Question: What is the halacha for a obese women to have a non Jewish male personal trainor/physical trainor for weight loss in a gym? Is that ok? Answer: It is… Read more »
Category: Marital and family laws
Building mikvehs for men
Question: Dear Rabbi, Why does the jewish community have a selective yet natural health to welcome of course a mikveh but yet not often in smaller cities. I had read… Read more »
leaving someone in yichud
Question: I work in an office where the boss is a frei man (a psychologist). There was a lady that came to see him. I don’t know if she is… Read more »
Extramarital relations
Question: If a Jewish woman, married to a Jewish man, has an affair with a gentle, is she permitted to her husband? Answer: Without knowing any specifics, on a theoretical… Read more »
Shul attendance in nidda
Question: Is a woman permitted to attend shul while on her cycle? Answer: The custom is that she may go to shul while she is having her period with the… Read more »
Kiddushin with a shtar or cash
Question: Hello, Two questions: 1) Why do we no longer use kiddushei shtar? 2) Can kiddushin be done with dollar bills (if a ring is not available), or must it… Read more »
wedding
Question: From when do the Chosson and Kallah have to stop seeing each other before the wedding (if it is a week is it including the day of the wedding)…. Read more »
Kiddushin and getting a present from a date
Question: Hello, Thank you for your help. My question deals with accepting gifts during the dating process and if this could potentially impact kiddushin. For example, if a man buys… Read more »
Yichud during an x-ray or MRI
Question: When undergoing an X-ray or cat-scan which requires being alone in a room with the female technician, what should one do to avoid transgressing the prohibition of yichud? Even… Read more »
Mikva night
Question: Hi, My wife’s mikva night is coming up, but I have jock itch, which I’m currently treating. She’s concerned about catching it from me, as she’s gotten yeast infections… Read more »
Touching a woman
Question: What is the problem for an engaged couple to touch each other if the woman has been to the מקוה and is therefore pure? Answer: Mazal Tov on your… Read more »
Ladies mikvah
Question: I am away on vacation with my husband and im supposed to go to a mikva tonight. There is a mikva in the city that a goy can open… Read more »
Jew only by Jewish mother
Question: BS”D Shalom dear Rabbi, Question: Why is only Jewish who is born of a Jewish mother is Jew, have a specific halakha, in the Torah explains both oral and… Read more »
yichud
Question: May one seclude himself with a lady if the door is unlocked/ open but there is a 0% chance that someone will barge in (such as one who is… Read more »
Rather be killed than transgress
Question: Is this rule of יהרג ואל יעבר applicable today, and does it apply if you are being forced to have relations of an sort with a non-Jewish woman? Answer:… Read more »
Mikvah on Ohr Zarua night
Question: If my wife’s mikvah night is on the night of Ohr Zarua for Ona Beinonis, does she go to the mikvah? Answer: She should go to the mikva and… Read more »
hair covering and blessings
Question: Is one allowed to say brachos in the presence of his wife if her hair is uncovered and they are at home and the woman does not cover her… Read more »
Marraige to a kohen
Question: If a woman had relations with a Jew when she was a niddah, can she marry a kohen? Answer: Yes she may. Although what was done was forbidden, in this… Read more »
birth control
Question: Hi I am wondering what the problems would be for a newly married couple that do not have any children to use birth control and what are the sources… Read more »
BOY 15 YEARS OLD ALLOW TO KISS AND HUG GRANDMOTHER
Question: Is a boy of 15 years old allowed to kiss and hug his grandmother Is there a source to be machmir stringent. Answer: Yes he is allowed, the same… Read more »
Veset?
