Question: Hello, If plants were created on the third day but sea life only came about on day five, what day was sea algae created on? Algae is a shehakol…. Read more »
Category: Various matters
People in shul who refuse to wear a mask
Question: I daven in a certain shul in Yerushalayim and I have asked people to please put on a mask. There is a sign in the shul that the mask… Read more »
Kilayim with bananas
Question: Why is bananas not considered as a hybrid fruit? And no isur of klaiem? כלאים Answer: Bananas are permitted for us to eat. On one hand our bananas are… Read more »
Wearing a mask
Question: Hi, Am I required to wear a mask? I am young and healthy. Additionally, I see many respected people (like rabbonim) not wearing a mask in shul. Answer: I… Read more »
Alcohol
Question: Dear Rabbi, Alcohol is not allowed to consume. not good for health, in Vedas, in the highest scriptures of Sanatana Dharma ( misnomer as Hinduism these days)? Is it… Read more »
Vow annulment for not eating meat during the three weeks?
Question: B”H Thank you so much for your help, it is tremendously appreciated. I became more observant almost six years ago, and I wasn’t sure if we were allowed to… Read more »
Paying a Community Rabbi
Question: Is there a halakha that a rabbi must have a salary in a community? Answer: There is no halacha that the Rabbi must be paid. In certain ways it… Read more »
Davening with a sick person – neder?
Question: There is a bachur that had a stroke, cannot daven on his own, and different bachurim take turns davening with him (standing next to him and being motzi him)…. Read more »
Bnei noach Food
Question: B”H Can a bnei noach eat meat mixture with milk, Pig among other foods forbidden to a Jew? Or should he follow the kashurut of the torah? Answer: It… Read more »
My husband’s Torah learning
Question: Is it OK if I ask a hashkafa question? It’s not that I’m looking for new information, but I’m just trying to internalize some concepts. It’s really hard for… Read more »
Followup to a previous shaila
Question: Hi, I’d like to clarify that your response to #56724 refers to both of my 2 questions that I asked over here -https://dinonline.org/2020/06/08/need-to-reimbursemechila-for-small-damages/ – rather than to just the… Read more »
Beit Knesset being transferred
Question: Can a room that served as a beit knesset in a hotel be used for a mundane purpose, if the Beit Knesset is being transferred to a bigger and… Read more »
Source
Question: There is a Gemara somewhere that says there were 3 sages that went out to sea. Their boat broke apart.Thankfully there was an island nearby. They went to that… Read more »
Hataras Nedorim
Question: Hi I made a neder 8 years ago and only remembered it recently. Could I meikar hadin rely on the the fact that when I made Hataras Nedorim on Erev… Read more »
Nedarim made by a katan
Question: Hi, do I have to keep nedarim that I made when I was a katan, Thank you so much. Answer: If you made the neder within a year of… Read more »
Thinking a Neder
Question: Hello, I was mekabel a chumra in my mind, and I didn’t do it three times- is it a neder? Thank you. Answer: The kabala of the neder doesn’t… Read more »
Opening a sefer while I am reviewing my learning by heart
Question: When I review my Torah learning, I like to verbally speak it out to myself quietly. Sometimes I am embarrassed to do this in front of other people. A… Read more »
Fasting for teshuva
Question: Dear Rabbi, I have given more thought to fasting to do teshuvah and to ask Hashem more health and reasonable biblical placement. Can you help me choose with a… Read more »
Eating hybrid vegetables and fruits
Question: B”H Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it. Is it ok to eat “grape tomatoes” and “mixed cherry tomatoes” or is there an issue of different types… Read more »
לא תעמוד על דם רעך
Question: האם איכא איסורא דלא תעמוד על דם רעך למי שמגיע לכולל או ישיבה מבלי מסכה Answer: .לכאורה כן כיון שהוא מסכן את הציבור Sources:
fish shabbos
Question: I was eating by someone on Shabbos and unfortunately all the fish fell on the floor, and could not be served. I wanted to ask to be given a… Read more »
Hataras Nedarim
Question: I already Asked this question recently and was told to reply with more information ,since your mailbox does not take reply I am re sending my question with more… Read more »
Chabad, Rebbe, Moshiach
Question: Believing that Rebbe is Moshiach Are decompressing some halakha? Answer: This is a very controversial question, and it is not for discussion in this forum. However I can give… Read more »
#56131
Question: Thank you Rav. I’m following your advise, I added more hours of learning and more subjects. The only thing I´m not able to do is to answer “yehi Shme… Read more »
Halacha of ancient enemy commerce
Question: Dear Rabbi, If Greece has been an ancient enemy of the holy land and has invaded too many times, why is the color of our modern Israeli flag blue… Read more »
Matir Neder for the future
Question: Hi. I recently sent in a question regarding one using the term “Neder” when the context is a “Shevuah”. The response in short was that it remains a good… Read more »
DISPOSING OF DISCARDED PRINTED HALACHA NOTES
Question: DISPOSING OF DISCARDED PRINTED HALACHA NOTES Answer: It isn’t clear what you are asking, but my assumption is that you want to know how they are to be disposed… Read more »
Dmai
Question: How can there be leniencies with dmai being that there is the issue if terumas maiser? Thank you Answer: We do have to take off Terumas Maaser from dmai…. Read more »
Shvuah made with Neder terminology
Question: Hello If one made a “Shvuah” using the context of a Shvuah but used the term “neder” is anything Chal or is it worthless, as if nothing was made?… Read more »
Singing שם ה׳ with Ba’al Koreh
Question: It is common practice that at the end of an aliyah, people sing the last couple of words with the Ba’al Koreh. If these last words include Hashem’s name… Read more »
sons and daughters
Question: B”H Shalom, a couple who have problems having children due to medical complications, this couple adopting a son and a daughter will be fulfilling the mitzvah of having 2… Read more »
Getting rid of nonjewish books?
