Question: The owner of a basement (machson) converted it to an apartment which is roughly 70-80 square meters, nearly the size of the regular apartment in our building. The residents… Read more »
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Bdieved
Question: Is it better not to eat something that is kosher only bdieved if you don’t have to (and there wont be any loss)? Meaning can I go to a… Read more »
Sanhedrin and wicked kings
Question: In Devarim 17:20, Rashi says that if a king is not righteous he won’t have a long reign. I’m trying to understand his comments. Did the Sanhedrin have the… Read more »
Benefiting from Shabbat in Different Time Zone
Question: B”H I’m currently in Eretz Yisrael, and it’s the middle of the baseball playoffs. The next two games in the National League (1st two semifinal games) are going to… Read more »
Bracha on Almond flour muffins
Question: My wife baked some muffins with the main ingredient being White Almond Flour which is ground Almonds she also puts some Pumpkin puree my question is what bracha do… Read more »
Is Metamucil kosher
Question: Is Metamucil kosher? Answer: Please see the following post, where a similar question was answered http://dinonline.org/2016/02/08/metamucil/ Best Wishes
Mekach Taus
Question: Hi. I’m a single woman. Two years ago a local askan in town referred me to therapist, a woman, who had recently moved to town with her family. Being… Read more »
Fleishig Kettle?
Question: Yesterday I put frozen chicken in a bowl of boiling hot water to defrost it. Around the same time today(roughly 23 hours later), I poured boiling hot water from… Read more »
Burning challah
Question: Hi. My wife has started to separate challah and she is struggling to burn it. We don’t have a gas stove top so there is no easy access to… Read more »
Can you carry over maaser to the next year
Question: If you already gave a tenth to maaser for this year and you realize you gave more than you had to, are you allowed to apply it to the… Read more »
Immersing with an illeostomy
Question: How could my wife immerse with an illeostomy. She has a temporary ostomy for about 3 months, after which it will be reversed. There is a small piece of… Read more »
Tashlumin for Yaaleh V’Yavo
Question: Someone forgets that it is Rosh Chodesh and davens a regular shacharis. He does not remember until zman mincha. Before he does anything else, he has to daven mincha… Read more »
Nashim da’atan kalos
Question: Dear Rav, I never understood what the Gemara says that nashim daatan kalos hen and that’s why they shouldn’t learn Gemara. We see so many brilliant women who are… Read more »
Female Health care practitioner for man
Question: I have seen the Q&A regarding female massage therapists for men which is prohibited. My question is for other health care related services. Specifically “colonic hydrotherapy” (cleansing of the… Read more »
extending shabbos
Question: A person who is davening Maariv on motzoi Shabbos 50 minutes past sunset, and his custom is to prolong Shabbos for 72 minutes, or longer, should he skip ata… Read more »
Spouse doesnt want to keep niddah
Question: Hi I a very frum guy in kollel. We just finished shana reshona. My wife has long periods and short cycle for example start bleeding in the early 20… Read more »
Doing melacha on Rosh Chodesh
Question: ב”ה Dear Rabbi I thank you so much your help and kindness in answering my shailos. I want to be stringent and honor Rosh Chodesh properly with for Hashem… Read more »
hachnosas
Question: What is the actual meaning of the word “hachnosas” Answer: To help enter, or to help bring in. it is used in the context of helping a bride get… Read more »
Followup to Rabbein Tam question
Question: source Following up to this question. If one holds Rabbeinu Tam always but happens to daven in a minyan on Yom Kippur that doesn’t hold this zman, can she… Read more »
Is it allowed to read and keep copies of the christian bible
Question: I found on the street booklets of missions to Christianity, Am i allowed to read them / keep them fro educational purposes or am i mechuav to throw them… Read more »
Question About Maaser
Question: I gave my mother points from my credit card for an airline ticket to come visit me.. I could have redeemed those points for money. My mother is a… Read more »
Opening the Aron Kodesh for Neila
Question: Is there a mekor for people spending a lot of money to buy pesicha neila? Is there a mekor that it is a segula for success in all areas… Read more »
Rabbeinu Tam for Moztai Yom Kippur
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 »
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 »