The prohibition of mesirah, informing secular authorities about the behavior of another Jew, is quite severe and constitutes a grave offense. Nonetheless, if a person is aware that someone is,…
The prohibition of mesirah, informing secular authorities about the behavior of another Jew, is quite severe and constitutes a grave offense. Nonetheless, if a person is aware that someone is,…
האם יש חיוב ללכת למקלט מדינא? (להלכה ולא למעשה, שכבר הורו רבותינו הוראתם)
שאלה: נסתפקתי בכמה אחוזי סכנה לפי ההלכה יש חיוב של ונשמרתם. וזה שאלה לא רק על אזעקה אלא על כל דבר. שמעתי בשם פוסקים לגבי כדורי מניעה וכדו' שיש…
Question: Am I allowed to call someone to ask them for information about someone else, to get to know the person I'm calling? Answer: Yes. Follow-up:…
Question: I am close with an noahide who is an interior designer . She asked me this question about business honesty: as a designer she is bringing a painter…
Question: I have a problem with my neighbors. There were workers working in his house. Every time when they finish the job, they were leaving the gates for the…
Question: I have two young children BH, one a year and a half, and one 2 months old. Am I allowed to use the Chanukah gelt they received to…
Question: I am a single girl, and I rent an apartment in crown Heights during the year. Due to the pandemic, I went home from March 19th - the…
Question: About a week ago a bought a couple of things in Jewish-owned store, including a thermometer. After I got home, I opened the thermometer's packaging and tried to…
Question: Is it halachically permitted to get permanent makeup that lasts for about a year, or permanent eyelash extensions? Is it a problem of tattoo? Is it a chatzizah…
When leaving a review on Amazon you are stating: 1. That you bought the product. 2. That you tried and used the product. 3. How the product performed. One…
I woke up pretty excited. I’m traveling to Yerushalayim for a summer learning program! I’m happy to be able to spend some time in the holy atmosphere of Eretz…
Orthodontic care to straighten teeth (i.e. braces), maxillofacial surgery to improve the look of the jaw, plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes—as well as other elective treatments may constitute the issur (restriction)…
Question: I bought a food scale, and the numbers keep changing and it is not working properly - may I have it in my possession? Answer: If you…
Question: While cleaning up after a non-religious family event at Chabad house, a bag of non-kosher cognac and an empty flask was found. It belongs to one of the…
Question: This a previous correspondence with Asktherav: At a farbrengen at my home once, someone left a scarf. I ended up using the scarf. It is now some five…
Q. Can you write אסור להשתמש בלי רשות in a sefer, and if yes, do you have to look in the front of a sefer to see if the…
Question: I'm currently in the process of getting a mortgage for a home purchase. I've been working for the last few weeks with a frum loan officer, and she…
Question: It often happens at home that one my children wants something another child has and tries to think of ways to get it whether just by asking (repeatedly)…
It does not apply only to beer. It applies to any type of bubbles. This would apply to both fermentation, as well as bubbles due to heat. Nonetheless, the…
Question: If I am lending my money which is in my saving account to a Jew and losing the interest that would accumulate during this time, can this amount…
Question: I'm embarrassed to say but when I was 10 or 11, our teacher gave us books in the classroom library that we could take out and use and…
Question: Are you allowed to finish eating soup by drinking the rest from the bowl or it’s a Sakana of drinking from the keara that the Alter Rebbe brings?…
Question: If our tree is hanging over the neighbor’s garden, whose responsibility is it to cut down those branches which are hanging over. If it’s my responsibility, do I…
Question: My neighbors tree branches are growing in such a way that they are over the area of my Sukkah. Who is responsible for paying for the trimming of…
Question: If one yid knows that a second did damage to a third and doesn't want (and won't) admit it, should/must he tell the damaged party who was the…
