elsewhere)
I read in an article about the dinim of a yoledes and bringing a korbon todah that the Rambam holds that a woman should not go to shul for barchu… Read more »
Changing Babies in front of Sefarim and Candles
We have a baby who just turned 1 year. What are the halachos regarding davening/brochos in her presence when she needs to be changed? We were originally told that until… Read more »
Getting Up Before Dawn
That which the Machaber writes in the first siman of Shulchan Aruch, יתגבר כארי לעמוד בבוקר לעבודת בוראו, שיהא הוא מעורר השחר From here could one say that if one… Read more »
Heat for Cooking (Yad Soledes Bo)
What is the minimum temperature what is considered to cook and no longer merely warming something up? Please send source(s) Answer: The only relevant temperature for halachic considerations is the… Read more »
Euthanasia for Elderly Dog
Dear Rabbi, My dog is becoming very ill and the vet said I should consider putting him down. He is almost 15 years old, is blind, has fluid/blood on his… Read more »
Nightfall According to Gra
How can someone figure the Gra’s tzas hacochovim? Answer: According to the Gra a mil is 22.5 minutes (32 mil between hanetz and shkiya: 32/12*60=22.5). The time of tzeis hakochavim… Read more »
Shaver Technology
Do you Would you know what the Poskim say about the Remington with “Flex and Pivot” technolgy? R4150 Thank you so much, TizkeLiMitzvos Answer: I am sorry but I am not… Read more »
Selichos During the Night
Are the 3 hours before sunrise an auspicious time for praying in general like it is for selichos? What are the sources? Answer: The three hours at the end of… Read more »
Destroying Elderly Dogs
I have 2 elderly dogs who are fit and healthy on meds but without them they would suffer and die. What is the Halacha on having them destroyed by the… Read more »
Maaser from Gift Certificate
Do you have to give maaser on a gift certificate received from the boss? Answer: Some are stringent for this matter, and it is good to give maaser from the… Read more »
Trimming Armpit Hair
Are you allowed to shave your armpits, if you sweat a lot, in order to eliminate some sweating? Answer: Under circumstances where the excess hair causes discomfort, it is permitted… Read more »
Cooking Tea in the Sun
One way of making Ice Tea is by taking a pitcher of water, filling it up and then putting in a number of tea bags and leaving it in the… Read more »
Intimacy in the Day
Are there any circumstances that allow for a couple to be intimate during the day time (i.e. wanting to be together on shabbos but being too tired to do so… Read more »
Selling Megillah to Reform Congregation
Is a sofer STa”M allowed to write/sell a megillas esther to a reform congregation (in the usa) knowing the possibility that it may: A. Not be treated with proper respect…. Read more »
Situations of Doubt in Halachah
Shalom. What is the general hashkafa and way for someone to conduct themselves in a situation where they think there might be a halachic issue and do not know what… Read more »
Woman Blowing the Shofar
May an isha blow shofar for herself on Rosh HaShanah to be yotzee. May she blow for another woman/other women? Answer: Yes, and yes. See Orach Chaim 589:6. Best wishes.
Kashering Grates
How does one properly kasher the grates on top of a stove (that was used by a goy)? May the fire be turned on the highest heat under the grates… Read more »
Practicing Shofar at Night
Someone may practice blowing shofar on Rosh HaShanah for that day, but not for the next day. By night may one also practice (for that day)? Answer: There is no… Read more »
Oath for Masonsic Degree
This is regarding taking an oath. The grand Masonic lodge of Oregon requires that all candidates for Masonic degrees, take the oath on their knees before an open christian bible…. Read more »
Using “Bris” as Heading
A tzedeka organization wants to include in a paper that will be filled out and signed when making a donation a lashon of “Bris Kodesh”. Is such a lashon though… Read more »
Amen During Birchos Shema
When the shliach tzibbur is masiyum the bracha of “yotzer ha’maoros” and someone is holding not in the place but somewhere else in Bircas Krias Shema (like Ahavas Olam for… Read more »
Two Sisters in One Building
Is it brought in any sefer (perhaps Sefer Chassidim or Kav HaYasher) that 2 married sisters shouldn’t live in the same “building” together? If there is yes an hakpadah for… Read more »
Trimming Pubic Hair
Is there any circumstance that allows for a man to trim his pubic hair? Thank you for attending to this sensitive question. Answer: It is only permitted to trim pubic… Read more »
Hataras Nedarim in Changing Nusach
