Question: I am 41 years. My eyebrows are thinning. Is microblading Halachadig permissible? It last from 1-3 years. And you need touch ups every 3 months. It only goes under… Read more »
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Birchat hamazon HARACHAMONS
Question: If a person says BIRCHAT HAMAZON alone, can he say the HARACHAMONS out loud like the rest of Birchat hamazon? Answer: As far as I know it is not… Read more »
davening brochas/korbanos at home
Question: Can I daven brochas and korbonas at home and then continue davening in shul starting with Boruch Sheamar? Thanks Answer: This seems to be fine. However if the shul… Read more »
Change of family name after marriage
Question: Hello kvod harav, I wanted to ask if a woman gets married under the chuppah according to halacha, must she change her family name to her husband’s last name… Read more »
Paying General Creditors on Time
Question: I own a wholesale / retail business. Every month, we have to make payments to approx 200 creditors but the reality of a trading business is that there are… Read more »
Carrying business cards on shabbat
Question: is it mutar to carry and hand out business cards on shabbat (with an eruv of course)? Answer: We should not hand out business cards, because they are business… Read more »
Milchemes Reshus
Question: Dear Rabbi, How can there be a milchemes reshus where we’re not defending ourselves just attacking others to conquer them? The Torah sounds like Klal Yisrael can just go… Read more »
Lending money
Question: I understand you don’t need to lend money to a mechalel shabbos. My question is do you have to lend money to a tinuk shenishbar – that’s a mechalel… Read more »
Extra candle if you forget to light Shabbos candles
Question: 1. If you didn’t light Shabbos candles one week are you obligated to light an additional candle forever? 2. Does it matter if you purposely didn’t light, or if… Read more »
Was the king a judge
Question: I’m looking at Devarim 17:9. Ibn Ezra says hashofeit refers to the king, possibly because of the hei prefix. Was the king a judge eg Shmuel 2 12:1 and… Read more »
Kibud Av V’em and giving Charity above ones means
Question: My question relates to my elderly father may he live long and enjoy good health. He is 89 years old bli ayin hara and lives with my mother who… Read more »
Buying seats for Rosh Hashana
Question: We know that the expenses spent for Shabbos and Tom Tov are excluded from what Hashem plans for that person to earn that year. Would the Rav say that… Read more »
treif lid on kosher pot
Question: A treif lid (ben-yomo) that’s still hot was placed on a kosher pot with cooked cauliflowers in it. The pot with the cauliflowers was not yad-soledes bo and the… Read more »
Any known Halacha, for serving foods in kosher dishes for a secular Jew.
Question: A secular Jew, who consumed non kosher food – before he/she arrived at your house (to take part as a guest) and you get lost for a second. Do… Read more »
Kishuf
Question: Are bnei noach metzuveh on Kishuf? I thought they weren’t as it’s not one of the sheva mitzvos bnei noach but the Torah says that the seven nations were… Read more »
Kiddush in shul
Question: When kiddush is made in shul on Friday night and the wine is given to a child to drink, how much is required to drink? Shulchan aruch seems to… Read more »
Concerns, in attempting to buy opened boxed items:
Question: Any opened boxed objects such as, glass (like Pyrex dish) or plastic (like parve plates) are they allowed to be bought and used. For the glass, must be dipped… Read more »
Shabbat blech and non Jewish helper
Question: Can a non Jewish helper in the kitchen disconnect a Shabbat blech and turn an oven off after meal on Friday night? Answer: If this is part of his… Read more »
Halachic status of stovetop burner
Question: Do burners (above a stove) have a halacha as pareve? Like if one wants to heat a food item directly on burners like bread for example may he use… Read more »
Eating vegetables cooked in milky pan
Question: I cooked vegetables in a milky pan which hadn’t been used for over 24 hours. Can I eat the left overs with a meaty meal? Answer: Yes it is… Read more »
Lying to get a certain psak (seeking forgiveness)
Question: I lied to getba psak to eat normally on Yom Kippur. I feel ashamed. I asked the Rabbi for forgiveness. I put it out of my mind. Yom Kippur… Read more »
Seaweed
Question: Is there any company seaweed that is considered to be bug free? Answer: Answer from R’ M. Kuber shlit”a Perhaps, but I tell everyone to check the sheets, regardless… Read more »
frying pan kashrus status
Question: A few pieces of rice that was being warmed up together with chicken flew out of the pot and into a empty milchig frying pan. What is the status… Read more »
Hallel recited in house of mourning
Question: Is hallel recited on Rosh Hodesh in a shiva house? Answer: Under normal circumstances Hallel is not recited in the shiva house. Sources: Divrei Sofrim 27-80
Whats the beracha of a baked home made protien bar
Question: ingriedients:5 cups oat flour – 700g 2 cups peanut butter 100% – 500g 1 cup silan 100% – 340g ½ cup almonds – 50g ½ cup walnuts – 60g… Read more »
Buying a house with idols/Avodah Zarah
