Question: Is it lashon hara to say the name of a person that choked in your school today? Answer: A person that unfortunately choked is not an embarrassment to the… Read more »
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“Burning out an oven”
Question: If I broil or bake fleishigs in my oven and then I want to bake something pareve that can be eaten with milchigs and it is not practical to… Read more »
Asking forgiveness when caused embarrassment to a friend in public
Question: If a person caused embarrassment to his friend in-front of other people, not by saying hurtful words but for example by bringing up a topic which causes his friend… Read more »
Feelings about kabbalah
Question: Dear Rabbi, As a jew matures, his mysticism may develop. Does he discern whether he has an inner kabbalah he may learn? How much will a jew learn in… Read more »
giving masser with a credit card
Question: Is giving masser through a credit card permissible? The company is in essence “lending” you the money and you are in essence “paying” your debt to them with money… Read more »
KADDISH
Question: What and why is KADDISH? Must one stand when hearing a KADDISH or can one remain seated? Must one wear a Talis when saying KADDISH? What is a group… Read more »
Learn mishnayos for two people
Question: Two people were niftar at around the same time. I already signed up to learn a masechta of mishnayos for one of them. May I sign up for the… Read more »
Giving charity before davening
Question: There is a mitzvah to give charity before davening, but where I daven the gabbai brings around the pushka during ashrei/ uva t’zion goel, and earlier than that the… Read more »
folding cane
Question: Are you allowed to use a folding cane and unfold it ON SHABBAT, it has a strong rubber string which holds it in plane as a cane? Attached: Attached… Read more »
Relationship with Hashem before kapara
Question: If a person did something that they can’t receive kapara for until they die (or in a less extreme example, until Yom Kippur), how should they approach Hashem in… Read more »
MISHLOACH MANOT FOOD
Question: Can I give tea and oatmeal as a mishloach manot gift? it requires the receiever to have hot water to add to it or even cold water or milk…. Read more »
Blessing over unusual looking people
Question: Should one recite the blessing over seeing a picture of a very unusual looking person? KS”A 60″13 Answer: As a general rule for all Birkas Hariyah, we don’t say… Read more »
Can an intermarried father recite a bracha under the chuppah?
Question: Can an Jewish, intermarried, non-Shabbos observant father of the kallah (or chosson) recite a bracha of the Sheva Brachot under the chuppah? What are the halachic sources for who… Read more »
Attending a siduur party while in avalus
Question: May I attend my grandson’s siddur party where there will singing if I am in avalus? Answer: You can attend the siddur party, but you can’t be there when… Read more »
Masser with credit cards that offer bonuses
Question: Can I give masser through a credit card that offers cash back if a certain amount is spent within a certain amount of time . For example if I… Read more »
Meaty pan used for milk after 24 hours
Question: I have a meaty frying pan. After quite a number of days of non use I mistakenly used the pan for hot cheese. Can I use the pan again… Read more »
Which item is more important
Question: If you want to buy more tzitzis (you already have at least one kosher pair you just want to buy more ) or a gemara and you only have… Read more »
Fish cooked in a ben yomo oven that was just used earlier to make milchige
Question: Can fish that was baked in a dairy oven by accident be used at a fleishige seuda? The oven was ben yomo of being used to cook milchigs. Can… Read more »
Using an oven for fleishigs and pareve
Question: If I used my oven for fleishigs, for example to broil chicken, and then bake a pareve cake, can the cake be eaten with milchigs? If not, what needs… Read more »
Eating Chametz on Shabbos After Pesach
Shalom aleichem Rav Pfeffer, I saw your answer from 3 years ago about eating chometz on Shabbos Motzei Pesach. Can you tell me sources that I can look this up… Read more »
Kriat HaMegilla
Question: If BeSha’at HaDechak, I am unable to make it to hear Kriat HaMegilla BeTzibur, can I be Yotzei by listening to a recording while simultaneously reading it from a… Read more »
using dairy fork to eat meat
Question: Tonight i are meat with a dairy fork. what is the halacha about kashering back to dairy? Answer: Wait until 24 hrs. after you used the fork, then wash… Read more »
How should dried fruit generally be checked?
Question: Some fruit is mentioned, but many are missing, such as mango, apple, pear, etc. Is there a general method that can be applied to certain categories, please? What if… Read more »
Why is it assur to rip toilet paper, according to shu”a 314,8 “chotalos”?
