Question: I have one onos halflaga which is 45 days. It always comes out that I already get my next veset when this onos haflaga comes out carrying over from… Read more »
Category: Marital and family laws
Divorced sister walking brother down the wedding aisle
Question: Is it problematic if a divorced sister walks her brother down the wedding aisle since their mother cannot attend? Answer: The custom is that a married couple walk the… Read more »
Man pouring wine for women
Question: Is there a specific issur for a man to pour wine for a woman, (unrelated to hilchos nidda) e.g. as a host is it permitted to pour alcoholic drinks for… Read more »
Teenage babysitter watching children at night including an 11 year old boy when we are in the city
Question: Could I have a teenage babysitter watch my children at night including an 11 year old boy if we are in the city Answer: Than you for your question…. Read more »
Yom ha-vest, what bedikas necessary when on birth control
Question: On the yomei havest, what bedikas do you need to do? Is it just one bedika after the time period finishes? Do the restrictions of the yomei havest apply… Read more »
Swimming pool for chafifa
Question: Can I use a swimming pool instead of a bath in preparation for the mikvah? I’m on vacation with my family and my room does not have a tub,… Read more »
mikvah
Question: B”H Thank you for your help. Regarding when a husband and wife are intimate, and then after the act is completed, and they separate, does the wife go back… Read more »
Mixed Swimming
Question: May a women and 10 year old girl go to a large mixed water park of wearing tzniut swimwear? Answer: Please see the follwing post where a similar question… Read more »
Yichud when telling neighbor to come over
Question: One advice generally given to prevent yichud is to give a key to a neighbor to make a pesach pasuach. Does it work if you just tell the neighbor,… Read more »
Onat Haflagah
Question: 1) After having how many days between 2 periods would the haflaga counting be nullified for the next cycle? 2) Also, when do you keep the haflaga? by night… Read more »
Amount of Sheva Brachos for divorcee with single girl
Question: how many sheva brachos seudos does a divorced man & single never married girl have? Is it mandatory for family to arrange all these seudos sheva brachos for all… Read more »
IUD REMOVAL
Question: Does the removal of a MIRENA IUD create a nidah problem where one is an automatic nidah even if no blood is seen? If blood is seen, can it… Read more »
Nida Status First Night
Question: If an older woman who was never married before, gets married, does she need to separate after the first night if no blood was visible? Answer: She does have… Read more »
Nidda Question
Question: Hello, My wife is on a birth control pill that, when taken regularly, would result in a period every month when taking the brown iron pills. My wife happens… Read more »
Tevilla for a kallah
Question: Can a Kallah before her wedding be tovel during the day of the seventh day of shiva nekiyim? Thanks so much! Answer: There is controversy about it, and the… Read more »
Nidda forgoing harchakos
Question: My wife and I were traveling and due to car trouble, we had to cram into someone else’s car. There was very little space and we were forced to… Read more »
Wasting seed
Question: Hi Rabbi, Is the sin of wasting seed as severe during the night when you are not in control of yourself as severe as when you do it intentionally?… Read more »
Shemiras Habrit
Question: Hi Rabbi, thank you for your great site and all you do for everyone. As I pursue my learning of Torah I have repeatedly come across this topic called… Read more »
Nida-Kesamim garment made of different types of materials
Question: Hi what is the דין if a כתם is found on a garment or the like that is made of fabrics that are both מקבל טמאה and not (they… Read more »
Conflict in opinions with chinuch
Question: I have found this a very disturbing thing, when I see a couple who go through this very common problem. The wife is usually the one to say no… Read more »
A woman singing a song for a professional singer
Question: Hi Rabbi I hope you and your family are healthy well. My shailah is: if I want to sell one of my original songs that I composed to a… Read more »
Am I allowed to tell my husband off?
Question: What is the purpose of being an eizer kenegdo? Are you never allowed to tell off your husband, but rather you should always try to work on yourself and… Read more »
How to get a person to do something
Question: I really don’t know what to do, but when I see someone doing something he shouldn’t, it really upsets me. I really want him to just do it, for… Read more »
Should couples have multiple ketubot?
