Question: Milk spilled on a pareve cutting board. Is it sufficient to wash off the cutting board, or do I have to be concerned that, because of the bumpy surface… Read more »
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Bracha on tea
Question: Does one make a bracha when drinking a bland tea (there is sugar and corn syrup, etc., but when I drink it I don’t feel any taste)? Answer: Yes… Read more »
Halakha about tolaas
Question: About halakha when it forbids eating worms(tolaas) , what is this halakha, and how is it reflected in the question of fermented milks, (yakult and others) live lactobacilli, which… Read more »
Sweat/water in mustach or beard on Shabbos
Question: What should one do to clear sweat or water from one’s mustache or beard, or eyebrows by hand on Shabbos? Answer: We do not squeeze hair on Shabbos, therefore… Read more »
Shavuah in modern Beis Din
Question: Is modern-day beis din allowed to impose shavuah? If yes, is this actually done? Thank you Answer: In general it is not actually done. Best wishes
Pareve Food on Meat/Dairy Sheet
Question: Hello, If I recently cooked meat in the oven, and then immediately afterward wanted to cook or bake a pareve item, may I use a dairy pan or sheet… Read more »
Drinking during shacharis
Question: Are women allowed to drink during psukei d’zimra? Are men allowed to drink at any points during shacharis, for example after the amidah or after tachanun? Thank you Answer:… Read more »
Helping only one Torah institution
Question: Can I just help only one Torah institution? I once heard that one can not and that one should diversify his maaser money. Is there a halacha forbidding to… Read more »
pesachim 112
Question: The Gemara Pesachim 112 says not to wear clothing until eight days have passed since they were laundered. Are we obligated to comply with this, and if not why… Read more »
Violating Shabbat to help pet
Question: B”H Thank you so much for your help. Thankfully, this question is theoretical, but realized I should know what to do in case…Regarding a family pet dog- if the… Read more »
Covered Meat and Dairy Utensil in the Oven
Question: Hello, Can I put in meat and dairy utensils (such as pans) in the oven at the same time? As long as both foods are pareve, do I have… Read more »
Washing before eating wet foods
Question: What is the halacha regarding washing before eating wet foods? Thank you Answer: Essentially this is what it says in Shulchan Aruch O:CH 158-4, However there are many people… Read more »
Mold in rental apartment caused severe respiratory issues – Follow Up Safek
Question: This is a follow up question to your previous answer which I will paste below: The issue regarding not vacating at the time the mold was discovered was due… Read more »
is my oven still parve?
Question: Hello Rabbi, I appreciate your time taking my question. I have an oven that I’ve kept parve by double wrapping all dairy and meat items. on Wednesday, I baked… Read more »
Wearing a tallis to and from shul on shabbat
Question: Why do some wear their tallis when walking to and from shul on shabbat? If spending shabbat in a community where people put their tallis on at shul and… Read more »
A gift with a condition
Question: Hi, a parent gave me a sum of money to be used at my discretion in general, but not to be used for Torah studies. Do I have to… Read more »
Saying shir shel yom on Rosh Chodesh
Question: On Rosh Chodesh, when barchi nafshi is said, should you also say the the normal shir shel yom? Answer: The minhag in E.Yisroel is to do like the Vilna… Read more »
Davening outside
Question: I hope you and your family are well. I wanted to know, is it a halacha that one is not allowed to daven outside? Thank you! Good Shabbos, Answer:… Read more »
Paying a Community Rabbi
Question: Is there a halakha that a rabbi must have a salary in a community? Answer: There is no halacha that the Rabbi must be paid. In certain ways it… Read more »
Davening with a sick person – neder?
