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 »
Category: Wanton destruction
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
