It is permissible to perform, watch, or bring out a magician (when done in a Tznius fashion) only if the magician explains to the audience that everything is slight…
It is permissible to perform, watch, or bring out a magician (when done in a Tznius fashion) only if the magician explains to the audience that everything is slight…
Question: When I Shecht for Muslims some of them request that I say "bismila a-rahim a-rhaman" which roughly translates as "in the name of the most merciful G-d". Am…
The Remo and Shach (very end of YD 148) discuss sending presents to a gentile on a religious holiday, and they rule (based on Terumas Hadeshen 195) that there is…
Question: Is it against Halacha to go to an intermarriage wedding if not going would cause Shalom Bayis problems with the family? Would one be allowed to go to…
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Yes. Sources: כן המנהג. וכן מעשה רב במוצש״ק, אור לי״ז טבת, תשמ״ט. וככל הנראה גם באור לי״ט טבת תשכ״ה.
Question: Regarding Nittel Nacht, if someone won’t be Davening Maariv in Shul that night, is it preferable to Daven Maariv at home at Tzeis Hakochavim, or as one is…
Yes. Sources: כן המנהג בחצרות חסידים. וכן נהג הר״י ע״ה וויינבערג בשידור ברדיו, ומפי השמועה - ע״פ הוראה. (וראה יומן להרב חדקוב טבת תשל״ב. כפ״ח גל׳ 646). וראה…
It is absolutely forbidden to swear on a non-Jewish bible. Even to swear not on a book or to swear on a Chumash or the like, even if it is…
Halachically, Thanksgiving is not similar to other non-Jewish holidays. This holiday is not based on a specific religion and one who celebrates it does not transgress the prohibition of…
Question: Someone got possession of a church's furniture and donated the tables and chairs to a Shul. The Shul does not know where it came from. Someone who knows…
There is no issue. Sources: שאלה: האם בקני' דרך האינטרנט ניתן להשתמש בקוד הנחה של קראצמאך (כפי שנכתב באנגלית בקיצור). והאם (גם) משנה שכבר עבר יותר מג' יום…
There is no prohibition to buy a chess set with a cross. However, there are those who are careful to take down the cross, as many (Yirei Shomayim) do.…
Q. Can my kids have dolls? Do we need to deface them? A. Best to be stringent and deface by removing the tip of the nose. Q. Does…
As a health practitioner, one may work on and touch women, as well as work on gentiles including gentile women. One may also receive treatment from a female practitioner, as…
התחיל להגיע לבית הכנסת גוי ומבקש סידור וטלית. אני נמנע מלתת לו סידור וטלית איך שהוא הוא מצליח לקחת בעצמו או בעזרת מישהו אחר את הסידור/תהילים וטלית. שאלה: מה ההלכה…
One may enter a church to vote, provided it is not in the sanctuary, but rather they specifically set up a room for this purpose, e.g. the basement or…
The place first needs to be fixed that it will no longer appear that it was a church, and only then one can work there. Only after removing all forms…
It is OK to participate in a tour of an ancient non-Jewish cemetery. Upon seeing a non-Jewish burial site, one recites the following Passuk (ירמי׳ נ, יב): בּ֤וֹשָׁה אִמְּכֶם֙…
If there is a big need, one may attend a workshop (that is in a Kosher fashion) taking place in a Muslim school. This is especially since the event…
