Question: If one usually holds the zman of Rabeinu Tam can one daven with a minyan maariv motzai Yom Kippur and hear havdala before Rabbeinu Tam Answer: It depends why… Read more »
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Disconnection
Question: I don’t know how to properly connect with other people. I am distant. I am constantly glued to my phone/computer (Internet) 24/7 and if not for Shabbos I would… Read more »
Male instructor in all women’s gym
Question: Can I take a class in an all women’s gym with a male instructor? Answer: Please see the following two posts, where similar questions were addressed. http://dinonline.org/2016/05/10/immodesty-in-front-of-non-jew/ http://dinonline.org/2013/10/08/modesty-in-ballet-class/ Best Wishes… Read more »
Left Handed Cohen – birkat kohanim
Question: Dear Rabbi, I understand that in Birkat Kohanim, the Cohen raises his right hand slightly higher than the left. Does the same apply to a left-handed Cohen, or does… Read more »
Father giving 1/2 of inheritance to friend of family
Question: I’m an only child of a Jewish father. My parents are divorced and my father married a goy, who has since passed on. When I was 20, my father… Read more »
Hot meat pan on milchig table
Question: If a hot meat aluminum pan is placed on a milchig table (with a paper towel underneath) does this present a halachic issue? What if a few drops of… Read more »
Carrying on Yom Tov with a shinu
Question: I recently saw in a sefer on Hilchos Yom Tov that one should use a shinu when carrying on Yom Tov (outside an eiruv). I saw that is an… Read more »
Davening before neitz for a woman
Question: Hi, Is a woman allowed to daven shachris before Neitz (but after alos)? Answer: If you won’t be able to daven otherwise then it is permitted, as it is… Read more »
Daven at kivrei tzadikim at night
Question: Can one daven at a kever at night? Answer: It is permitted to daven at a kever at night, especially at kivrei tzadikim, as is the minhag to daven… Read more »
copying music to usb drive
Question: Can my brother in law add music to my flash drive from his own or my in-laws collection? What about cds that I own already? Would it change anything… Read more »
Tearing food on shabbat
Question: Shalom, can one open a sparkling apple cider on Shabbat. Whats the general rule, for tearing things when it comes for food and drinks. Attached: Attached file 1 Answer:… Read more »
Succah on top of metal poles
Question: I purchased my succah about 30 years ago. Metal poles with tarp walls. The tarp walls are tied top and bottom to the metal frame. The schach rests on… Read more »
Divorced girl
Question: Can a girl who was married for 4 weeks get re married to a kohen? Even if the first marriage did not have any sexual relationship? Answer: Any girl… Read more »
Using food processor
Question: I want to use my parev food processor to make liver pate. No onion. Just liver and eggs and seasonings. Will it make my machine meaty? Answer: The liver… Read more »
yichud with a tenant
Question: If a basement room of a house is rented to a female gentile, and the corridor to that room is shared, is there a problem of yichud if a… Read more »
Réparation of. Shlihout
Question: In the USA ,i was made shaliah to give some money to someone’s parents in Europe I did not do it , should I give it back to the… Read more »
והוסיפ לה מן דיליה
Question: I understand the principle of the tosefet, but I don’t understand the logic of this sentence – “and he added TO HER from his possessions an amount of 100… Read more »
Ate an omelette fried in a meaty pan, can I now eat lasagne?
Question: i ate an omelette fried in a meaty pan, onions and veg were chopped with a meaty knife, am i meaty, or can i now eat lasagne?? Answer: Yes… Read more »
Shomer Negiah/talking to a man
Question: Hi, I’m a teenager with a question and a conscious that’s been niggling at me for the past few days. I was walking home with a few grocery bags,… Read more »
Tashlumin for shachrais and musaf by mincha
Question: If a person was sick and did not daven shachris and musaf and now it is time to daven mincha (and there is enough time to daven all the… Read more »
keeping 3d statues
Question: My parents have 3d decorative statues that they received from their parents. They seems to be clearly decorative. My parents are hesitant to throw them away, because of sentimental… Read more »
Regarding brachah achrona, at what point is item not considered whole?
Question: If eating a single grape etc and one wants to avoid questions of bracha achrona, does biting the grape in half first suffice to render it not whole? Does… Read more »
Photo ownership
Question: My husband and I received a free photoshoot that included five free pictures. All additional pictures would cost $10 each. Before we reviewed the pictures with the photographer she… Read more »
Using light rail in Jerusalem due to chillul shabbos in its construction
Question: Much of the work for the light rail was done on Shabbos. If it took 3.5 years, then a half a year of it was done on shabbos. Is… Read more »
Mad imprints
Question: Dear Rabbi, I was a failure of a student in my eyes today because as a child I loved the video arcade. I find that today in davening I… Read more »
Jewish eating patterns in the workplace
Question: Dear Rabbi, I am yet to learn my full hope as a working man today as a jew. I was yet kosher when I was employed and there was… Read more »
How do we know chana is accurate
Question: There are verses in Samuel where Chana talks to Hashem after she got a child and says there no one as holy as hashem and there is no one… Read more »
To what limit can 1 jew charge another jew Interest with a heter iska.
