Question: If someone is saying birchos krias shema (sitting down) and the tzibur has already begun shmoneh esrei, is one allowed to stand up to daven shmoneh esrei even though… Read more »
Posts By: Rav Y Wiener
mashiv haruach
Question: A person said the 2nd bracha of S”E with mashiv haruach… up to (but not including) the chasima of the bracha (Baruch ata H’). Then he went back to… Read more »
al hanissim
Question: If one is davening on Chanukah or Purim without a siddur, and he does not know how to say al hanissim, should he just skip it, or may/ should… Read more »
Music lessons during aveilus for parent
Question: May I continue my music lessons during the year of aveilus for my parent? Answer: The poskim permit a person who teaches music as a profession to continue when… Read more »
Banister on steps outside house
Question: My brother recently moved into a house. They have 3 steps leading up to the house. There is no banister or wall on the sides of these steps. The… Read more »
conditioner during chafifah
Question: I have curly hair that gets tangled easily. Can I use conditioner during a chafifah? Answer: You can use conditioner providing you rinse your hair thoroughly afterwards. Sources: Tosefos Bava Basra… Read more »
bracha on ground flaxseed
Question: A flaxseed wrap… what bracha?? Thanks so much!! Answer: On flaxseed whole or ground one should make shehakol. a) Majority of seeds used in conjunction with other foods so considered… Read more »
Profiting from event on neighbors property
Question: Can a tall hotel next door to a stadium advertise & charge admission for people to watch the game from their rooftop? In secular law, this was an actual… Read more »
Cancelling caterer due to blizzard
Question: If someone hires a caterer for a Simcha, and then on the night of the Simcha there’s a blizzard, and the Simcha is cancelled, does the person who hired… Read more »
leaving someone in yichud situation
Question: Sometimes I am at home with my father and grandmother (mother’s mother) – both not yet religious. If I need to leave the house (to daven), am I allowed… Read more »
Blending fleishig cooked onions.
Question: Can I blend a fleishig soup that has cooked onions in it, mixed with other veg, onion was chopped with a fleishig knife, with a parve/dairy blender? Answer: If… Read more »
yichud
Question: I had to do an interview for school with a woman, and the door was closed so as not to disturb other people. (Only she and I were in… Read more »
Is the interest on this Heter Iska compounded if that is not stated?
Question: I borrowed money from a family member over 15 years ago to save my home. Due to health and other factors, unfortunately I have not been able to repay… Read more »
selling store credit at discounted price
Question: Someone returned clothing to the store for whatever reason (wrong size or colour etc) . THe store does not refund money but gives out credit notes to ensure that… Read more »
asher yatzar
Question: After one answers Barechu, is it permitted to bless Asher Yatzar even though he is in the middle of the blessings of Shema, if he suspects that he will… Read more »
Loshon Hora
Question: Are you allowed to listen to loshon hora about a Jew from a non-Jew? Answer: One should not listen, because as a result of what he heard from the… Read more »
Tzedaka Coin of Higher Monetary Value
Question: What should the shul gabbai tzedaka do if he finds someone gave a US Silver Dollar worth more than a dollar? Assuming he knows who gave the coin, should… Read more »
Use item before returning to store
Question: I bought an item from a Jewish store. After a few uses, I found that it was slightly faulty. I intend returning it, but it will be a while… Read more »
Pesticides
Question: Does Rabbi Vaye use an enormous amount of pesticides in his “Kosher Gardens” brand vegetables?? Concerned about cancer risk. Thank you. Aidel Kahn. Answer: I suggest you call him… Read more »
Clean laundry on Shabbos
Question: Are you allowed to fold and put away clean laundry on shabbos if it bothers you to leave it out and unfolded? Answer: I suggest to put the laundry away… Read more »
Blowing out a candle
Question: Can you please tell me if putting out the havdalah flame by covering it with tin foil or a glass plate would avoid the issue of blowing out candles?… Read more »
Selling on Ebay and Amazon
Question: Since the product is available for sale on Shabbos, and a sale could be made and paid for on Shabbos, is there any problem regarding selling and doing business… Read more »
retzei
Question: The halacha is that a person who has a safek if he said retzei on shabbos needs to repeat benching because we assume that he did not say it…. Read more »
Shabbos – Amira LeAkum
Question: Can I deliberately create a situation before Shabbos in order to rely on a heter of Amira LeAkum on Shabbos? For example, If I live in a town without… Read more »
Greetings
Question: G’Mar Chasima Tova. May all of Klal Yisroel be Zoche to year of Brachos and Simchas and may we all increase our Limud Torah and Halakhic Observance. Answer: Thank… Read more »
Fasting on Yom Kippur
Question: I am recovering from breast cancer surgery and preparing for radiation. Nurses are telling me not to fast because I need to keep my immune system strong and still… Read more »
Putting food into a cli sheini on Shabbos
Question: We know that a food that is a “davar yavesh” (dry) that was already cooked (in a cli rishon) before Shabbos may be put into a pot of hot… Read more »
Bal Teshaktzu
Question: For a man, is it permissible to shave excessive hair around the opening of the rectum in order to prevent fecal matter (after a bowel movement) from adhering to… Read more »
Shomrei nigia by a sister
Question: I have heard that there are opinions that hold there is an isur to touch a sister over the age of 3. Is there validation to that, and what… Read more »
Obligations of someone who borrowed and crashed my car
Question: If someone borrowed my car and got into a car accident and now my insurance will go up because of this, does he have to pay me for the… Read more »
shabbos
Question: If the light in the bathroom is off on Shabbos, and he is afraid of dirtying himself or not being able to clean himself properly due to the darkness,… Read more »
May mediation (גישור) be even a first option before beis din?
