Question: Recently I had the opportunity to make the Bracha on seeing a rainbow. Surprisingly enough, the same thing happened the next day. I vaguely recall learning that this…
Question: Recently I had the opportunity to make the Bracha on seeing a rainbow. Surprisingly enough, the same thing happened the next day. I vaguely recall learning that this…
We do not make שהחיינו on an Esrog, especially esrog jam. Sources: שאינו ניכר אם הוא משנה זו לפי שדר באילנו משנה לשנה - יפ״ל א, או״ח רכה,…
If deep-fried - mezonos. If lightly fried - mezonos. However, if eating till your full then you should only eat within a proper meal of bread. If baked or…
Golden berries (Physalis peruvinana or Cape gooseberry) are Ha’adama. שערי הברכה עמ׳ תשעה ובהע׳ נג, מאיר עוז עמ׳ 118, הברכות כסידורם עמ׳ 52. #17374
You have to make sure your hands are dry when washing them in the morning with a Bracha and when you wash for Hamotzie. All other times you don't…
Question: I'm baking a gluten-free challah recipe for a guest. I'm not sure how to know if the recipe would be hamotzie or not. The ingredients include: brown rice…
Question: We are planning to make a brunch for the mechutamin on the 7th day after the chasuna. They will have had a sheva brachos the night before. Should…
Question: Is there a source for us saying עול הגוים instead of עול גלות in bentching? Is it something everyone should do? If yes, is there a reason that…
Question: I'm teaching my 4th-grade students the Halachos of washing 2nd Negel Vaser. Do the hands have to be dried before reciting the Bracha על נטילת ידים, or can…
Question: Does a Chocolate Danish you buy in the bakery have the Bracha (מעיקר הדין and for בעל נפש ect) as the Babka described here? Answer: There is…
Question: Should we say that nowadays Mezonos bread (made from juice) is an “every day” food and people get full and satisfied from it, and would therefore become Hamotzi?…
A rvi’is of the coffee or tea should be drunk within a time frame of 4 minutes. Practically speaking, for most people, this is not an issue. Nonetheless, since…
Question: If I make cookies by mixing Old Fashioned Quaker Oats (rolled oats)-- without cooking them--with peanut butter (and some honey and chocolate chips) and then freezing them, what…
Q. The ones that say they are Mezonos, do they have the same issues of Mezonos Bread? A. It depends on how they are made. If they’re made using…
One may drink the water left in his cup that was used for Mayim Acharonim. Nonetheless, some people are particular about this. This refers only to the cup from…
אינו אומר הרחמן זה, לפי שאסור לברך גוי משום לא תחנם. ויאמר במקומו: הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יִשְׁלַח לָנוּ בְּרָכָה מְרֻבָּה בִּמְקוֹם הֲלִיכָתֵנוּ וּבִמְקוֹם יְשִׁיבָתֵנוּ עַד עוֹלָם (וי״א: הרחמן הוא ישלח לנו…
Question: I have a piece of cake that has a lot of custard. When I ate it, I took spoonfuls of the custard and ate it separately. I did…
אם עדיין לא התגרש - בודאי אומר. ואם התגרש כבר - פשוט שלא. הרי אינו אשתו. ובכלל, בכמה נוסחאות - אין אומרים כן כלל. ואינו מופיע בסידור הרב. וכמדומה…
Question: Is the Yirei Shamayim mentioned in Halacha higher lower or equal to a Ba'al Nefesh mentioned in Halacha? I.e. would it be an oxymoron for someone to not…
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?…