Question: To what limit can 1 jew charge another jew Interest with a heter iska. Answer: There is no limit how little one Jew can charge another, as even a… Read more »
Tashmish in the Sukkah
Question: It would seem from the gemara in Sukkah (25) that the hava amina to “lechdu bisukkah” by choson and kallah, that intimacy or romance wouldn’t be asur in the… Read more »
Can a Noahide man marry a non Noahide woman?
Question: Can a Noahide man marry a non Noahide woman? Answer: Yes he may. Being a Noahide is not a different type of religion, because according to Jewish law, and… Read more »
When is my birthday if I was born after shkiya
Question: I was born on sep 26 1991 and in the family there’s a big debate as to if we go by shkiah or tseis hakochavim bec I was born… Read more »
What constitutes a female as a besula?
Question: If a female had anal penetration (not fully and for maybe one second) from a male one time, but never vaginal, is she still considered a besula? Answer: Regarding… Read more »
Calling an repair company on Chol hamoed
Question: When would there be a heter to call an appliance service company to fix a laundry machine on Chol Hamoed (the main need of it is for right after… Read more »
Lev Melech Beyad Hashem
Question: If lev melech beyad Hashem, then do we not show appreciation for good things they do and blame them for the bad things they do? If that’s the case… Read more »
Does blood have to drawn for a bris
Question: If medical necessity (Chordee )requires a surgical procedure and hospital circumcision at 6 months of age, what does Jewish law require? Answer: The best thing would be to have… Read more »
Honoring your parents in law
Question: My father in law talks loshan hora. As a matter of fact most of his conversation is name dropping and then talking in depth about them. He is an… Read more »
Electric Door on shabbos
Question: Dear Rabbi I was recently in a care home on shabbos and the only way to exit was through a door which could only open if someone pushed a… Read more »
Netilat Yadayim for french fries with ketchup?
Question: hello, does a person have to wash his hands (netilat yadayim) when he dips food that are meant to be dipped in a liquid. For instance french fries in… Read more »
May I use a nail file if didn’t cut nails before Y’T & now nail is chipped?
Question: May I use a nail file if didn’t cut nails before Y’T & now nail is chipped? Answer: Filing nails is considered like cutting them, and if they weren’t… Read more »
Am I pattur from sleeping in sukkah if the forecast says rain?
Question: Am I pattur from sleeping in sukkah if the forecast says rain? Are there any sources on this? Thanks Answer: The weather forecast has no bearing in halacha, and… Read more »
Filing nail on Chol hamoed
Question: Is there a place to be מתיר cutting my nails- or at least chipped one(s)- on Hoshanoh Rabboh, if I didn’t cut them before Yom TOV started? Answer: The… Read more »
Tying 4 minim.
Question: Two questions, I put together my hadasim and aravot and lulav but they seem to be not in their exact position. Like my custom is one hadas in the… Read more »
Can I pierce my ears on chol hamoad sukkot?
Question: Can I pierce my ears on chol hamoad sukkot? Answer: If the earrings are going to be put in to your ears on Chol Hamoed or on Yom tov… Read more »
Packing a suitcase on Chol Hamoed
Question: I am flying the day after Yom Tov finishes. Am I allowed to pack my suitcases on Chol Hamoed for this purpose? Answer: You may pack the suitcase on… Read more »
Woman reciting bracha on lulav
Question: Do woman say a bracha every day of sukkot shaking the lulav? thank you Answer: Ashkenaziot do, but Sefardiot.don’t. This is because the Sefardi minhag is that women do… Read more »
Adding extra schach during chol ha moed
Question: We have an extra large sukkah. We purchased actual palm fronds which we used for our schach. Over yontif, the palms seemed to have shrunk because they have dried-out… Read more »
Can you visit a bais hakevoros on chol hamoed
Question: Can you visit a bais hakevoros on chol hamoed? Answer: We do not visit the bais hakevaros on chol hamoed. Sources:
Rice outside of a sukkah
Question: Must rice be eaten in the sukkah? Answer: It is preferable to eat rice inside the succah, however there is no obligation to do so. Sources:
sukkah
Question: What if one did not have the intentions of building a sukkah leshem mitzvat sukkah. but built it knowing its for sukkah or else they wouldn’t build it. thank… Read more »
Computer Buying Stocks on Yom Tov
Question: Am I permitted to place a stock order before Yom Tov that will be executed on Yom Tov itself? Basically, the money in my account will be used to… Read more »