Question: Does almond milk fall under the same minhag of not having nuts during aseres ymei tshuva? Answer: According to numerous poskim almonds are not included in the minhag of… Read more »
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Drink vs. food in Halacha
Question: My understanding is that On Yom Kippur, the pachos mi’keshiur amounts of food and drink are independent of each and that one can simultaneously eat and drink a pachos… Read more »
Grandmother during sheloshim at grandchild’s vort
Question: Can a women in Avelus still in the shloshim for her father go to a granddaughters vort and if yes can she have a manicure and get her face… Read more »
Maaser for work
Question: I have ma’aser that I owe but I don’t have extra cash now to give. I’m doing volunteer work for a Kollel. Can I calculate the money I would… Read more »
Broken hand due to negligence
Question: An individual feel and broke his hand in a kosher supermarket whilst shopping due to wet floor. There was no sign to warn customers about the wet floor. Is… Read more »
Using scotch tape on shabbos and yom tov
Question: May one tape a plastic tablecloth on shabbos/yom tov to a table with scotch tape already prepared/stuck to the table before Shabbos. So that one end of the piece… Read more »
Using a Vacuum cleaner stick attachment on Shabbos
Question: May one use the stick attachment of a vacuum cleaner as a way to lock a door on Shabbos? Is it considered muktza even if one is using it… Read more »
Rav MOshe Vaye, regarding bugs in Schach
Question: Succah schach (Succah mats) in the last 2 YEARS, I have seen the flourishing in sales (in Israel) of the NEW, BUG FREE, Slat-style Scach (Top Kashruth, Eidah I… Read more »
Gas stove on Yom Tov
Question: Is one allowed to turn on a gas stove on yom tov by turning the gas knob and then using an existing candle to light the flame. My stove… Read more »
Pets in the sukkah
Question: Is there any halachic problem with my dog coming into the sukka? Answer: There is no clear halachic problem with this, except that you should make sure that the animal… Read more »
issue of crosses
Question: Is it assur for a diamond jewelry company to sell diamond crosses to goyim Answer: Please see the following post where a similar question was discussed. http://dinonline.org/2018/12/16/selling-christian-jewelry/ Have a gmar… Read more »
Beis Din for Hataras Nedarim comprised of non observant Jew
Question: Is hataras nedarim performed with a Beis Din in which one of the judges is not Shomer Shabbos valid? Does it matter how many judges are non Shomer Shabbos?… Read more »
accidental lashon hara?
Question: Hello, Thanks so much for your help. I was recently at a restaurant and the person I was with began speaking with a family near us. He was speaking… Read more »
Diabetes Yom Kippur
Question: One of my student’s doctor informed him that due to his diabetes and susceptibility to dehydration, as well as medications he is (and needs to be) on, the doctor… Read more »
options trading
Question: I have positions in options that I have a non jewish partner, those positions can not be closed only during market hours they were not closed, they are risky… Read more »
Annual Expenses Included in 200 zuz (tzedakah recepients)
Question: What expenses are included in the calculation to determine if a person has sufficient funds or ability to generate funds, to cover expenses for the year? Is it minimum… Read more »
The correct way to ask Choshen Mishpat question
Question: Thank you for this great website! I noticed that in a lot of Choshen Mishpat questions Rabbi Fleischman writes that his answer is not binding as he didn’t hear… Read more »
cashing found check
Question: I found a NY State treasury refund check made out to a non-Jew what is the din may I cash it send back to NY state with letter that… 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 »
Using honeycomb honey on Rosh Hashana
Question: Would honey packaged with the bee’s wax (honey comb) be kosher? A religious friend suggested that there may be bee particles in the honey, therefore, rendering it unkosher. I… Read more »
Opening a coconut on sabbath
Question: Dear Rabbi, Would it be permitted to open a coconut on sabbath? It is a very hard shell and requires a tool or just a strike against a surface…. Read more »
Baby bris exceptions to delay or change
Question: If a woman gives birth to a baby boy by Cesarean section, and the date of the bris lands on a Rosh Hashana or yom kippur or shabbat? Can… Read more »
G-d’s name in Nechemiah 13
Question: Please see Nechemiah 13:1. This verse quotes Devorim 23:4. Why change Hashem to Ha-Elokim? Similarly, why does Verse 2 substitute elokeinu for Hashem elokecha. Answer: Two interesting point, but… Read more »
Employing two halachos L’Moshe M’Sinai at same time
Question: I remember learning that there may be an issue of using two halachos L’Moshe M’Sinai at the same time (Rabbi Akiva Eiger maybe?). Halacha l’maaseh can one make a… Read more »
Am I allowed to reinvest interest/dividend income?
