Question: How can one do teshuva for speaking Lashon Harah about all Jews, or about all the Jews of a particular city? Answer: A person that spoke lashon hora about… Read more »
Category: Various matters
Terumos and Maaser on Mushrooms
Question: Are mushrooms obligated in terumos and maaser? Thank you Answer: They are not obligated, even though they might appear as if they were planted on the ground, they grow… Read more »
Vow annulment on zoom
Question: B”H Thank you for your help. Is it ok to do vow annulment this year via zoom? Would there be any option to “postpone” doing a vow annulment for… Read more »
Zera on paper?
Question: My friend put my sefarim in a bag that also had an underwear with zera in it I think some of the zera may have gotten in contact with… Read more »
Do I have to ask mechila for something that happened 45 years ago?
Question: BH Shalom kvod ha rav. 45 years ago I broked an advanced relation with a woman short before chatuna.No vort was done yet. She suffered. Afterwards both built happy… Read more »
Why do we still observe mitzvot without the Beit HaMikdash?
Question: Hi Rabbi, Reading the Parasha every week, it seems the bulk of the Torah, at least the Written Torah is composed of commandments we don’t practice anymore, and a… Read more »
Replica of utensils Beis Hamikdash
Question: Is there any halakha that banned the replica of objects and utensils from the Beis Hamikdash? Answer: Yes. The gemara says that we may not make a duplicate of… Read more »
Brachot In food in kosher
Question: Can a Bnei Noach make a brachar over a non-kosher food, even though he knows he doesn’t have to? Is there any halakha forbidding? Answer: I am not aware… Read more »
Building a library with kadosh and not kadosh books
Question: BS”D Shalom, I would like to know if I can write a brachar or a phrase for wisdom in Hebrew on the wall of a library I am building,… Read more »
Changing diaper in front of seforim
Question: Is one allowed to change a baby’s diaper and exposing the child’s body in front of seforim? Does it make a difference if the diaper is soiled with only… Read more »
Is olive oil with kedushas sh’vies batel in regular olive oil?
Question: What is the halacha regarding olive oil with kedushash sh’veis that got mixed into regular olive oil? Answer: It would have the same halachos as other oil that got… Read more »
Attaining Perfection in life
Question: Let’s say a person sets a goal (in my case the religious field) and NOT because of something or someone, is it possible that one day (future tense) I… Read more »
Igeret hagra
Question: Shalom Aleichem Rabbi, iggeret hagra is important for us Litvishe Mitnagdim. The original is – I suppose – in Yiddish. Can you find out if the Yiddish ~original text… Read more »
Soncino press
Question: Is it okay to use Soncino press? Are they considered heretics? Some of their books have Christian commentaries? Answer: I can not comment on all of the books as… Read more »
clarification on embarrassing
Question: B”H Thank you for your help. It is always appreciated. My question is: if two people are in a home and one of them is on a video call,… Read more »
Relying on mesiras moda’ah
Question: Hi, If I did a chumra three times and I no longer want to continue doing it, do I have to do hataras nedarim, or can I rely on… Read more »
Being a good guest according to halacha
Question: Honored rabbis, my sheyla is a request for the basic halachic etiquette for a bokhur being a long-term guest in someone’s house. Because of certain world circumstances limiting movement,… Read more »
Goyim and neder
Question: The goyim/Bnei Noach, They also do neder, and need to do Hatarat Nedarim? Answer: Keeping a neder is not one of the Noahide mitzvos, therefore the obligation to keep… Read more »
nedarim and shevuot
Question: How can we annul a neder or a shevuah, the easy way? Answer: Speak to your local Rov how to do this, because it depends on what was said… Read more »
Hatarat Nedarim
Question: If a person makes a promise not to eat more meat for a while, but with this covid19 the person has to eat meat so as not to weaken… Read more »
Brias Ha’olam Questions
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 »
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 is working, and koveia itim. How do I come to a greater appreciation of his 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 »