Also, am I allowed to watch a live stream from Meron? Answer: Yes to both questions. But you shouldn’t dance, listen intently to the music, or participate in…
Also, am I allowed to watch a live stream from Meron? Answer: Yes to both questions. But you shouldn’t dance, listen intently to the music, or participate in…
Question: My hair is super thick and a little too long. It is interfering with my Shaitel sitting correctly and sometimes sticks out from my Tichel. Amswer: Yes,…
The Chachamim instituted certain practices of mourning during the days of sefira to commemorate the passing of the students of Rabbi Akiva. One of the practices is to refrain…
ל”ג בעומר שחל ביום ועש”ק
שאלה: השנה שלג בעומר חל בערב שבת, האם יש מקום לערוך התהלוכה וכו' ביום חמישי ערב לג בעומר. ושאלתי גם אם מתאים מבחינה חסידית לעשות כהוראת הרבי - לפני…
It may be done. Sources: הרש״ש כתב בהגהות השמ״ש על ע״ח טו - שער הזיווגים - ג ע״ד הסוד להימנע בימי העומר. והובא בבן יהוידע קידושין לט, ב…
Question: Is there a problem to begin the Shabbos meal before counting Sefira? Answer: Indeed this is a problem. This applies Friday night and during the week as…
Question: We had moved out of our house a year ago to do renovations. The house is almost ready for us to move back. Are we allowed to move…
Question: I have a Sefardi cousin who is getting married a week after Pesach. Am I allowed to go to the Chasunah, be there by the music and dancing…
Does the ho'raah of not delaying an upshern to the next morning, when it is pushed off, relevant also on Lag B'omer? Seemingly it is wide spread to cut…
You may continue with a Bracha. שו"ע אדה"ז תפט, כה. ואף שודאי לא ספר בלילה - ראה ספר ספיה"ע פ"ג אות כט. #8264
Yes, however one must count Sefira as soon as the alarm rings. Sources: כך משמע מדין שמש (שו"ע אדה"ז תפט, יז). ומסתברא ששמש (כללי) מועיל פחות משומר (פרטי)…
The importance of music in terms of elevating the spirit cannot be underestimated. At the same time, the prohibition against music during the time of sefira should not be…
Many are lenient in this matter to trim with scissors the part of the mustache that interferes with eating. Sources: עיין באג"ק חי"ט ע' תכב במענה לשואל, שישאל…
There is such a custom, practiced in many Chasidic circles, but many poskim criticize it. It seems to have originated in places where a siyum is made on the day…
One who travelled east, observes Shavuos a day earlier than the people at his destination (i.e. on Shabbos and Sunday, the fifth and sixth of Sivan). These Halachos are relevant for this situation: Shabbos:…
I've heard that the Avi-Haben doesn't take a haircut during Sefira, does the same apply to new clothes? Answer: The Avi-Haben may buy new clothing for the Bris…
It is a Mitzvah to have hair cut before every Yom Tov, so as not to enter into Yom Tov unkempt. The prohibition of haircutting on Chol Hamoed was…
האם מותר לעשות מסיבת “קבלת תורה” לגן ילדים עם מוזיקה ביום שלישי ראש חודש סיון ביום?
האיסור לשמוע כלי נגינה היא עד ליל ערב שבועות. ויש מתירים מיום ג׳ סיון בבוקר. אין היתר רק לילדים קטנים קודם גיל החינוך. ועם כל זה אין זה בדרך…
May I keep the dress? If yes, must I wait until after Shavuos to wear it? Answer: You may keep the dress. If it is a simple day…
Full Question: Lag B'Omer evening, I spoke to a group of children in connection with Lag B'Omer. Afterwards, I went to Daven Ma'ariv, I had a doubt whether I…
האם מותר לחתן שמתחתן באור לל”ג בעומר להסתפר יום או יומיים לפני כן?
אם השיער מגודל, אפילו קצת - יכול להסתפר ביום החופה. טעמים ומקורות: ע״פ דין ודאי מותר שלא יכנס לחופה כשהוא מנוול, שיו״ט שלו הוא, וכדין רגל. והרי חתן…
The custom is to wait until nightfall on the eve of Lag Ba’Omer. #4133
Yes. מקור: סה״ש תשמ״ט ב ע׳ 745. Does it matter that I already bought the fruit and they would go to waste otherwise? In such a…
Question: There was a Minhag to eat colored eggs on Lag BaOmer. I once heard that we don't do it any more (Bechukas Hagoyim?). Now it's going around that…
I’m assuming you are discussing preschool children. This is permissible for two reasons: Since they are below the age of Chinuch. Since it’s to put them to sleep. Still, it’s…
