Question: I ordered something expensive from an online store. I found the item hefker in the lobby of the building I reside in. Am I allowed to tell the retailer… Read more »
Category: Relations between Jews and non-Jews
Are goyim metzuvah in the mitzvah of peru urevu?
Question: Are goyim metzuvah in the mitzvah of peru urevu? Answer: It is controversial if gentiles are commanded in the mitzvah of pru urvu. Although they were certainly commanded to… Read more »
Drinking at a bar
Question: Are we allowed to go to a bar to drink with non Jews? Answer: For sefardim it is halachically prohibited, as one of the laws that chazal gave us… Read more »
Sheva Mitzvos
Question: I know this is a big issue but what is this organization’s shitah about teaching the sheva mitzvos bnei noach to non-jews both on a personal and communal level?… Read more »
Working with the unorthodox
Question: Dear Rabbi, When in our communities, our only doctors are unorthodox jews, can we make appointments or should we only see gentiles. I have had a few and in… Read more »
Selling a home to a non Jew in a “Jewish area” in Chutz Learetz?
Question: When is it forbidden to sell a home to a non Jew in a “Jewish area” in Chutz Learetz? How do we define a “Jewish area” by majority Jews… Read more »
Lo Sechaneim
Question: When it comes to giving matanos to goyim, is it enough to have a personal benefit to dispel the issur of lo sechaneim even if one’s main intention is… Read more »
Relationship with gentiles
Question: I’ve been wondering about these questions: How can there be a m”d that stealing from goyim is muttar and why isn’t there a mitzvah to save the life of… Read more »
About weddings and Jews giving food to goyim
Question: If a Jew has a wedding, and invites goyishe people, can that Jew give him (free) food? I heard from a Rabbi that a Jew can’t give a goy… Read more »
kiddush Hashem
Question: There are some circumstances where a Jew has to give up his life if there is a minyan there and he is being forced to do an aveira. Question:… Read more »
Giving a hitch to yeshiva bochurim
Question: When driving by a bus stop in the cold, one sees a few yeshiva bachurim and wants to give them a lift so that they don’t have to wait… Read more »
Mitzvos Bein Adam Lachaveiro to Non-Jews
Question: Why is it that so many mitzvos bein adam lachaveiro do not apply to non-Jews? Which mitzvos are we chayav to non-Jews? Answer: I once heard a very nice… Read more »
Getting in a car on shabbat
Question: What exactly is the issur of getting in a car on Shabbat? Specifically, was it permissible for the daughter of the president, and her husband to get in a… Read more »
Chillul Hashem
Question: I was a student in law school. There are a few Orthodox students in the school, and I was the most visibly Orthodox among them. Unfortunately, due to my… Read more »
Our relationship to righteous gentiles
Question: In what way are we supposed to relate to the chassidei umos haolam during the holocaust such as Irena Sendler, Carl Lutz and the entire Denmark? Answer: The gemorah… Read more »
Chillul Hashem by coming late to a class
Question: If a Jew comes late to class (in college, etc.), is it a Chillul Hashem? I’m not saying that it is good to be late – of course not… Read more »
Woman shaking hands
Question: If a male non jew extends his hand to a jewish women, may she accept the handshake? Answer: Although it might be permitted to accept the handshake nevertheless she should try… Read more »
Cross
Question: If one made a bracha while facing a person who was wearing a cross on his or her neck, without realizing it, is the bracha valid? What about other… 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 »
Various Questions
Question: 1) On the subway, is one required to give up his seat to anyone older or only for the elderly? Does it make a difference if it is a… Read more »
renting a building to a church
Question: I am buying a building one tenant is a church can i buy Answer: This is a difficult question, but I can give some broad guide lines. The Rambam and… Read more »
Inviting Non-Jew to Pesach Seder
Question: Can a non-Jewish woman attend a Pesach seder? Does it make a difference if she is studying to become Jewish and has renounced her born religion? Does it make… Read more »