Question: BS”D Is there a halakha that when a goy comes accusing a Jew, that we should not believe in goy, saying that we should believe in Jew and not… Read more »
Category: Various matters
Surprise guest
Question: May a man bring a guest home without telling his wife beforehand? Dry halacha please no need for hashkafa. thanks Answer: Dry halacha, there is not problem with bringing… Read more »
Hypnotism
Question: Are we permitted to see hypnotists for fear of flying in planes? Answer: According to a number of poskim, if it is done for a specific need, and not… Read more »
Written source for the wearing of Magen David nacklace ?
Question: Thank you for your question Answer: I am not aware of any source for wearing a Magen David necklace. People do it, most probably because it now became a… Read more »
Antipathy for Goyim
Question: Dear Rabbi, I was talking about the Australian wildfires with a guy from my Yeshivah and he asked me whether there were any yidden affected and he doesn’t care… Read more »
Standing on a table
Question: What is the halacha regarding dancing/standing on a table? I see there are communities that do it at weddings and Hasidic places Answer: It is commonly said that a… Read more »
Hashem is Perfect and He created everything with perfection: Why couldn’t He create us without having to experience suffering?
Question: Hashkafah teaches us that Hashem created a system that involves us, His creations, working for our reward. The reason given is to combat Na’amna d’chsufah (sp?) lit., Bread of… Read more »
Learning while entering a shul or beis medrash for other purposes
Question: I know that there is a halacha that if one wants to enter a shul or beis medrash to pass through, or wants to enter not for the purposes… Read more »
Killing a Dangerous Animal
Question: BS”D Quesrion: I have a farm and in it I create oxen and chickens, but a wild animal is killing my oxen and cow, can I kill him? If… Read more »
Why is being good important, if it causes people to be jealous of me?
Question: I just don’t understand one thing. Why does it say in the Torah to work hard in being and do good. You work very hard to be the best… Read more »
Can I live out my passion for writing and music?
Question: I’m a frum teenager. I love being Jewish and am even more religious than my parents, but I have a problem. I’m very passionate about music and writing. My… Read more »
Does a shul that has been converted in a museum still has some sanctity?
Question: A shul that has not in use for some years do to Jewish population changes in my town was converted in a Jewish museum and library. In the library-which… Read more »
Teshuva for cursing a parent
Question: Hello, Thank you for your help. My question deals with cursing a parent. As a bal teshuva, I am analyzing past mistakes in detail to try to make it… Read more »
Is there any halachic issue with having a trophy deer head in our house?
Question: Is there any halachic issue with having a trophy deer head in our house? Our 11 year old son has an interest in these type of objects. Answer: Halachically… Read more »
avak lashon hara
Question: There is someone (a rebbi) that I used to eat by on Shabbos. However, I no longer eat by him for certain reasons (having to do with frumkeit). Recently,… Read more »
kipah
Question: BS”D Shalom dear Rabbi, Question: I remember yeshivah said We couldn’t use a kippah without two screens. is there a law against using a kipah without two screens on… Read more »
opening mouth to satan
Question: The Gemara in Moed Katan says not to open one’s mouth to the Satan. Is it permitted for an actor to say that bad things happened to him (e.g..,… Read more »
Why do I have difficulties?
Question: Why do you think that a person like me, a baalas teshuva, who never really felt an attachment to the secular path, have to be faced by G-d with… Read more »
Chazaka Neder?
Question: I started distributing a parsha shiur someone in the neighborhood every week–a talmid chacham in particular, and to others via e-mail At the beginning, I had no intent in… Read more »
GIFT TO GOY
Question: I received some unsolicited presents of chocolate and wine from gentile business contact. I cannot use any of it. Can I give it to a gentile business associate of… Read more »
Photos with names of G’d
Question: BS”D Shalom my dear Rabbi, Question: If a person put a photo in cel phone that contains a divine name, it can delete? or he has to put in… Read more »
disposing of kiddush cups
Question: Hello, Thank you for your help. What is the proper disposal of plastic kiddush cups and plastic plates used to hold bread during Shabbat? Thanks. Answer: You can throw… Read more »
The name Avshalom
Question: The only Avshalom that I am aware of in Tanach was Dovid Hamelech’s son. He rebelled against his father and died a terrible death. Therefore, I was wondering if… Read more »
Why are some children born with a physical or mental defect?
