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  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

Hiring non Jewish/non frum school teachers

Question: ואין מוסרים להם תינוק ללמדו ספר או ללמדו אומנות דמשכי ליה למינות Based on this rama (Y”D kuf nun gimmul- aluf) what is the heter to hire non Jewish/non… Read more »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews school teacher
29/11/2020
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews brachos Gentile
28/08/2020
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews gentiles kashrus
25/06/2020
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews
12/03/2020
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

Bnei noach Relationship

Question: BS”D If the man (bnei noach) is married, can he have sexual intercourse with unmarried woman? Answer: It is forbidden if the woman is married, but if the man… Read more »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews gentiles marital relations
02/02/2020
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

Shalom. I wonder if bnei noach can have relations before marriage.

Question: Shalom. I wonder if bnei noach can have sex before marriage. Thanks Answer: If she is not married to anyone and not a relative it is permitted for a… Read more »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews gentiles modesty
02/02/2020
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews gentiles
08/01/2020
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews Gentile
10/12/2019
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

Chassidei Umos Haolam

Question: Dear Rav, When the Rambam says that a goy who keeps the Sheva Mitzvos Bnei Noach because of logic and not because of the Torah that he’s not one… Read more »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews righteous gentiles
28/12/2018
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

Geneivas Daas with a non-Jew

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews geneiva geneivas daas
15/09/2018
  • 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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews procreating righteous gentiles
10/06/2018
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews bar
31/10/2017
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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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews
29/08/2017
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews gentiles Jews
08/08/2017
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews gentiles selling land
30/07/2017
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews gentiles presents
25/05/2017
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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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews saving lives stealing
22/05/2017
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews gentiles gifts presents
22/05/2017
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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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews kiddush Hashem
21/05/2017
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews Chilul Hashem
14/03/2017
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews mitzvos non-Jew
28/02/2017
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews pekuach nefesh Shabbos
22/01/2017
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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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews Uncategorized Chilul Hashem
10/01/2017
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews righteous gentiles
26/12/2016
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews Chilul Hashem
10/12/2016
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews
22/11/2016
  • Blessings (brachot)
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Blessings (brachot) Relations between Jews and non-Jews
07/09/2016
  • Laws of interpersonal relations
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Laws of interpersonal relations Relations between Jews and non-Jews
28/06/2016
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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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews Torah learning
22/06/2016
  • Relations between Jews and non-Jews

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 »

Relations between Jews and non-Jews
13/06/2016
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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 »

Festivals (Yom Tov) Relations between Jews and non-Jews Various questions on Passover halachah invitation Jewish seder night Torah Yom Tov
26/01/2014

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