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Crumbs from Cookies

Question: Do crumbs from cookies, crackers, cake or oatmeal have the same status as crumbs from bread and need to be treated respectfully? Answer: Crumbs of cookies etc., should be… Read more »

Wanton destruction respect for food
15/02/2021
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Throwing out old bread

Question: Is it better the throw away old bread wrapped in a bag, or to give the old bread to the birds? If its better for the birds, then should… Read more »

Wanton destruction baal tashchis
20/01/2021
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Thinning Seedlings that Will Likely Never Bear Fruit

Question: Trees & other types of plants are called seedlings while they are still relatively small (usually not more than a few inches tall). Thinning seedlings is a common procedure… Read more »

Wanton destruction
07/01/2021
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Bal Tashchis questions

Question: Is it assur to 1) Use a lemon as a skin treatment? 2) Allow children to make “dough” with baking ingredients (for the entertainment value) if it will not… Read more »

Wanton destruction bal tashchis
01/12/2020
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Baal taschit as a game

Question: Are you allowed to play Apple Blasters at a theme park. Basically, you buy a bucket of apples and shoot them through cannons at targets! Can you hit the… Read more »

Wanton destruction baal tashchis
11/08/2020
  • Wanton destruction

Throwing out bread

Question: In regards to the halacha that a piece of bread that is at least the size of a kezayis must be covered and thrown out, is it sufficient to… Read more »

Wanton destruction bal tashchis bread
03/06/2020
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Cutting down a vine

Question: My backyard is overgrown with weeds & vines. Some of them grow inedible (for humans) berries (seeds?). Seems to me (not 100% sure) that the birds like to eat… Read more »

Wanton destruction cutting fruit trees
06/05/2020
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Moldy bread

Question: CAN MOLDY BREAD BE THROWN AWAY without worry? Can a person cause old bread to become moldy so that it can be thrown away? Answer: Bread that is not… Read more »

Wanton destruction baal tashchis bread
30/12/2018
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Throwing out bread

Question: After Shabbos or on a weekday bread is left over from the meal. I like to eat and buy fresh bread. I’m afraid to throw bread out because of… Read more »

Wanton destruction baal tashchis
23/10/2018
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Kids not eating Crust

Question: Is it wrong for kids not to eat crust of bread if they only like the inside? Answer: Not eating the crust, which would cause it to be thrown… Read more »

Wanton destruction bal tashchis Chinuch
09/08/2018
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Cut down a crabapple tree?

Question: Since crabapples are not usually eaten. And you also said, one cannot make a Birkas Ha’ilanos on it, since you considered it an Ilan Srak. Can one cut down… Read more »

Wanton destruction baal tashchis
30/07/2018
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fruit tree

Question: A tree that grows on it blackberries is it considered a fruit tree and is not permitted to be cut how about trimming the tree Answer: A tree that… Read more »

Wanton destruction baal tashchis
19/07/2018
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Cutting down a fruit tree that doesn’t produce fruit anymore

Question: Can one cut down a fruit tree that doesn’t produce fruit anymore? Thank you very much! Answer: If it is clear that the tree does not produce fruits anymore… Read more »

Wanton destruction baal tashchis cutting fruit trees
03/06/2018
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Combs

Question: Dear Rabbi, I had just bought a wooden comb online for my beard. It was noted to be a peach tree comb which I selectively now wonder the halacha…. Read more »

Wanton destruction bal tashchis
02/03/2018
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  • Wanton destruction

Stealing for non-kosher

Question: Is it permissible to throw out or get rid of anyway a food that is not kosher that you are afraid someone is going to eat if not thrown… Read more »

Theft and robbery Wanton destruction non-kosher stealing throwing away
25/12/2016
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Is it Bal Tashchis to destroy a crab apple tree?

Question: Does the Torah prohibition of cutting down fruit trees apply to crab apple trees? One is curious as one might not likely ever eat a crab apple but they… Read more »

Wanton destruction crab apples destroying
23/11/2016
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Trees and Orlah – In Israel

Question: Dear Rabbonim, First question: Our garden contains two fruit producing trees which have been planted too close together (Less than a foot). One Large old one and another around… Read more »

Trumot, maasrot, orlah and hybrids Wanton destruction
28/09/2016
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Pomegranites

Question: I was at a someones home that has many pomegranate trees. They gave me permission to take what I wanted . Is there a halacha against picking them and… Read more »

Wanton destruction
27/09/2016
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Questions of Bal Tashchis

Regarding the issur of bal tashchis: 1)Is there anything wrong with using a potato in a game where the potato is thrown back and forth and made unedible by the… Read more »

Wanton destruction
17/08/2010

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