How to properly arrange the seating at the Shabbos meal?
Question: When there are a group of families, bochurim, and older single men and women together for the Shabbos meals, how should they be seated? Is mixed seating allowed?…
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Question: When there are a group of families, bochurim, and older single men and women together for the Shabbos meals, how should they be seated? Is mixed seating allowed?…
Question: We have construction starting in our sunroom a week before the 3 weeks. Am I allowed to continue into the 3 weeks if the work is not done…
האם מותר להתפלל תוך כדי קדיש?
שאלה: נסתפקתי באם בשעה שאומרים קדיש מותר לי להמשיך לומר תהלים או שאר תפילה ולעצור לעניית אמן. שמעתי מרב אחד שאם אצליח לכוין שעניית אמן זו הולכת על היתגדל…
Question: Hi! My family isn't frum yet, and there is a family vacation booked in the mountains, beginning on Sunday before Roch Chodesh Av and ending on Friday 3…
Not an issue. See also: https://asktherav.com/3014-hearing-aids-on-shabbos/ Sources: דל״ש ממשקפיים שנתפשט להתיר. וגם להחיי״א נו, ג שאסר במשקפיים - הרי בימינו ל״ש החשש דילמא נפיל. והה״נ במכשירי שמיעה.…
Question: In a recently written Sefer Torah, which was written according to the Alter Rebbe’s ksav, we noticed that the letter Vav in the word ‘shalom’ is not split.…
Answer: In general, any residue (which has actual substance, not just color) has the same status as food, and would consequently emit ריחא/זיעה equally. Practically speaking, when baking fish…
Question: I am thinking about using beeswax candles for Shabbos in the month of Elul as a hiddur. I found candles on Amazon that are made from beeswax and…
Question: I am a doctor. I have seen from personal experience that people get better care if they are not alone in the hospital. Especially sometimes if the woman…
They should not use the same congregants for both minyanim at the same time. They may however have two minyanim consecutively, by only using six congregants to daven at the first minyan, and four people joining without davening. Thereafter,…
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Question: If there is a disagreement between the poskim and the mekubalim, who do we follow? I’ve seen in שער השמועה סימן א (printed in the הוצאה חדשה דשולחן…
You don't have to (though some are particular about this). Sources: ראה יו"ד סימן שכ"ו סעיף ב בפת"ש סק"ב, אף שהביא חולקים, אבל ראה שם מה שהביא בשם…
שאלות: ברצוני לשאול כת"ר ב' שאלות בשיטת אדה"ז במלאכת מלבן בשבת. א. הנה בשו"ע אדה"ז (סי' שיט, יג) מבואר שבמשמרת שעשויה לכך אין בה איסור שרייה במים, וז"ל: "יין…
Question: I posted a Job on Upwork.com (a freelancing website) to develop some software (write code, test & fix, etc. using computers & servers). The freelancer I found mentioned…
Yes. Sources: פשוט, לפי שכל היום הוא בגדר ימי רצון. ואף שסמכוהו לשמו״ע לפי שהוא כנגד שמו״ע - ראה מג״א קלד, א - כל היום זמנו. ובפרט, למנהגנו…
Question: If I work for an organization where I get paid on the basis of how much I work, am I able to clock less time than what I…
Question: Here are the conditions:The house is owned by an older couple who are vacationing out of town. Around five of their adult children (who all live in Crown…
Answer: There is no known source for this custom. We haven’t seen this practiced among talmidei chachamim and gedolei Yisroel. The Rebbe didn’t practice it either. See also…
Question: Is it necessary to have bread on the table during bentching after a meal, or is it enough to have the bread in view in the same room?…
No. The Dinim of the three weeks apply from the night before the fast. Sources: ראה שו"ת חיים שאל ח"א סימן כד. אשל-אברהם להרה"צ מבוטשאטש או"ח סי' תקנ"א…
Question: By mistake, I heated up parve chocolate chips in a milchig cup in a fleishig microwave. The cup is Corelle. Then I mixed it with a milchig spoon…
Yes, but not together in the same Mi Shebeirach as Jews. This is permitted in the case where he is favorably disposed towards Jews, or where appropriate due to…
Question: What exactly does the Siddur mean when it says (before the Bracha of Kiddush Levanah) to look at the moon once and then don't look at it, is…
It is unclear whether it’s recited. In practice, one should recite it. Sources: במחזור השלם נדפסו פסוקי אל תירא וכו', וכ״ה כבר בהוצאת תשי״ג - ומצו״ב - שעברה…