Question: Looking at a house currently owned by a Hindu family. There are rooms in the house that have been set up as shrines to specific idols. While the house… Read more »
Whatever happens is for the best (a lesson to gain) but without the mishap:
Question: When a Jew faces a difficult situation in life, the first existence to most importantly look up for guidance is – G-d. G-d, can’t speak to us (individually through… Read more »
Waxing back and chest hair
Question: Is a Jewish man allowed to wax back and/or chest hair? Answer: Please see the following post, http://dinonline.org/2018/05/22/men-grooming/ where your question was addressed. Best Wishes:
Parve knife washed with dairy sponge
Question: I washed a parve knife (not serrated) with a dairy sponge. Sponge had likely been used in the previous 24 hours. Water was cold. Do I need to re-kasher… Read more »
After blessing when drinking
Question: After eating or drinking you normally say an after blessing. Some people informed me that when you had a drink, for example coffee, that after a certain ammount of… Read more »
Kids not eating Crust
Question: Is it wrong for kids not to eat crust of bread if they only like the inside? Answer: Not eating the crust, which would cause it to be thrown… Read more »
Determining Kosher Birds
Question: I don’t understand something. If there is an explicit mishna in the Yerushalmi in Chullin (3:6) to rely upon describing signs of a bird, why would there be any… Read more »
Regarding the article on the Peacock (2011)
Question: What is the nature of not being able to properly identify the simanim when we have a wealth of scientific information about such things? If that were the case… Read more »
Followup Question 2 To Onah for Veset
Question: Following up on this question, if one saw a ketem before the 60 days does one have to count 30 and 31 for the following month or do anything… Read more »
Spotting on birth control during Shiva nekiim
Question: I got married a few months ago and recently started taking birth control. This will be my first time going to the mikvah while taking it. My hefsek taharah… Read more »
daily sacrifice
Question: dear rabbi, It is said “Torah study is of more value than the offering of the daily sacrifice” [Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 63b]. Reciting the Shma, however is obligatory (at… Read more »
Does vape juice need a hechsher
Question: I see people using all types of flavored Vape juices that they smoke out of a pen – called a juul do these need to have a hechsher? Answer:… Read more »
Walnut
Question: If there is webbing, not sticky, on one walnut from a packet of shelled walnuts should they all be discarded Answer: It is not clear to me what non… Read more »
Ribbis
Question: If my father in law takes out the mortgage for the house I am buying, and I am paying the monthly payments (from income of the basement+) is it ribbis?… Read more »
Lashon Hara and/or Rechilut through inference
Question: A not so uncommon scenario. Let us say that there are 2 companies. Company ‘A’ run by Reuven and Shimon (clearly a Jewish company) and company ‘B’ run by… Read more »
Found gift
Question: Over a year ago my wife found a gift card next the entrance to our building. She put up a sign (then) and no one called. Can she use… Read more »
Onah beinonit
Question: Is the onah beinonit always the 30th and the 31st of the cycle? Answer: Technically, the onah benonis is the 30th day. The reason for checking etc. on the… Read more »
Thanking Party in Heter Isks
Question: May one thank “lender” party in Heter iska arrangement? Thank you Answer: If it is a valid, heter iska agreement, then essentially it is a business deal, and this… Read more »
Followup Question To Onah for Veset
Question: Following up on this question- There is no haflaga bec. the veset only came back once after birth. Are you saying I need to keep 30 and 31 for… Read more »
Sanctity of life for an animal?
Question: We know that under most circumstances we do everything we can to prolong life and certainly prevent death for people, but what about animals? Our goldfish was clearly on… Read more »
Treif pastry in kosher mug
Question: Cleaning help made a hot coffee and dunked her trief pastry inside. Do I need to kasher it? If yes, how do I do that? Tizke lmitzvos Answer: My… Read more »
I ate non-kosher food on a kosher plate
Question: Hello, I accidentally ate a piece of cake on a plate with dairy utensils. Afterwards, I realized the cake was not kosher (i.e., the ingredients were kosher but the… Read more »
I was ambushed due to my neighbor’s huge bush near the sidewalk
Question: I was ambushed due to my neighbor’s huge bush near the sidewalk. My elbow was injured, my head was hit, and I had valuables stolen. They knocked me down… Read more »
Due i owe money damages for lost profit on money i was holding for someone & i borrowed it without permission ?
Question: If someone gave me money to hold for him, and I borrowed it temporarily without his permission…. and then he showed up wanting it right away & I did… Read more »
Onah for Veset While Nursing
Question: My veset came back around 11 weeks after birth (possibly bec. I was giving too many bottles) Then I started nursing again more often and so far it has… Read more »