Question: What should a woman do if she is on vacation in a place with no mikvah? Answer: If you don’t have a mikva to go to, then the woman… Read more »
Category: Marital and family laws
Sports and Niddah
Question: I’d like to be active with my wife and play sports such as tennis with her. Is for instance, the hitting of a tennis ball over a net allowed… Read more »
Finding ones soulmate?
Question: Does G-d give people signals, before they find their 2nd half? (a general question) Like for instance, seeing the person or messenger himself beforehand? Or that’s not possible. When… Read more »
Is there any reason to be an Agun?
Question: I am familiar with the difficult problem of being a Aguna of which there is much literature. what is the practical halachic process in a case where it is… Read more »
Length of time for contraceptive pills
Question: If a woman is taking pills for the purpose of (halachically permissible) contraception, is she required halachically (or even if not required is it halachically recommended) to skip the… Read more »
Spaces between words in ketubah
Question: Are substantial spaces between words in a ketubah problematic? If so, how problematic? Thank you Answer: It is not meakev, and the kesubah is still kosher, however if they… Read more »
Visitations without third person?
Question: Hi, I divorced a few months ago and I moved to a different city . Once a month my ex husband comes to visit the kids , and take… Read more »
Yom Havest
Question: What is the halacha lmeisa if a couple is makpid not to do chibuk vnishuk on a yom havest sheino kavua, should they also be makpid not to sleep… Read more »
2 chasanim and sheva brachot
Question: If a chasan and kallah are by a friends wedding, can they make a separate sheva brachos for them? Answer: They can be include in the choson and kallah’s sheva… Read more »
a woman week number 9
Question: a woman week number nine saw blood due to a blood clot and the dr says realations are forbidden what about leil tevilah Answer: If the dr. says it… Read more »
Children born from a non-kosher chuppah
Question: What is the halachic status of children born from a non-kosher chuppah? (ie-non kosher eidim, a non-existing or non-kosher kesuba, etc.) Answer: The mere fact that the chuppah was… Read more »
Yehoreig v’al yaavor
Question: Since bias niddah is a yehoreig v’al yaavor, is bia with a goya (since it is a m’derabonnon) not a yehoreig v’al yaavor? What about the issur of lo… Read more »
IUD Insertion
Question: My wife just had an IUD device inserted. Does this make her niddah? Answer: If she didn’t see any blood, according to many poskim she is not a nida… Read more »
Giluy arayot
Question: Is biah with a Niddah one of the transgressions that one cannot commit even when one’s life is in danger? Answer: Yes, it is forbidden for a man to… Read more »
spots during 7 clean days
Question: Hi, I did a hefsek on Fri. afternoon & don’t know yet if it’s kasher as it hasn’t yet been checked by a Rabbi, however, assuming that it’s ok,… Read more »
Divorced spouse wants to attend re-married wife’s seder with her new husband
Question: Can a divorced spouse attend his re-married wife’s seder with her new husband in their home along with the divorced couple’s daughter, son-in-law and infant? Answer: Please see the… Read more »
Eating a suda together with the kids
Question: My spouse and I have a Get. Can we eat a meal, shabbos or yon tov, together (at her parents house) with the kids. I have been told we… Read more »
May one find out what gender baby they are having?
Question: May one find out what gender baby they are having? Answer: Technically it is permitted to find out the gender of the baby, and we can’t that it is not… Read more »
dating and marriage
Question: I have been dating a boy for over 1 year and a half that i see as marriage material but we have had some problems and some new approaching… Read more »
2 Kesubah Questions
Question: Im sorry for not being more clear in my question: 1) I meant to ask if the chosson misunderstood what it said in the kesubah, does he need to… Read more »
Clarifying my questions
Question: I would like to restate my questions (46068, 46069, 46092) as I feel I wasn’t so clear: 1) I meant to ask if the chosson misunderstood what it said… Read more »
Relations before immersion
Question: What happens if relations were had after period is over but before immersion in mikvah for the man and women, and how to rectify mistake? Answer: The way to… Read more »
Yichud during Rainstorm
Question: Recently I was stuck inside a building which I was attempting to leave -with a female dance teacher during a rainstorm which made it very dangerous to drive home… Read more »
Pap smear for single girl
Question: Is it a problem for a single (never married) woman to get a yearly pap smear test at the gynecologist? Is there a question of tearing the hymen? Would… Read more »
Preparing for Mikvah on Fast day
Question: Hi, I am scheduled to go to the Mikvah, be”H, this coming Wednesday night – right after taanis esther. The way I usually go about preparing is to take… Read more »
Breaking glass during marriage ceremony
Question: Dear Rabbi, Our son is getting married this summer. One of the important details in the planning has to do with the kind of glass that is used when… Read more »
Yichud
Question: With the severe prohibition of Mishkav Zachar, why didn’t Chazal institute a concept of Yichud between men, similar to the prohibition of Yichud between man and a woman? Answer:… Read more »
Kesubah 2 Clairification
Question: Thank you for the response. In the response you wrote “It is preferable that the chosson know what it says in the kesubah, but even if he does know,… Read more »
Kesubah 2
Question: If a chosson did not fully understand all the details of the kesubah (spaced out/misunderstood what it says), but knows that if he would’ve understood what it said in… Read more »
Shomer negiah
Question: If a female falls in front of a male and can get up herself but will be embarrassed that no one helped may the male assist her up. Can… Read more »
Can an intermarried father recite a bracha under the chuppah?
