The Shulchan Aruch in siman 204 says that a food taken as a medicine that tastes good, requires a bracha. Therefore, if one has a sore throat and drinks a… Read more »

If someone placed a hot pot of meat directly on a plastic container containing dry flour, what is the status of the flour? Is it still parev? Answer: Yes, provided… Read more »

To the honourable Rabbi, I am a bit puzzled about a certain behaviour of the Jewish people this time of year and I am hoping to gain a bit of… Read more »

Can a woman make a bracha in front of a man so that he should answer amen to it? Answer: I don’t see any problem in doing so, and there… Read more »

1) When buying a new clothes (simple) and staff for household (table covers,duvets,etc) – which bracha to say? 2) If it’s permitted to buy original tea blends from China (not… Read more »

Long story short: I follow Yekkish minhag all around (a DNA test showed I am actually Sephardic, but this is not an issue according to a leading Posek who told… Read more »

In Hilchos Challah Siman 329 Sif Beis the machaber paskens that if one made a dough to be cooked then it’s patur from challah. The Shach however argues and says… Read more »

Regarding the Tikun of Leil Shavuos – is there a prefered time to say it – before/after Chatzos? Answer: Based on the sources (in Kabbalah), the tikkun can be started… Read more »

Harav Yosef Fleischman brings in his article on maaser kesafim that maaser kesafim should only be donated to the poor. Would donating to kollels or yeshivas considered to be donating… Read more »

What’s halacha l’maseh nowadays concerning washing hands after using the bathroom (in a case perhaps where there is more than just a toliet — a shower as well, or perhaps… Read more »

If someone is in the bathroom for a long time, and someone needs to ask them a question how are they able to respond (i.e. can they speak normally?) Answer:… Read more »

Regarding ruach ra’a – can one leave a cut lemon overnight? Answer: Yes, this is fine. Sources: The Gemara (Niddah 17) writes that eggs, onions, and garlic, which are peeled… Read more »

Can you explain exactly how to successfully complete the steps of Teshuva? I often find it difficult to figure out the exact practical things I should do in order to… Read more »

Someone may have kavana when starting a seudah to continue it in a different place. However once they get to that second place may they then leave there to another… Read more »

Is there any reason one should not whisper davening (besides shemoneh esrei)? Meaning as opposed to actually speaking it out loud? What about bentching, brachos, or any other tefilos? Is… Read more »

Someone took a chocolate bar and melted it down in a ben yom fleishig pot. They then pour the chocolate onto a cheese cake. Is the cheese cake muter to… Read more »

Is there an inyan for a pregnant woman to eat malave malka? Are there any sources for this? Answer: The Kaf Ha-Chaim (300:4) writes that eating melaveh malka is a… Read more »

Do you need to tear kriyah if you go to the kosel for the first time on friday after chatzos? If you’re makneh you clothes to someone else? Answer: Being… Read more »

A goy that made bread then converted may he still eat the bread? May others eat the bread? Answer: If a non-Jew baked the bread, the bread falls under the… Read more »

Someone who has a goyish neighbor that sells bread. May they buy from him? (i.e. Is this considered like pas palter or pas bal habayis?) Answer: The bread of a… Read more »

When someone is a kove’ah a seudah on Mezonos (eating more than daled beitzim) is there a certain amount of time that the seudah has to be eaten within? Answer:… Read more »

Someone was davening Shachris when the tzibbur was davening musaf. They came to the bracha of machayeh hamasim the same time the tzibbur came to that point. What should be… Read more »

If a husband will be out of town for over a week is it permissible for the wife’s unmarried brother to come for shabbos or would this pose a problem… Read more »

May one take out bad smelling garbage on shabbos if there is an eruv or is this considered unecessary tiltul of muktza? Answer: It is permitted to throw out the… Read more »

1)May a Jew open a plastic seal on a milk plastic bottle on Yom Tov/Shabbat? May one open a twist off glass jar? Open a plastic wrap on a sealed… Read more »

Regarding the siyum on Tikunei Zohar – would one also say the regular Hadran Answer: Yes. The regular hadran mentions “masechtos u-sefarim acheirim,” and Tikkunei Zohar is a “sefer” worthy… Read more »

Is there such a thing in Eretz Yisrael that the Rav HaRashi “sells” the chometz of not frum people on their behalf to avoid problems of chometz sh’aver aleiv hapesach…. Read more »

Is chometz she’aver alav ha-Pesach muktzeh on Shabbos? Answer: Chametz that was in a Jew’s possession over Pesach is prohibited (rabinically) not only in eating, but even in deriving benefit…. Read more »

I am making a siyum on The Tikunei Zohar on the yartzeit of my mother-in-law 1. would one say the regular Kadish that one says after a siyum mesechta 2…. Read more »

I did biur maasaros and vidui maasaros. I also had some maaser coins from the previous cycle that for some reason I had not done biur and vidui maaseros. This… Read more »

Does Korech have to be eaten b’cdei achilas pras? Answer: Yes, like all other obligations of eating, korech must be eaten in the time of kedei achilas peras. Because the… Read more »

When preparing to light candles on Yom Tov (for Shabbos or 2nd day yom tov) may the left over wicks be removed from the glass? Possible to take out with… Read more »

I am aware that cremation is prohibited by halacha. Unfortunately, a close relative of mine (who is Jewish) was cremated. There will be an unveiling next week and his wife… Read more »