Question: There is a bachur that had a stroke, cannot daven on his own, and different bachurim take turns davening with him (standing next to him and being motzi him)…. Read more »
where to daven
Question: Is it better to daven in one’s makom kavua in a beis medrash and b’rov am, or to daven in a shiva house (where they will have a minyan… Read more »
Bnei noach Food
Question: B”H Can a bnei noach eat meat mixture with milk, Pig among other foods forbidden to a Jew? Or should he follow the kashurut of the torah? Answer: It… Read more »
My husband’s Torah learning
Question: Is it OK if I ask a hashkafa question? It’s not that I’m looking for new information, but I’m just trying to internalize some concepts. It’s really hard for… Read more »
dowloading pdf books
Question: According to what I understand, the United States copyright law says downloading for free, the pdf version of a copyrighted book that you don’t own, even for personal use,… Read more »
Coloring Tzitzit Blue
Question: If today we no longer have the techelet, which was used to paint one of the threads of Tzitzit, with the color techelet, Sky blue, Since nowadays we have… Read more »
Meat utensil in dairy pot
Question: We accidentally used a meat utensil (silicone) in a dairy pot to make macaroni and cheese; the hot food was then placed in ceramic bowls. I believe that I… Read more »
Women using nail polish
Question: Is it a shilah according the halachah for a women to Thanks Answer: It isn’t clear from your question what topic you are asking about. On one hand, nail… Read more »
Followup to a previous shaila
Question: Hi, I’d like to clarify that your response to #56724 refers to both of my 2 questions that I asked over here -https://dinonline.org/2020/06/08/need-to-reimbursemechila-for-small-damages/ – rather than to just the… Read more »
Birkas Kohanim 2
Question: I Recently asked a question to Dinonine-https://dinonline.org/2020/06/24/birkas-kohanim/ Question: If one is next to a sefard minyan that does Birkas Kohanim should he or could he go listen even if… Read more »
The extent of Rechilus
Question: Why does the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (30-1) start by giving the case of Doeg relating to Shaul HaMelech that Achimelech gave Dovid bread and a sword? It was true… Read more »
Lashon Hara and Kibbud Av V’em
Question: B”H Thank you so much for your help. A close relative is currently dealing with a medical condition that causes him to become confused and mix up details. I… Read more »
Lubricant on Shabbas
Question: Hi, can one use liquid or silicone lubricant on Shabbos? Answer: It isn’t clear from your question which halachos you are referring to. My assumption is that you are… Read more »
Wearing mask on Shabbos when you don’t wear one during the week
Question: Is it muttar to wear mask on Shabbos, if by this time one no longer wears one during the week (since in some areas corona is BH down to… Read more »
Eating ice cream after wine
Question: When I eat a seuda with wine and ice cream, do I make a bracha on ice cream even though I already made hamotzi as well as hagofen? Would… Read more »
Birkas Kohanim
Question: If one is next to a sefard minyan that does Birkas Kohanim should he or could he go listen even if he will miss a kadish or kedusha of… 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 »
Mold in rental apartment caused severe respiratory issues
Question: I was renting an apartment for 5 years. About six months into our stay, I contacted the landlord and said that I believe there is mold in our a/c… Read more »
How to wrap a tallis
Question: I have seen many (Ashkenazi) people put on tallis in a particular way: they bring the back half of the tallis to the front of their body and then… Read more »
Forgetting to pay
Question: What is the halacha if someone rented a car service from a goy over a year ago, and now he remembers he forgot to pay the goy at the… 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 »
Cutting Bread on Shabbos
Question: Why in the act of cutting the bread in Shabbos With a knife or broke it with my hands, It’s not a melacha of Shabbos? Answer: The reason is… Read more »
Wrong utensil used milchig/fleishig
Question: I made onions & eggs in a dairy pan using large oil spray on a designated for milchig induction burner but used a designated for meat silicone spatula 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 »
Friends before Marriage
Question: Thank you for this article, https://dinonline.org/2020/06/18/kosher-dating/ about Kosher Dating. Is it proper for a Jewish man or woman to have lots of friends of the opposite gender whether they… Read more »
Confusion of utensils w/new coated parve electric frying pan
Question: I have a new silicone coated electric frying pan that I used to make something that was for sure large. I had intended to put it away for Pesach… Read more »
Pronunciation of daled in front of Hashem’s name
Question: I recently asked what’s the correct pronunciation of Hashem’s name when it has a daled in front of it. I was asked where the that appears. I’ve seen it… Read more »
Stimulus Payment for a Yeshiva Bachur
Question: My 18 year old son can theoretically apply for the $1200 Stimulus Payment that the American government is giving out this year in wake of corona. In 2019, we… Read more »
How unwell does someone need to be for a refuah shleima
Question: How unwell does someone need to be to say a refuah shleima for them? For example, is it permitted if somebody had a serious virus and although they no… Read more »
Kosher dating
Question: I recently came across an article on Din Online which discusses various issues relating to mixed gender zoom mingling. The answer mention a number of violations of Torah law… Read more »