Kavod HaRav: Does a baal teshuva (tinok shenishba) who davened nusach ashkenaz from the time he became frum (many years) need to do hataras nedarim if changing to davening nusach… Read more »
Kohen Forgoing his Honor
Kavod HaRav: Is a Kohen (shomer torah/mitzvot ben torah- though not a talmid hacham) permitted to be mezalzez himself if asked to do something by his office manager at work,… Read more »
Procedure for Separating Terumah and Maaser
Someone who finds himself in place where he can’t buy fruits and vegetables with a good hechsher. What is the seder exactly of taking trumas and maasros on the fruits/vegs?… Read more »
Metaphysics in Maimonides
Hello Wonderful Rabbi! 1. With the exception of genetics, medical, deformities, defects, … From a Jewish… spiritual perspective, … what is r-e-a-l-l-y the cause of mental health problems/issues? …… 2…. Read more »
Kohen’s Refusal to Accept Matanos
Is it “ossur” for a Cohen to say he doesn’t want to be makabel the matanas that one wants to give to him? Answer: Why should this be a prohibition?… Read more »
Keeping Pets at Home
Someone wants to purchase a rabbit for his daughter (6 years old) who feels that the rabbit is able to calm her down (even for a 6 year old apparently… Read more »
After-Berachah for Rice
is there a difference in the bracha achrona of white rice and brown rice or are the both borei nefoshos? Answer: There is no difference in the after-berachah, and both… Read more »
Discarding of Torah Tapes
Do Torah CDs/tapes/other electronic media containing recordings of shiurim require any form of genizah or can they be disposed of regularly once listened to? Answer: Torah tapes and other electronic… Read more »
Using a “Hamsa”
What is the Ashkenazi (Litvish) stance on having a “Hamsa?” I have two, one with Y-K-V-K and Shivis and one with the blessing for business. I took them down and… Read more »
Making Up Ninety Amenim
That which someone should say 90 Amenim a day what comes into the “cheshbon” of Amenim. Only the Amenim of Brachos or also that of Kaddish. Perhaps also if someone… Read more »
Interrupting Prayer for Kohanim
Before a Cohen begings to dochen there is a nusach of yehi ratzon that is said. May the Cohen be mafsik in the middle of this in order to answer… Read more »
Temporary Mezuzah
What’s pashut in the shach in YD Siman 289 Sif-Katan 7 that a mezuzah “lifi sha’ah” doesn’t need to be put up with nails? What does it mean “lifi sha’ah”… Read more »
Debt that Shemittah Passed By
Scenario: A non religious Jew lends money, years pass and shemita passes, and he still didn’t get his money back. After shemita passes, the non religious lender becomes religious, and… Read more »
Blood Spot in Egg Mixture
Shalom! If i’ve been added additional egg (with blood in it) to 3 another (clean) eggs in the same bowl, can I separate clean eggs from the mixture? Or I have… Read more »
Keriyah at the Kosel
Where does it come from the “minhag ha’olam” as it seems to be makil to not tear kriah by the Kosel even for one living outside of Yerushalayim (but still… Read more »
Kiddush Levana Until the Fifteenth
Can I still say Kiddush Lavana? Answer: Kiddush Levanah can be said until the fifteenth day of the Jewish month. According to the Rema, kiddush levanah can only be recited… Read more »
Ne’emanus of non-Observant Jew for Hechsher
Our 19 year old neighbour went off the derech a few years ago after her father beat her and disowned her. My wife asked her to buy us some fruits… Read more »
Yarzeit on Tisha Be’Av
My friend’s wife died on 9 B’Av. This year, does he observe yahrzeit on Shabbat, or is it postponed, as is the 9 B’Av fast, until Sunday? Answer: For purposes… Read more »
Yeshiva Men in the Army
Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg is quoted in your Chukas edition as applying the status of milchemet mitsva to the current ongoing situation in the State of Israel. You also quote the… Read more »
Fruit Pits in Compost
My family has a modest vegetable garden, and we compost from our kitchen year round in order to have enriched soil. Sometimes food trimmings are not fully composted when we… Read more »
Breast Implant Operation
Can a woman get a breast augmentation if it involves general anesthesia? Answer: It is permitted where the procedure is of significant importance. If it is only a matter of… Read more »
Using a Talmid Chacham (Torah Scholar)
From where do we know what one is not allowed to be mishtamesh with a Talmud Chocham? (And what does this mean exactly? i.e. what’s the geder?) Answer: The source… Read more »
Piercing in Halachah
if Jews are not supposed to hurt themselves, why can a child be pierced for earrings? Answer: Although self-infury is prohibited, where the purpose is constructive, such as for earrings,… Read more »