Question: Is it Halachikly valid to settle a dispute in mediation (גישור) as a first option even before beis din? I am referring to a religious Jew who is a… Read more »
Rabbeinu Bachya on 32:10
Question: Please see Devarim 32:10. What does Rabbeinu Bachya mean when he says the pupil of the eye contains something that resembles a man? Answer: When you look into someone’s… Read more »
stamps
Question: Are you allowed to use a stamp from an envelope that was returned Answer: Depends, if it happened in Israel the stamp should be destroyed as one has to… Read more »
Hot pareve food cooked in fleishig pot put into a milchig bowl
Question: I made a pot of black beans with all pareve ingredients in a fleishig slow cooker. I then accidentally put some of the very hot beans into a cold… Read more »
Taking down signs
Question: If the local city ordinances or laws prohibits signs being put up in a certain area may a person (who is not the one who put up the sign)… Read more »
Chicken soup warmed up in milchig pot
Question: I turned on my own flame and told the housekeeper to warm up my chicken soup. I came to the kitchen to find she had taken a milchig pot… Read more »
Cake after meal
Question: Should one make a mezonos on a seven layer cake at the end of a seuda? (Icing on the inside, sugary dough, and the cake crumbles—although I’m not sure… Read more »
Can I cut schach from a public tree without getting permission from the government?
Question: There is a tree on a small island in a public park where the palm branches are getting old and falling off anyway as there is no gardening there…. Read more »
Talking to women
Question: How should one deal with the fact that the shulhan aruch says you can’t say hello to a woman and the fact that if you do so in today’s… Read more »
Washing the nose in yom kippur
Question: Can a person wash his nose with a syringe on Yom Kippur? Can he swallow this liquid ?! Answer: Since he is not permitted to swallow the water he… Read more »
chol hamoed
Question: Is it permissible to do grocery shopping on chol hamoed?? even if it is for after the holiday ?? Answer: One should not buy groceries on chol hamoed if… Read more »
questions about the new lightbulb called shabbulb
Question: Recently a new type of light bulb, called ShaBBulb, has netted the market. The bulb is LED and has a cover which can be moved like lever on Shabbos…. Read more »
do they owe me the money?
Question: I have worked for the same school for 20 years. Every year they offer direct deposit. Every year I say yes the first year they offered I gave them… Read more »
Pestilence
Question: A person comes to shul on yom tov covered with bedbugs. Before the gabbai can remove this person several nearby people have been infested, and perhaps the carpet also…. Read more »
davening with a clean body
Question: If one davened and subsequently discovered that for some reason, his body was not clean (he had apparently not cleaned himself properly after the bathroom # 2), is it… Read more »
shofar
Question: If one was spacing out during shofar (thinking of other matters), does he still fulfill the mitzvah? Answer: The halacha is that mitzvos mentioned in the Torah need intention (kavanah)… Read more »
Bracha in the middle of Shemoneh Esrei
Question: If someone did not hear tekias shofer yet and he is davening musaf with a minyan where tekias are blown in the middle of the silent shemoneh esrei, may… Read more »
follow-up havadala
Question: It is my understanding that if one forgot to make Havdalah motzoi yom tov, he can only say it the next day, and not beyond that. Answer: Correct. Sources:… Read more »
Using wooden planks to support the schach
Question: Is one allowed to support schach by placing beams on top of the schach and under it. If one can how much? and how wide. Answer: If the width… Read more »