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Category: Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

 
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

Sending a link to a not tzanua picture

Question: My father would like to buy me, his daughter, an exercise machine. Unfortunately, he is not knowledgeable/careful with halacha including what he sees. I chose a machine and he… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver
19/11/2020
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

Giving an animal to a secular Jew- lifnei iver?

Question: I’ve been caring for a kitten and would like to find it a permanent home. Am I allowed to give it to a secular Jew, given the halachos involved… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver
18/11/2020
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Could one deliver food for a non-kosher restaurant?

Question: I have a talmid who is from a very weak family and himself just starting to get into yidishkeit. He is back in NY and would like to work… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) business with non kosher food Lifnei Iver
15/07/2020
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Criticizing the State of Israel and/or Government

Question: I recently read your interesting question and answer regarding the prohibition against publicly criticizing Jews and Jewish leaders because it violates the principle of loshon horo. I was wondering… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) lashon hora
29/04/2020
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emailing before Shabbos

Question: May one send an email before Shabbos to a mechallel Shabbos Jew who might check and/or respond to it after Shabbos has begun? If not, what is the latest… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)
18/03/2020
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Dancing at wedding when a man is looking at them

Question: Girls dancing at a kosher wedding do we girls have to stop dancing when men wrongfully come to the side of the michatza my friends tell me we have… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) dancing modesty Wedding
20/02/2020
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Lifnei Iver in assisting abortion

Question: A man has the following question. His wife is a PA in a doctors office. An Jewish girl is pregnant early on and wants an abortion. Doctor tells PA… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) abortion Lifnei Iver
11/02/2020
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Donated KIPPOT

Question: I would like to buy in honor of fATHERS YARZEIT, Z”L kippot for my shul. These kippot are used for men entering the SHUL who might not be religious(SHOMAR… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver
09/12/2019
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

Buying non kosher food

Question: I work in a place where there are non Jews and Jews, I have been asked to do the lunch run which will no doubt involve buying non kosher… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver maris ayin
20/09/2019
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Uber eats

Question: Can you deliver food for Uber eats if it’s treif meat or basar bchalav? Does it matter if it’s to a Jew or not? Answer: Please see the following… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver maris ayin
19/09/2019
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Basar shenisalem/lifnei iver

Question: Likvod Harav Shlita, At a business meeting, my friend was served a kosher turkey sandwich. Another businessman, who is Jewish but not observant, said to him, “I see you… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver
10/09/2019
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

assisting a mechallel shabbos

Question: On Shabbos, in a reshus harabbim, there is a Jew who is standing outside a shul because he does not know the password to open the door. The Jew… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver Shabbos
05/08/2019
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email

Question: To the Rav, Is it permissible to send an email on Friday afternoon (when it is שבת in א”י already) to a not frum person in ארץ ישראל that… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) electricity on shabbos Lifnei Iver
05/08/2019
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Father might not say brachos

Question: My father who lives afar is coming to visit my family for a short time. If I remember correctly, he doesn’t always say brachos, sometimes doesn’t say the correct… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) brachos kibbud av v'em Lifnei Iver
24/06/2019
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Working as a fashion designer, what to consider?

Question: Hi, I studied Fashion Design and became a Ba’al Teshuva at the same time. Now I would like to look for a job (outside of Israel). In terms of… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver
14/10/2018
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Do you confront boss when doing something unethical ?

Question: If a person is in a workplace and his boss is doing something unethical what do you do in a worker position ? Do you keep on working for… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Rebuke Tochacha
17/07/2018
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Women dancing at a wedding behind a mechitza when man is watching

Question: When women are dancing at a wedding on the women’s side, and there is a man at the entrance watching them, is it permitted for them to continue dancing… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver
30/06/2018
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Photography for non tznius fashion blog

Question: Hi Someone in my community asked me to take photos for them for their fashion blog. The clothing they are wearing are not tznius at all. Am I allowed… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) immodesty Lifnei Iver
25/06/2018
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

Working for a company that sells e-cigarettes

Question: Hi, I work for a company in Israel that is owned by Altria, a public traded company that sells cigarettes wine and e-cigarettes. Is their an issur in working… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) e-cigarettes
31/05/2018
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

holding a plate of non-kosher food

Question: When attending a social event at work, a religious Jew with a long beard is approached by a non-religious Jew who says, “Please hold my plate while I quickly… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver maris ayin
26/11/2017
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)
  • Wedding

viewing women dancing at a frum wedding

Question: is there any serious heter to allow a male photographer to take pictures and to fim the women dancing at a wedding or would it be an isour of… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Wedding Lifnei Iver photographer Wedding
27/08/2017
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Buying cigarettes for a minor who already smokes

Question: My brother in law who is 17, asked me to buy him cigarettes in duty free in America. I said no because the damage of cigarettes is well known… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver smoking
20/08/2017
  • Prohibition of seclusion (Yichud)
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

Is it Lifnei Iver to leave someone in a yichud situation?

Question: Two frum men – Reuven & Shimon – are taking a test in a room where there are two females (one of the females is also a test taker,… Read more »

Prohibition of seclusion (Yichud) Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver Yichud
29/10/2016
  • Shabbat
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

Can a travel agent sell airline tickets to a Jew to fly on Shabbos?

Question: This is about a travel agent sells air tickets to anyone, in the United States. 10% to 15% of his clients are Jews, and not always is the travel… Read more »

Shabbat Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)
29/06/2016
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

Working for Illicit Websites

What if you work at a public relations firm and the troubled website, Ashley Madison wants to hire you. (Ashley Madison is a website that matches married people so that… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver non-Jew sin
08/12/2015
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

Lifnei Iver for Smoking

I recently gave a shiur on lifnei evar and i came across a Netziv on Lifnei Evar which explains that there is no problem for a jewish butcher to sell… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)
02/08/2013
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  • Uncategorized

Two Sides of the River

What defines “two sides of a river” nowadays (in regard to lifnei evar) where we could get all over the world within days? Answer: In general, where there is a… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Uncategorized
29/07/2013
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Questions of Lifnei Iver (Giving Food to Guests)

1) Can you give someone food if you’re not sure whether he will say a bracha? 2) If someone asks your advice and you really dont know but you tell… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) brachos Lifnei Iver selling
22/05/2012
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Offering Food to Someone Who Won’t Make a Berachah

May I offer food or a treat to a Jewish soldier of IDF when I know he will not say a b’racha? Answer: It is permitted to offer him food…. Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Lifnei Iver
14/01/2011
  • Shabbat
  • Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)

Inviting Non-religious Guests for Shabbos

Is it permitted to have not-religious guests who come before Shabbos knowing that they will leave on Shabbos via public transportation (despite being offered a place to stay)? Answer: If… Read more »

Shabbat Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)
03/10/2010
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Lashon Horah on frum websites

There are a few frum, Jewish news websites. They publish news from our community, and from the general population. They claim that nothing they publish is lashon hora, but sometimes… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver)
09/05/2010
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ללמד גוי טעמי ז’ מצוות בני נח

בדבר שאלתו, שיש בעירו גוי אחד המקפיד לשמור שבע מצוות בני נח, ומדקדק בהם הרבה, וביקשו עתה שילמדנו את עניני שבע מצוות אלו טעמיהם ודקדוקיהם, האם מותר לעשות כן או… Read more »

Stumbling block (Lifnei iver) Gentile Yoreh Deah
23/12/2009

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