Question: Can an Jewish, intermarried, non-Shabbos observant father of the kallah (or chosson) recite a bracha of the Sheva Brachot under the chuppah? What are the halachic sources for who… Read more »
Veset – Please answer as soon as possible.
Your veset started tonight at shkiya, which in this instance is the thirtieth day, and it happens to also be the yom hachodesh, (since the last month had only 29… Read more »
Veset
Question: Hi, Before I got married, I never had a steady period. 3 months before my wedding, I was on birth control that made me get a period those 3… Read more »
Reason for banot yisrael hechmiru
Question: I was recently told by someone that they’d heard the reason banot yisrael hechmiru to count sheva nekiim was not out of righteousness but because they were treated poorly… Read more »
single girl teaching boys
Question: Is it permitted for a single girl to teach a class of a few boys ages 8 and 9? Answer: Technically it is permitted, but it is better if… Read more »
pregnant at the zoo
Question: is a pregnant woman allowed to attend a zoo, what about a bird house Answer: There certainly is no halachic prohibition, there are however those how say that she… Read more »
Yichud for a girl to babysit 2 nephews over-night
Question: Is it a problem of yichud for a 18 year old girl to babysit over-night for her 2 nephews: the first one is 12 years old, and the second… Read more »
Doing a bedikah after the yom vestos
Question: Are there any opinions that hold that one doesn’t need to do a bedikah on any of the vestos if the woman missed making one during the veses? I… Read more »
Chomer kreyva l’arayos
Question: Is it yaharog ve’al ya’avor to kiss one’s four year old niece because of abizrayhu? Answer: While one should not kiss his four year old niece, it is not… Read more »
Causing a Miscarriage
Question: My wife is pregnant within the first 40 days. I think I had improper thoughts while having relations with her that night (Not sure when she conceived exactly). I… Read more »
Contraception
Question: Is there any way to use condoms if the pill is causing my wife complications? Answer: In general using a condom is very problematic, because it is physically stopping… Read more »
yichud
Question: I’m sitting in my work office, a four story building, we are the only office occupied in the building, and one more man is sitting right behind me. its… Read more »
Covering the knee-Halacha
Question: I was wondering if wearing a skirt 4 inches below the knee is halacha or just a chumra Answer: The idea of wearing the skirt 4 inches below the… Read more »
Birth Control for Male married to Convert
Question: I read that birth control for males is prohibited, and those who have vasectomies are not allowed to marry a Jewish woman who was Jewish from birth. However, if… Read more »
Is a mixed gym allowed?
Question: I am interested in exercise (for health reasons), but the Jewish gyms are too expensive. Does Halacha allow exercise in the same room as non-Jewish males? I will obviously… Read more »
Man or woman photographer
Question: We are iyH making a vort, and are looking to hire a photographer; is there a difference if we take a man or woman considering that there will be… Read more »
Im single and would like to use a tampon
Question: Im single and would like to use a tampon would it brake my bsulim Answer: It is not a advisable for a single girls to use a tampon for… Read more »
Niddah
Question: But if we know that a woman does not actually have her period while pregnant shouldn’t she only be a nidah mdrabbonon if she sees dam? Answer: A woman… Read more »
animals mating and birthing
Question: is it muttar to watch videos of animals giving birth, or of animals mating? Answer: We may not watch movies that bring us to have immoral thoughts. One of… Read more »
Niddah
Question: Is it possible for a pregnant woman to become a niddah m’doraisuh? Answer: Yes. A pregnant woman may be a misulekes damim, and have certain differences regarding anticipating the… Read more »