Such a purchase is not recommended and potentially problematic halachically. However if there is a real need, like to help your children relax and fall asleep, and there’s no…
Such a purchase is not recommended and potentially problematic halachically. However if there is a real need, like to help your children relax and fall asleep, and there’s no…
Question: May one pronounce אלהים when saying 1. אלהים אחרים 2. ואתה תהיה לו לאלהים (where Rashi explains לרב ולשר)? I.e. when one is not reading the whole passuk…
Question: Many national flags (especially of European countries) and historical coats-of-arms incorporate symbols of the Nazarene faith. Is it permitted to display such flags and is there any idea…
There is a popular camp activity called color run, where campers run across a path as fellow campers shower them with colored chalk powder. It is a fun group…
One should not move homes on Monday (including Sunday night) or Wednesday (including Tuesday night). It most auspicious and preferable to move on Tuesday (including Monday night). If the…
לכבוד הרה"ג הרב ברוין שליט"א, “Patterns Of Evidence” is a heavily advertised series of videos and books. In short, it is ran by Christians who go on missions to…
Regarding donating blood to a fellow Jew, it is clear that just as we must help a Jew monetarily, and we must even inconvenience ourselves to help, we must…
In the case of an acquaintance, certainly in the case of cleaning help or handyman as appreciation, it is permissible. #6257
One may not enter a Catholic School even for a purpose like this. ש"ך יו"ד קמט, א. שו"ע קנ, א. #6057
Halloween is rooted in Avoda Zara. Celebrating Halloween also involves serious issues of Chukos Hagoyim, especially that it is difficult to find a rational explanation to the celebrations other…
יארצייט של יהודי עבור “משפחתו” שאינם בני ברית
שאלה: אנו נוהגים לשלוח לאנשי הקהילה מכתב לרגל היארצייט של בני משפחתם, עם תזכורת לבוא לבית חב"ד ולומר קדיש וכו'. במקרה שבני משפחת הנפטר - אינם יהודיים, האם מותר…
See here: https://asktherav.com/2614-if-a-song-is-written-by-a-yid-but-is-recorded-with-a-non-jewish-singer-is-there-an-issue-listening-to-it-is-the-concept-of-connecting-to-his-neshama-apply-here-as-well/ #4750
It is not forbidden to listen to a non-Jew sing. This is provided that the music, either the lyrics or the purpose of the music, is consistent with Torah, i.e.…
Also, for someone in the process of conversion (and someone not Jewish) how would we say the name in Tehilim? Would we use the mother's name? Also, a Giyores…
If the money goes directly to the church, then it is not permissible, unless we know that the money is going to fund their social work and not for…
If the money goes directly to the church, then it is not permissible, unless we know that the money is going to fund their social work and not for…
In this case, as long as they didn't give it in the name of their Avodah Zara, there is no issue. The money should be used to pay for…
Yes. However, the very first garment after birth should not be one that the opposite gender has worn before. In today’s day and age where mothers give birth in the…
There is no problem with clothing which by nature are the same for men and women. Nonetheless there should be other ways to identify between man and woman when…
There are two questions here. First, if one can eat together with non Jews. Second, if it's OK for a Jew to enter a mosque. A Jew is not…
Full Question: In one of the offices I visit on Mivtzoim on a weekly basis there's a gentleman that may have a little warped beliefs in relation to Yoshke,…
Q. Is one allowed to ride with an Uber when a cross is dangling from the driver's mirror? A. Yes. Q. Is there a problem to daven and…
Question: It is Minhag Haolam, and unfortunately became a custom among Yidden too L'havdil, to make various pranks on the Secular calendar day today, under the name "April Fools".…
Additional Question: At the party I want the Kallah to make the Bracha on Challah dough to get her to do a Mitzvah before her wedding. A. She will…
Most Rabbonim have long ago settled the matter and determined that it is a non-issue. There are some anti-Sheitel zealots* who have jumped on the bandwagon to make another…