Question: Hi. I understand that in giving tzdaka in the form of ma’aser any profits I have from investments held are subject to ma’aser. I have investments in funds that… Read more »
Lashon Hara Bal Teshuva
Question: Hello, Thank you for your help. My question is: Is it lashon hara for a bal teshuva to say in social settings that they are a bal teshuva, or… Read more »
Lashon Hara on a Non Jew
Question: Is it permitted to speak Lashon Hara about a Non-Jew, i.e. “The President of blank country is a very mean person” ? Answer: Lashon Hora does not apply to… Read more »
Chol Hamoed Work
Question: We purchased a new house and had lots of leaking from the roof – mould etc. The Contractor has been a nightmare. The kablan has agreed to bring a… Read more »
Tachanun During Selichos when at a Bris
Question: Do we say Tachanun at the end of Selichos when there is a Bris at the end of davening? Answer: If the selichos is before also hashachar, everyone agrees… Read more »
Maaser for money given to buy a specific thing and maaser to one’s children
Question: I was given money by someone to buy a specific thing for my child, do I need to give maaser from this money? I’ve given maaser for years from… Read more »
Bracha for Pretzilla brand Soft Pretzel Bread Bites
Question: What is the bracha for Pretzilla brand Soft Pretzel Bread Bites. They are bite-size soft pretzel made for a snack, but the same as any soft pretzel. Answer: Since… Read more »
asara mispallelim and maariv
Question: I came 5 minutes late to Maariv at shul X where there are more than asara mispallelim. Should I try to quickly catch up and then daven SE (doable,… Read more »
Brochas and Korbanos before selichos
Question: Can I recite the morning brochas and korbanos before selichos? Thank You! Answer: Not only can you, but you should say some of them before selichos. You should say… Read more »
bread from non jews
Question: thank you for everything yo uare doing.. the question…. some weeks ago bibi prime minister of IL went with official visit to ukraine and was welcomed with bread and… Read more »
kashrut of supplements
Question: My doctor has recommended that a take a sublingual spray supplement to boost my energy and immunity. One of the ingredients in it is bovine colostrum. Am I allowed… 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 »
gud achis under a deck/balcony
Question: Kvod HaRav, on Shabbos with no eruv, can one carry from the house ground floor out a door to the area under a deck/balcony? The deck has walls taller… Read more »
Kesubos 110 – Living in a city
Question: On Kesubos 110b Rabbi Yose ben Chanina uses Nechemiah 11:2 to show that living in a city is difficult. Given the circumstances of Yerushalayim in the days of Nechemiah,… Read more »
asara rishonim
Question: There is a mitzvah to be from the asara rishonim, and this mitzvah applies to all three tefillos. If one came to shul for Maariv (first person there) but… 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 »
Handling wet netilas yadayim cup
Question: After using a cup for netilas yadayim for bread, and then eating some of the bread, is it a problem to then touch or handle the wet netilas yadayim… Read more »
Relieving oneself near Jewish graves
Question: please help me and clarify this question. a friend of mine. who is good jew, we went together to kever tsaddikim to visit in Ukraine. and he wanted to… Read more »
Honey on Rosh Hashana
Question: Which honey to use on rosh hashan? Bee or date? Answer: The point of eating the honey is that it is sweet, and it is a siman that we… Read more »
At what point may we cook wine to avoid yayin nesech and stam yainum
Question: I would like to make my own wine. However I will not be able to watch over it the entire time to assure it has not been touched by… Read more »
minyan
Question: I am getting paid to daven in a minyan where there are 6 or 7 mispallelim (others are just sitting). I am also getting paid to learn beforehand. However,… Read more »
Hafkaas halvah
Question: In the classic case of hafkaas halvaah the borrower tells the children of the malveh who passed away that the chov was paid up when actually it wasn’t. Isn’t… 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 »
Mirrors to be mitztaref for bentching
Question: If 2 chaburos are eating in same house and they only see eachother through a mirror can they be mitztaref for a zimun? Answer: The two chaburos are not… Read more »
Working the night shift- Shachart, Negel Vasser, Birkat HaTorah, HaMapil
Question: I am starting a job soon that will require me to be up all night. My shift will end just before the zman for Shacharit with tallit and tefillin…. Read more »
Throwing up and bentching
Question: Can You bentch if you threw up? Answer: Essentially since the food was thrown up, the person is no longer benifiting from it and there would no longer be… Read more »