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 »
Category: Marital and family laws
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 »
yichud with husband at night with door open
Question: I’m staying by a friend in a differant town. she wont be home before 11 pm. I’m exhausted. if her husband is the only one home can i stay… Read more »
Fantasy writing
Question: I have always loved writing fiction and fantasy. Recently I’m becoming more religious and wanted to know if it’s a problem if I write about goy characters that date…. Read more »
gender
Question: What is the orthodox understanding/explanation of someone who is born one gender and years later feels they are the opposite? Is there remedy? Answer: Before getting into the Orthodox… Read more »
Nursing after relations
Question: Is there a halachic or other problem with nursing a crying baby right after relations? Thank you, yashar kochachem and tizku lmitzvos Answer: The poskim say that for kabala… Read more »
Checklist into mikva prep room
Question: Is it a problem to bring a paper which has halahos (a chafifa checklist and reminders about how to be tovel) into the mikva prep room which has a… Read more »
“Today is day nothing” (Nidah Question)
Question: I’m having a hard time emotionally/hormonally and I’m in the middle of shiva nekiiym. In an angry fit to myself, I thought to myself: “today is day nothing”. (BH… Read more »
Yichud and Uber ride at night
Question: Is it permitted for 1 female passenger to ride with 1 male Uber driver after dark? The ride would be from the airport to hotel and only 10 minutes… Read more »
Relationship with a minor
Question: It is said that Talmud passages declare a man’s right of seducing and marrying 3-yr old baby girls. Simeon ben Yohai upheld the privilege. Kethuboth 11b When a grown… Read more »
Sharing notes during nidah
Question: I am currently of nidah status. I am in the midst transcribing a shalom bayis shiur that I have recorded (it includes topics of hashkafah on intimacy and other… Read more »
Chumra of Beis Meir (Nidah)
Question: What is Chumra of Beis Meir in regards to hilchos onos? Thank you. Answer: You are terming it as if it is merely a chumra, however there are many… Read more »
Inappropriate dreams
Question: What do we do when we have inappropriate dreams? Not necessarily bad or unenjoyable just totally inappropriate. Shalom. Answer: Most of the time, the dreams we have, come as… Read more »
Scented Handcream while Nidah
Question: Question: I have dry hands and started wearing handcream (which happens to be scented) with gloves at night. Now that I’m nidah, do I have to stop this? (What… Read more »
Kol Isha with background music
Question: If there is music playing in the background can a woman sing along if men are around (because technically she’s singing in a group). For example in the car… Read more »
late hefsek taharah
Question: shkiah today in my region was 7:56 and 31 seconds (according to myzmanim) . i ran home , grabbed the cloths, and completed the bedikah, went to check my… Read more »
Is it within tznius guidelines for a woman to post videos of herself on the internet ?
Question: Is it within tznius guidelines for a woman to post videos of herself on the internet ? Answer: In general a woman’s role is to stay out of the… Read more »
Red in women’s clothing
Question: What is the inyan of not wearing red clothing? Does it matter how much of the clothing has red? (a small accent or a larger part?) Thank you Answer:… Read more »
Cleavage in Halacha
Question: In his sefer on laws of Nidda, Darchei Taharah, Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Mordechai Eliyahu zt’l addresses the question of Erva. He writes (see attachment for original)… Read more »
denier for womens tights
Question: Lichvod harav I try to uphold high standards of tznius in halavha and sensitivity. I come from litvishe circles in eretz yisroel. is there any guidline in halacha for… Read more »
Yichud
Question: Sleeping in the same room as a woman with the door unlocked and open plus other ppl staying in the house? Answer: Before getting into the technicalities if it… Read more »
Married couple sleeping separate
Question: If there are no longer children at home, is it wrong if I sleep in a different room than my husband? He snores so loud it disturbs my sleep… Read more »
False eyelashes for mikva
Question: Is false eyelashes a chatziza for a lady for the mikva? Answer: L’chatchila they should be removed before she goes to the mikva, but b’dieved they aren’t a chatzitza…. Read more »
Is there an issue of yichud to visit a state park on a date?
Question: I would like to visit a state park with my kallah for walking/hiking light trails. The trails often have foot traffic, but it is likely that we would be… Read more »
Giving up a house during a divorce
Question: Does a man in any situation have to give up his house in a case of divorce if he never stated that he would give it in the ketuba?… Read more »
Going to the mikvah earlier then expected
Question: A woman told her husband that she was scheduled to go to the mikvah on Thursday night. However she would like to surprise her husband and go a night… Read more »
Concentration in time of kidishin
Question: By my chipa when I drank the wine i got a little choked up and start coughing and I don’t remember if i had concentration when saying harai at…… Read more »
Applying mascara
Question: How much mascara is halachadig allowed? Answer: It is hard to give an exact measurement, however I once heard from guideline from a very famous chosson teacher, that “she… Read more »
makeup
Question: Is one self required to apply more mascara in the public due to the husband wanting? Answer: The technical answer to your question is that it would depend if… Read more »
Chatziza
Question: What do I do if I was not able to remove the hair on my legs in time for the mikvah (which I usually do before the mikvah)? Is… Read more »
Chashivus of having boy over girl
Question: Chazal discuss the chashivus of having a son versus a daughter. How are we to approach this in 5779? I wonder if our view may have a changed over… Read more »