והאם יש בזה הבדל כמה הבית כנסת מלא [למשל ב770 שלפעמים זה ממש צפוף]? מענה: מעשה רב (בהסכם גדולי ישראל) שגם ילדות קטנות באות עם אבותיהן (לא רק לעזרת…
עד איזה גיל אפשר להכניס ילדה קטנה לבית הכנסת לעזרת גברים?
והאם יש בזה הבדל כמה הבית כנסת מלא [למשל ב770 שלפעמים זה ממש צפוף]? מענה: מעשה רב (בהסכם גדולי ישראל) שגם ילדות קטנות באות עם אבותיהן (לא רק לעזרת…
Question: My children like music. They express interest in attending concerts. I only feel comfortable if there is no mixed seating. Even if there isn't mixed seating, something about…
Question: Women in our shul have complained that they don't have access to the backyard playground from their side of the mechitza. A proposal has been made to move…
Question: There is a Purim Seudah planned to take place this year. The way it's set up is family sitting (family per table). I don't know whether there are…
Question: My office has a minyan for mincha and maariv for many years now; however, the space they use for the minyan is the office conference room, which is…
Men shouldn’t either. The phrase in the Maane Lashon וישא עיניו אל כפים אל א-ל בשמים is from the passuk in Eicha 3:41, which refers to prayer in general. There…
A. Yes. See here: https://asktherav.com/15034-can-a-man-daven-in-the-womens-section/ Q. Does he count for the Minyan? A. If he is visible to the minyan. Some disagree even if he is visible. Q.…
Where women would be visible, however, no women are currently present? Answer: One may daven there when no women are present. ראה שו"ת מהר"י שטייף סי' קל"ו…
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…
The Halacha is that a brother may not hug or kiss a sister or vice versa. This applies to any type of affectionate physical contact between them. Dancing together…
Question: When there are a group of families, bochurim, and older single men and women together for the Shabbos meals, how should they be seated? Is mixed seating allowed?…
Question: Aside from the uncomfortable feelings of showing up at shul and seeing men on the women's side... Is it even halachically allowed for men to Daven on the…
Answer: You should not stop them from performing a Mitzvah Medoreiso because of a possibility that there would be someone not tznius. You may ask them to turn around…
If there are women that are Tznius, it is permitted as long as they are not in your view (provided this isn’t an official shul). עיין חתם סופר בתשובותיו…
AskTheRav: There are details missing here. What type of shul is this that uses a "Shabbos microphone"? What are their mechitzah standards and other religious standards? User: Thank…
Full Question: On page two of this interview with Rabbi Riskin, he quotes a Psak that Horav Soloveitchik A”H gave him about a frum rabbi sitting in Reform temple,…
This is not proper for a religious crowd. [1] Poskim advise against this. Some even forbid it outright. [2] However, if the crowd is not religious, and the purpose is…
Yes, if the comedy is clean and there is separate seating between men and women with a Mechitza as explained in question #2806 (2). #2806 (6)
Mixed seating for men and women at Jewish events is forbidden and is a breach in Tznius laws. See some of the following sources: Tractate Sukkos 52a where in…
In many places - see references below. Sources: אג״ק ז ע׳ שט. שם ע׳ שכח. יד ע׳ רכח. יח ע׳ שצד. יט ע׳ עד. כג ע׳ קנו. שם…
Question: On which side of the Mechitzah does a transgender man (i.e., someone who was born a woman but identifies herself as a man) sit? Answer: While there…