Question: Concerning Abramelin the Mage, this book is arguably non Jewish in origin, but is based on Kabbalah magic and Jewish theology. How would one get rid of it since… Read more »
Mosheiach
Question: In Yeshiva, I remember learning, that it is asur to say someone is the Mosheiach and/or to follow someone as if they are the Mosheiach. A friend just told… Read more »
Am I able to perform hatarat nidarim online to annul a stringency I took upon myself?
Question: I would like to annul the stringency of only keeping chalav yisrael dairy products as it has become increasingly difficult to do in my current situation. Am I able… Read more »
Making a Neder to Eat Less
Question: Hello, Is one permitted to make a neder to eat less if he’s obese? Somebody who’s tried everything, and knows that if he would be noder he would 100%… Read more »
Nazir nowadays
Question: Do the laws of nazir still exist today without the Beis Hamikdash? Answer: Technically they do, however one should not attempt to make himself a nazir nowadays because we… Read more »
Couple bnei noakh and divorce
Question: And If a woman and a goy man get married and then no longer live together, but do not want to give the divorce to each other, and are… Read more »
Remedies for wasting seeds
Question: Please I want to ask the prayer done to remove the damage caused by the wasting seed Thanks Answer: There is such a kind of tefillah, but I am… Read more »
Moving oven
Question: Regarding what it says in the will of Rebbe Yehuda HaChassid that one is not to move an oven from its place, goyim were painting in my house and… Read more »
plague, wedding
Question: When there was a plague on the Jewish people is it true that a marriage was performed between orphans and the plague stopped,is this a minhag, halakha? Answer: It… Read more »
chessed v. kiddush hashem
Question: There is a person who gave me a free lunch today. I don’t really need it. Is it better that I should give it to a bachur (chesed) or… Read more »
Refusing to Lein in a youth minyan
Question: Shalom HaRav I was until recently involved in a youth minyan in my area, I helped to organize the kiddush , I was chazzan many times , and I… Read more »
moser
Question: Is it lashon hara to discuss which souls are still open at this time and which people are going there? May one report them? Answer: Discussing shuls that are… Read more »
mesira
Question: Is it mesira to report shuls that are still functioning during this time? Answer: The poskim say that people that are not acting in a safe way are endangering… Read more »
corona – saving someone who puts themselves in danger
Question: What is the halacha regarding someone whose life is at risk because they didn’t follow protocol to prevent infection form covid 19? Is there a halachic obligation to save… Read more »
disposing of item properly
Question: BH Thank you so much for your help My question is: If a persons name (for example: Daniel) has a reference to one of G-d’s names: (E—-l), is it… Read more »
Naming a baby without minyan
Question: Hi, If we can’t get a minyan for the foreseeable future, can the father name the baby on his own? And possibly make the kiddush later on? Thank you… Read more »
Mistakes, regret, from Hashem?
Question: When someone makes a mistake (not regarding a mitzvah or a sin), and suppose it leads to tremendous suffering and regret; they can’t believe how they could do something… Read more »
Chillul Hashem over not coming in on Purim
Question: I have a (seemingly) frei professor on Tuesday. I wrote to him that I would be absent from school because of the religious holiday. He asked which holiday; I said… Read more »
Promises, neder
Question: BS”D A goy that made neder for idolatry, now is doing everything to become a noach bnei, what should he do to nullify that neder? What if a Jew… Read more »