Question: Hi, I know someone who may have the father’s name wrong on the Get. Does that void the Get? Thank you ! Answer: It is very possible, depending on… Read more »
Category: Marital and family laws
Vest Night or Day?
Question: If a women did a bedika on the night of her vest and saw some blood on the bedika cloth but her real flow didn’t start until the day-… Read more »
Mesader Kiddushin
Question: Is there any reason to feel guilty if a chosson wants his Rosh Yesiva/Rav/Rebbe to be Mesader Kiddushin vs. his parents who want a relative who has semicha to… Read more »
Is one allowed to continue nursing while expecting a baby?
Question: According to halacha, Is one allowed to continue nursing while expecting a baby or is this considered putting the unborn child at risk Answer: You should ask your doctor,… Read more »
Are the pieces from a Tenaim plate considered a segulah?
Question: Are you aware of any minhagim regarding collecting pieces from broken Tenaim plates to bring about other shidduchim or other good things? Thank you. Answer: As far… Read more »
Talking to married men
Question: Is a single girl allowed to talk by texting to a married man whom she works with after work hours? Texting about day to day subjects, asking opinions….there’s no… Read more »
For a girl riding a horse is it a problem that she might rip the Besulim?
Question: For a girl riding a horse is it a problem that she might rip the Besulim? Thank you very much! Answer: I heard of such an idea, however I… Read more »
Who can be escorts at chuppah
Question: My brother and his wife decided to have a Chuppah on their 50th anniversary (they never had a Jewish wedding). Can a sister-in-law walk the bride to Chuppah? Answer:… Read more »
Tznius for women: neck/ body
Question: Tznius for women: Where does the neck end? Answer: The poskim say that the neck ends where the person’s body (torso) starts. In the front it is at the… Read more »
Shalom bayis
Question: I got married 4 years ago and things have been rocky very often. we’ve had good times buts its been a roller coaster alot. Here is my question. On… Read more »
Yichud when husband goes to the mikvah in the morning
Question: i am having a handicapped bochur for Shabbos and I need to go out to the mikvah shabbos morning for about 20 minutes and I will have to leave… Read more »
Took contraceptive late
Question: I took my pill at night instead of taking in the morning, about nine hours after I usually take it ,am I required to do a bedikah? I am… Read more »
Stadium or Movie Theater
Question: Is one allowed to go to a sports stadium or movie theater? Answer: R’ Moshe Feinstein zt”l wrote that both of them are not permitted. His reason regarding stadiums… Read more »
music in talpiot wedding
Question: Hi We live in Israel and will B”H be making a wedding soon. We want live music and therefore want to know if talpiot is considered to be part… Read more »
Staining brown after iud
Question: Started counting 7 clean days and sporting brown after IUD removal. Is that ok. Or not Answer: In such a forum I can’t take responsibility for the color,… Read more »
I would like to know if there is someone in your organization that can write a GET for me as I don’t wish to deal with the Rabanut.
Question: I would like to know if there is someone in your organization that can write a GET for me as I don’t wish to deal with the Rabanut. Answer:… Read more »
Jewish stepfather of a convert escorts chosson at chasene
Question: Can the Jewish stepfather of a convert (who has raised the convert as his son) escort him to the chuppah? Answer: Regarding your question, please see the following post,… Read more »
If the farther of the bride is not Jewish, can he walk her down the aisle?
Question: Hi if the farther of the bride is not Jewish. Does he walk her down the aisle and be part of the wedding? Answer: Mazal Tov! May the couple… Read more »
Time for mikva
Question: When’s the earliest time one may go to the mikva? Answer: In general one should wait until it is dark outside, the stars come out and it is night…. Read more »
Missed shkiah for bedikah
Question: My wife missed shekiah the first night by 15 minutes but she did the full bedikah. Is it counted or she needs go do it again? Answer: It is… Read more »
Should a kallah put her last periods into her calendar?
Question: Hi, do you know if a kallah needs to put her last three periods into her calendar for her vestos? Answer: If she knows them she definitely should. This… Read more »
Discussing marital noted fog
Question: Dear Rabbi, If a Jew is aware a non orthodox Jew did not marry a Jewish spouse but thinks she is Jewish by a reform conversion, can the Jew… Read more »
Define a mamzer
Question: Is the offspring of a single Jewish woman and a single Jewish man, who do not get married, a mamzer? Is the offspring of a single Jewish woman and… Read more »
How to repair an Avera of a Ben Nida?