Question: Why can’t we rip toilet paper on shabbos, since it’s only purpose is to be used once, and nobody reattaches it, so why is it Koreah? The biur halacha… Read more »
Wearing new clothes for a simcha during Aveilus
Question: Is there any leniency for wearing new clothes at our son’s bar mitzvah without having others wear it first while in the year of Aveilus? Answer: I don’t know… Read more »
Dancing at My Sons bar mitzva while in Aveilus
Question: We are making a bar mitzvah for our 2nd son with music and dancing. at our older son’s bar mitzvah last year, we had ladies dancing (behind a mechitza),… Read more »
Blessing recited upon seeing Jewish graves
Question: When visiting Poland to visit the site of camps, ghettos, graves, where all and how often should the blessing over seeing Jewish graves be recited? Thank you Answer: When… Read more »
Tu Bishvat
Question: Are haircuts allowed on Tu Bishvat Answer: There are no prohibitions not to take a haircut or to do anything else on Tu B’shvat, except that we don’t say… Read more »
zoreah
Question: if a man toivels in a pool or river etc on shabbos, when he gets out there is water clinging to his body that will fall onto the grass….can… Read more »
Value of lottery ticket
Question: If someone destroys a friends lottery ticket, is he liable to pay? Answer: Answer from Horav Y. Fleishman shlita. Yes-whatever they sell for. Meaning, that the person would… Read more »
RIBBIS
Question: my parents are buying a house. i was planning to invest as well. however i don’t have the cash flow at this time. they are going to lend me… Read more »
teaching torah to goyim
Question: In a few days from now, I have an assignment for school where I have to bring in a cultural artifact and do show and tell. Can I show… Read more »
Do israeli dates with hashgacha require checking for bugs?
Question: Do israeli dates with hashgacha from eida chareidus require checking or does the eida check samples of the batch? I’m specifically speaking about Majool dates from Israel Answer: The… Read more »
Veset – Please answer as soon as possible.
Your veset started tonight at shkiya, which in this instance is the thirtieth day, and it happens to also be the yom hachodesh, (since the last month had only 29… Read more »
Finance
Question: Our people have the best financial knowledge there is. How do you invest $400 a month ? Answer: Specific financial advice is not my specialty, but one thing I… Read more »
Preventing bad things by doing a bad thing?
Question: DISCLAIMER: Hypothetical only, but on my mind a lot these days. What is the Torah view regarding someone doing something terrible on purpose with the intention of preventing any… Read more »
Tzitzis tying at night
Question: Can I tie tzitzis onto a talis at night, since many hold that there is no chiyuv tzitzis at night, do we need to tie them at a time… Read more »
Laws of chametz
Question: Question: I have been thinking and reading a lot about this concept of selling our chametz. To be honest I think it’s wrong since today no one really takes… Read more »
Do not like grandmothers name
Question: Hi, my grandmother recently passed away and we are iyh expecting a child. I simply do not like my grandmothers name. What can I do if we have a… Read more »
Resident of a non-Jewish nursing home during Pesach
Question: My elderly mom, who is bedridden and very ill, lives in a non-Jewish nursing home. Is there anything I should know about what to do before and during Pesach?… Read more »
Burying treif items in the ground for three days
Question: Have you ever heard of burying kitchen items in the ground for three days that have been made treif by accidentally using meat for milk, etc Answer: No, I… Read more »
Birkas halevana
Question: Gut woche Could you tell me what we call cloud dak and kalouch For example if we have the tenth’s day this kind of cloud, is it assur to… Read more »
Boil eggs in pot in the hotel
Question: Are you allowed to boil eggs in the pot has been used by a goy before and was clean by the hotel staff. Answer: It depends on what the… Read more »
Last second krias shema
Question: If there is no time to wash hands or say birkas hatorah and still squeeze in krias shema before the zman ends, may one say shema before taking care… Read more »
Veset
Question: Hi, Before I got married, I never had a steady period. 3 months before my wedding, I was on birth control that made me get a period those 3… Read more »
Smartphone
Question: Son is Israel wants to work for Hatzalah. They need to give him a Smartphone with מושגח on it. can I rely on this hechsher? Attached: Attached file 1… Read more »
Second batch of soup was made more than 24 hours later
Question: My previous question regarding making what I thought was parev soup in a stainless steel pan but mistakenly added meaty soup powder – I assumed that batch one was… Read more »
Using stove top grates for milchigs and fleishigs
Question: Can I use the same stove top grate for milchigs and fleishigs? If, for example, I boil milk in a pot, can I use the same grate for then… Read more »
Eating breakfast late
Question: Pesachim 12: & O”H 157,1 says if you didn’t eat anything by Chatzos, the eating afterwards will be worthless, unless you tasted something beforehand. Is a drink enough for… Read more »
May one purchase products made by Amish people?
Question: May one purchase products made by Amish people? Answer: We are allowed to do business with the Amish, the same way we are allowed to do business with any… Read more »