Question: BS”D Shalom dear Rabbi, Question: I wonder if any book in Judaism (Kabbalah) speaks why children are born with physical or mental defect? Answer: You are asking an important… Read more »
Beit Din Gueirut
Question: BS”D Shalom dear Rabbi. Question: Can a Beit Din that will make conversions (koshe recognized), charged to the guiur? in the case of the rabbi may provide a necessary… Read more »
making amends for lashon hara
Question: i used to not be very careful with my mouth, but now b’h I’ve got much more control, an entirely different person. however, i’m trying to do teshuva for… Read more »
name
Question: If my grandaughter was named Charna in shul but she is called Lani exclusively. (Apparently Charna means black and therefore they gave an official English name of Melanie that… Read more »
gifts
Question: A friend asked me to get a negel vasser set for him (he will pay me back). I would like to give it to him as a matana, but… Read more »
Embarrassed passer by on street
Question: Dear Rabbis, I embarrassed a passer by on the street. I don’t know who they were, and have no way of finding out. Is there any way of doing… Read more »
lying
Question: There is a game called “Two Truths and a Lie,” where a person says two truths and a lie and the participants of the game attempt to guess which… Read more »
May a convert give psak?
Question: Based on my reading of this question so far, I believe the answer the question lies in whether giving psak is considered a position of serara in our times…. Read more »
Beit Din Gueirut
Question: BS”D Shalom dear Rabbi, Question:Beit Din for one guerim, may have two rabbis relatives (siblings, cousins, father and son etc ..)? even though Dayanim 2 ?, the conversion is… Read more »
Looking at the moon
Question: I heard that one should not look at the moon (except to say kiddush levana). Is this correct? Answer: Correct. It is written that one should not gaze (l’histakel)… Read more »
What is “Be’maizid” – deliberate when it comes to an avaira?
Question: What constitutes doing an avaira bemaizid – for example bishul on shabbos; 1) If a person is an atheist, is he a maizid? 2) If he believes in Gd,… Read more »
Can you touch the kosel wall
Question: Can you touch the kosel? and what’s the reason you wouldn’t be allowed to Answer: Yes you may touch the Kosel. According to most poskim and this is the… Read more »
first things first
Question: The Gemara in Megilah 28 says that Rebbe Akiva asked Rebbe Nechunya 2 questions, of which Rebbe Nechunya answered the second question first. Was this a violation of the… Read more »
Paskening like a single shita
Question: Theoretically is it muttur to pasken like a single man de’amar? for example, if someone knew all the Rambam’s shitos on every topic could that person be a “Rambam-nic”… Read more »
Convert
Question: I have a neighbor that is going through geirus. It is taking him extra long because he hasn’t been passing his tests from the beis din. He asks to… Read more »
upsetting widow
Question: Hello, Thank you for your help. My question deals with the parameters of upsetting a widow in the realm of shidduchim. A lady is dating a man and the… Read more »
Reduced fares and maris ayin
Question: I have a disability that is not visible but qualifies me for reduced fare on public transportation. I have a card issued, that I need to present to the… Read more »
Does H-shem have a right and left hand?
Question: Does H-shem have a right and left hand? Answer: One of the 13 principles of the Jewish faith is that H-shem is not physical, and does not have a physical… Read more »
Is this world real ?
Question: Is this world real ? Answer: You are asking an interesting but largely theoretical question. What do you mean by real? When using the world “real”, if you mean… Read more »
Suitable practice to dispel “spirits”
Question: Dear DinOnline, I see that the whole subject of ghosts and supernatural entities has not really been covered here before so I will be brave and send the first… Read more »
Pasuk on Toy
Question: Hi, we bought a stuffed toy Torah scroll. On the front is sown on “ki mitzion tzeitzei Torah” (in Hebrew) (see picture). Is there a problem of letting our… Read more »
Neder by Neila
Question: Hi, I hope you can help me with my issue. It was by ne’elah and I had a thought (I don’t think I ever said it out of my… Read more »
bogdan
Question: What’s the analogue of Ukrainian name Bohdan in LASHON A KODESH or Hebrew? Answer: Try Netanel. Gmar Chasima Tova
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 »
Washing on shabbos
Question: I got dirty on Friday night and I was very uncomfortable. It was a pretty big mess so I tried washing washing myself one ever at a time with… Read more »
I feel confused
Question: BH I feel that everything I do on a daily basis goes wrong, as a family too, I try to work and you don’t leave things to me, like… Read more »
chillul hashem
Question: A frum college student who falls asleep or dozes off while the professor is speaking, is it a Chillul Hashem? If it is, what should be done if the… Read more »