Question: Shalom, Baruch Hashem, I’m very soon approaching the 9th month of pregnancy. However, it should be noted that by the time we conceived, we weren’t keeping the laws of… Read more »
Pregnancy and Onahs
Question: If I found out that my wife was pregnant very early on, before any of the onahs, does she still have to keep the vestos? Answer: Please see the… Read more »
wife singing when niddah
Question: I always knew that a wife shouldn’t sing in front of her husband when she is a niddah, but somebody had told me recently that if the husband is… Read more »
Couple holding child’s hand while niddah
Question: If a couple is taking a walk with their child while she is a niddah, can the child hold on to both of their hands? Answer: If the child… Read more »
Awkward situation at work
Question: A Jewish man is sitting at his desk at work. He just said “Baruch ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech” of Birkas Hamazon when his gentile boss walks in, accompanied by… Read more »
Calculating vestos
Question: Why is it that we don’t start the calculation of vestos while a girl is single, why do we start once she’s married? Answer: You are very right. We… Read more »
Is a women allowed to wear pants (not tight)
Question: is a women allowed to wear pants (not tight) Answer: There are two potential issues with women wearing pants. The first one is “Lo Tilbash” that a man… Read more »
Blood after menopause
Question: Hello, I’ve seen blood in one intercourse after 10 months of menopause. Must I go to the mikve? Regards Answer: In general any woman that sees blood has to… Read more »
Bracha at Bedekin
Question: Is there a specific bracha for the Kallah that the father and father-in-law give at the Bedecken before the Chupah? Some seem to only say a few words and… Read more »
Little girls and socks/tights
Question: Is there any halachic ruling as to what age a girl must cover her legs with knee socks or tights? I’m not referring to tznius. My concern is till… Read more »
My wife can’t get pregnant
Question: My wife has a issue going in that she requires surgery for. If she were to get pregnant it could potentially kill her and the baby. Am I allowed… Read more »
Sitting on couch while niddah
Question: Is a couple allowed to sit on the same couch while she is a niddah. The couch has separate sitting and leaning cushions Answer: If the couch has separate… Read more »
Can I make my sons Afruf earlier than the Shabbos before his chasuna?
Question: We live in Maryland, the chassuna will be in Lakewood NJ. on Sunday. To make things easier and allow guests from out of town to come, we are thinking… Read more »
The vest passed
Question: What’s the halacha regarding doing bedikos after the Yom hachodesh and ona beinonis pass and there is no blood Answer: PLease see the following link. http://dinonline.org/2017/04/28/doing-bedikos-after-the-vestos-pass/
Doing bedikos after the vestos pass
Question: Must a woman still continue to do bedikos after her Yom hachodesh and Haflaga etc passed and there was no blood. Do we say that since her period is… Read more »
Men and mixed gyms
Question: What are the halachic issues with men and mixed gyms? Answer: There are two issues with a man going to a mixed gym. The first one is the same… Read more »
Problem with director of beis din
Question: My wife went to beis din for a get. I was communicating with the director by email. He falsely wrote, with a copy to her, that I was not… Read more »
Assur li’baal
Question: Hi. If a married woman sleeps with another man, but they have protected sex (ie: with a condom) is she then forbidden to her husband? Answer: Yes she is… Read more »
How much is a ketuva worth nowadays?
Question: How much is a ketuva worth nowadays? Answer: It is a complicated question and practically speaking it isn’t really applicable, as a big contemporary posek once said “when it… Read more »
How do we calculate onot for a pregnant woman?
Question: Hello, BH my wife is pregnant. How do we calculate Onot? Answer: You should calculate the onot regularly until she passes them for the first time. Meaning that she… Read more »
Aishes ish
Question: Hi I am wondering I know it is forbidden for a married woman to sleep with another man, and if she does she is forbidden to her husband. I’m… Read more »
mikva tahara
Question: So I was once reading online about men using a women’s mikva and somewhere it said that they can’t because they might get zera in the water and it… Read more »
What to do that I fall?
Question: I can’t keep falling to pgam enayim and pgam habrit anymore, I just can’t take this constant battle of up and downs, of falling, going to the mikveh and… Read more »
What do I do if my uncle wants to hug me?
Question: I’m asking this question for something that will happen in the upcoming week and I just want tto be sure. Let’s say ones great aunt died and her husband… Read more »
Maka
Question: Last time on day 7 of shiva nekiim my wife had a maka and it complicated things She’s up to the 7 nekiim again. How many bedikos should she… Read more »
Ger marrying a bas kohen
Question: Can a ger marry a bas kohen according to halacha? Answer: Yes he can. The problem is only the other way around; a cohen may not marry a giores,… Read more »
Mesulekes damim
Question: My wife had an iud inserted and she was Spotting after that. Then she had 7 clean days and went to the mikva. Two days later she got a… Read more »