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Category: Laws of interpersonal relations
Embarrassing a student
Question: Is a teacher allowed to tell a student out loud in front of the class to stop talking, to pay more attention etc. if it will cause the student… Read more »
yehi ratzon for cholim
Question: How sick does someone need to be to daven for them using yehi ratzon… besoch shear cholei amo yisrael? Answer: Anyone who needs to get better, or feel better,… Read more »
Tochacha after being humiliated
Question: If A shames B and causes shame and public humiliation what is the correct approach? Should B approach A and tell him of his feelings? Even if B feels… Read more »
Children taking revenge to prevent bullying
Question: I heard Beshem a mechanech that a child who is bullied can or perhaps should resist or retaliate in a physical manner in order to prevent future bullying. Speaking… Read more »
Judging Favorably
Question: I’m having trouble trying to understand “judge everyone favorably”. If I turn a blind eye and I don’t use my mind and say “he’s a tzaddik, he’s correct he… Read more »
Spilling someones blood
Question: If someone embarrasses another person is that considered shfichas domim? Answer: Yes, there is an element of shfichas domim there. The gemorah Baba Metzia 58b says that when a… Read more »
Saying past bad habits to a date
Question: Does a boy have to tell a girl of past habits(bad) that he once had but are no longer an issue? Answer: Past bad habits that truly are no… Read more »
Saving Non-Jews
Question: Does the issur of lo moridin velo maalin apply to the non-jews of today? Answer: The issur only applies to the the pagan idol worshipers not to the non-Jews of… Read more »
Married men being friends with other women
Question: Is it halachicly allowed / appropriate for married men to be friends with other women? And is it allowed for married men to drive every day with another women… Read more »
when someone doesn’t realize they should ask for forgiveness
Question: Someone hurt me over a long time ago and has never apologized or asked for mechila in a sincere way. i recently contacted that person and can tell from… Read more »
Telling a child to stop misbehaving BaRabim
Question: If a school-aged kid is not behaving in class, or is being chutzpadik, is it permitted to tell him out loud to stop (when the rest of the class… Read more »
Cohen serving another cohen
Question: Is one kohein allowed to be “mishtameish” with another kohein or is he just as obligated to honor them by not being mishtameish with kohanim? Answer: It is a… Read more »
Shower negiah
Question: Hi, In college the other day, a girl(nonJew)asked me a question and I gave her the answer. She began to put her arms around me in an attempt to… Read more »
mechila
Question: Shalom Aleichem, I’m submitting these shailos on behalf of my friend who’s a little nervous but doesn’t have OCD and he just wants to know what the halacha is,and… Read more »
Gift to Irreligious Jew
Question: A worker in my office collects money from colleagues before Pesach and Rosh Hashanah to buy a gift for the irreligious cleaner. The cleaner is presented with a voucher… Read more »
Teaching Kosher to Non Observant
Question: Dear Rabbis, How comfortable should a Jew feel in discussing the need for others to keep a kosher diet in the jewish community. I have friends and family who… Read more »