Question: Hi, I am on strong birth control pills for about 4 months on which I encountered no apparent spotting or bleeding. A few weeks ago, I had what I… Read more »
Girl workout in public gym
Question: Hello. I was wondering what Halacha has got to say about a girl/woman working out in a public gym (no separate hours for men and women). I’ve heard from… Read more »
Skirt with leggings under it
Question: I’m noticing a lot of women started wearing a skirt with leggings underneath. Sometimes ankles are exposed and sometimes not. Is there an issue with this practice? Answer: Wearing… Read more »
Harchokos during vestos
Question: Just wondering, if we are machmir on the onah benonis for the kreisi upleisi, and are also machmir like the shach not to do chibuk venishuk during the onot… Read more »
people seeking love before marriage
Question: dear rabbi, the hohen feiertage are nearing and maybe an opportunity for meeting the bashert – אויב דער אויבערשטער וויל. in any case shammai was straight. women nowadays seem… Read more »
Follow on question – Two Brothers marrying two sisters
Question: Just following on the question that I found the site http://dinonline.org/2016/01/18/2-sisters-marrying-2-brothers/ I once heard, that if they do, the brothers cannot live in the same city, is this true?… Read more »
mikva while under the weather
Question: Is it better to push off going to the mikva or go and not be together? Answer: It is better to go, regarding being together, that will depends on… Read more »
Relations with Bnai Noach
Question: Is a Jew allowed to have a non-Jewish wife who is not a shifcha knaanis but is a BAS NOACH. In other words, even according to the elusive gemara… Read more »
shaking hands
Question: I am working in a lawyer’s office. The lawyer is frum, but on the modern side. There is a client that came in and the lawyer shook hands with… Read more »
Physiotherapy
Question: Hi – is it permissible for a male to study physiotherapy and attend to female patients? Answer: It is permitted to study physiotherapy, and if the patient has a… Read more »
Yichud – Assuming the husband is in the city
Question: In a city where most of the inhabitants work locally, is a repairman/specialist allowed to assume that a husband is located in the city and therefore work in a… Read more »
Vestos after aygestin
Question: I took aygestin to delay my period (with Halachic guidance) because of which my periods (2x) were spaced very far apart/ What do I do regarding old vestos and… Read more »
Touching 9 year old
Question: Me and wife are taking care of our nine year old nephew. Could my wife give him a hug? Could she touch him (I.e. to cut his nails)? Answer:… Read more »
Modesty
Question: Is one permitted to swim together with his wife when she is tahor? Until what age can parents swim with their children of the opposite gender (in a private… Read more »
Looking at one’s wife when she is a niddah
Question: If a women normally sleeps at night in shorts and a tshirt when she is tahor, may she do so when she is a niddah, since her husband is… Read more »
Shomer negia while swimming
Question: If there are boys and girls swimming in the same public pool, is it considered a problem of Shomer negia? To clarify, they are not touching each other. The… Read more »
Haflaga of Orh Zarua
Question: Can you have relations the night before haflaga? Answer: There is an opinion of one of the Rishonim, called the Ohr Zarua, that says that a couple should abstain… Read more »
7 clean days
Question: Is my wife obligated to wear underwear during the 7 clean days? If she does, it must be white, but is it considered cheating if she doesn’t wear at… Read more »
Freezing ova
Question: Dear Rabbi, Is there consequence to halacha if a woman freezes her ova for a wait on marriage or subsequent a hoped future pregnancy? If she is not jewish… Read more »
Segulos
Question: ,לכבודו Are there any ראשונים or אחרונים (or earlier גדולים) that bring down סגולות regarding: 1. finding a שידוך 2. and bringing משיח closer? Thank you, Answer: There… Read more »
Kohen marrying a convert’s daughter
Question: Are there restrictions on a Kohen marrying a converts daughter Answer: Assuming that she was conceived after her father became a convert, (meaning that she herself is definitely not… Read more »
Teshuva for Kaas and Prohibited Negiah
Question: If a husband struck his wife with something while she was a niddah because he got angry, what should the wife tell him if he asks for forgiveness? The… Read more »
Wedding Seudah With No Wine
Question: Shalom, I recently was a guest at a chatunah where absolutely no alcohol or wine was served to any of the guests, including at the chosson’s tisch. 1. Is… Read more »
Erva in front of Goy
Question: Hi, I am unclear as to Halacha of showing skin on beaches ( not wearing stockings or socks but wearing skirt) low neckline, show hair…when I am certain only… Read more »
Flicked off lint (I think) from bedika
Question: I learned that if something can be flicked off of a bedika cloth, its not a problem. Im in 7 nekiyum. A few days ago, I did a bedika… Read more »
Aishes ish
Question: Is one transgressing the issur Aishes ish if the has relations derech eivorim? I understand its frowned upon, im only asking if has status of being boiyel Aishes ish?… Read more »
Covering the Knee
Question: 1. What is the source for covering the knee. In Halacha the most it says is “עד”. 2. According to opinions that tefach beishsha applies to all body parts… Read more »
Hugging and kol Isha with father
Question: I am a married woman and my father who lives afar is coming to visit my family for a short time. I understood that to give a full hug… Read more »
Tznius with father
Question: I am a married woman and my father who lives afar is coming to visit my family for a short time. Do the same sensitivities in tznius apply? For… Read more »
Taking my boys swimming with female help
Question: Hi, I know in general, mixed swimming is not allowed. But I’d like the take my twin boys (age 6) swimming, and can’t do so by myself. I’d need… Read more »