Question: Nowadays, it is very common for Jewish couples to get artistic and decorative ketubot for their wedding. I understand that the ketubah does not need to be artistic, and… Read more »
Yichud with mother and ex-spouse
Question: Is it okay if while my mother is here, my ex-spouse comes in a bit while the door and window are open? If he does this while my mother… Read more »
Yichud with ex-spouse
Question: About 2 months ago, I got a get in Israel. The rabbi told us at the end we are not permitted to be in seclusion together or else we’d… Read more »
Calculating Onah Days
Question: Hi, I need some help calculating my onah days please. Firstly, do you count from the day you saw blood (spotting,) or from the day you felt a flow?… Read more »
Skipped period and onos perishas
Question: If a woman skipped a period one month (not due to pregnancy) does she keep the onos perishas of the previous month or does she not have to keep… Read more »
chalitza
Question: Does a ninety year old widow , not intending to remarry and husband was childless, need chalitza? Answer: Yes, the mitzva of chalitza is not just in order for… Read more »
Splinter under the skin a chatzitza?
Question: Hi, Is a splinter that is closed in under the skin (fully covered by skin under the top of the foot sole,) a chatzitza for the mikvah (woman) Thank… Read more »
When does Onos Perisha start?
Question: Regarding keeping the onas perisha, when does the separation begin for the daytime perisha, at the alos or at netz? Answer: The day onos start at sunrise,- netz. See… Read more »
Boat ride while being Niddah
Question: Are me and my wife (niddah) allowed to ride a boat together? Does the boat size make a difference? If there’s someone else on the boat? (ex. Gondola ride… Read more »
Is a husband allowed to leave his wife in his first year of marriage?
Question: Is there a halacha about the husband not being able to stay away from his wife in his first year of marriage? Answer: Yes there is such an idea,… Read more »
Pregnant halachas
Question: Why can’t a pregnant woman sit on stone’ Answer: My apologies but I have never heard of such a thing.
Using a swimming pool as a mikveh during quarantine
Question: Can I use our private swimming pool as a mikveh during quarantine? My husband was in the same location as a corona case at work and we are all… Read more »
My husband is Vaping
Question: Forgive me if this is the wrong forum to ask this question on but I don’t know who or where else to ask! My husband starting vaping (electronic smoking… Read more »
May a man go swimming with his 8-year old niece
Question: 1. (the man is wearing an undershirt)? 2. If not, what about if she is wearing a tznius bathing suit? Answer: In general there is controversy among the poskim… Read more »
Requirements to be a witness at a wedding
Question: I had the zechut of setting up two of my friends and they will be getting married in two weeks As a token of their gratitude they have asked… Read more »
A kohen remarrying
Question: Thank you very much for your thorough answer to question 57647 and for not complicating it with extraneous issues such as “is he really a Kohen.” If you are… Read more »
When to keep vest Ohr Zarua
Question: If my wife and I keep the Ohr Zerua before the vest btoras chumra, in what circumstances can we be lenient? Sometimes it can fall out in such a… Read more »
Marriage advice
Question: Dear Rabbi, Bh my wife and I have been married for two and a half years now and we get on very well. There is, however, something bothering me… Read more »
Destined soulmate for secular switch to observant Jews
Question: I’ve a deep thought question. 40 days before a person is born into the world the heaven decides who will be the partner of whom. In addition, it also… Read more »
Clarification on possible chatzitza
Question: Some background information, Initially I went to the mikvah motzai shabbos. I came home and noticed what might have been an issue and did not want to call our… Read more »
Teshuva for breach in tznius
Question: Kvod haRav, I recently had a baby B”H. I am usually very careful in matters of tznius. At one of my baby’s early visits to the pediatrician I started… Read more »
Yichud aunt/NEPHEW
Question: If my 12 year old nephew sleeps in my bungalow together with me and my 13 year old son is it Yichud? Answer: The basic halacha is that a… Read more »
Woman in nidah lighting Shabbos candles
Question: BS”D Can a woman light the Shabbath candles while she is in nidah? Answer: Definitely. This is one of her mitzvos, and being a nidda does not change it… Read more »
Separate Seating at Chuppah
Question: I understand why there is a partition during the dancing of a wedding. But why do I often see separate seating during the ceremony of a wedding? Is there… Read more »
Tznius regarding undergarments
Question: Hi would like to ask the rabbi is there any concern to go with briefs underwear. If yes which one is recommended. Answer: Please see the following posts https://dinonline.org/2020/06/23/mens-undergarments-2/ and https://dinonline.org/2017/06/27/mens-undergarments/ Best… Read more »
Men’s undergarments
Question: HI Im used to wear boxer shorts for my undergarment and i wanna change for briefs is there any halachic problem with it? Thanks Answer: I can’t say that… Read more »
Pants not modest for men
Question: I read your response https://dinonline.org/2016/09/19/immodest-pants/ to the issue of pants not being modest for men. But the correspondent who submitted this question complained that other rabbanim gave him beat around… Read more »