Question: Are you allowed to demolish a non working chimney (which starts from the ground all the way up to the roof)? I have heard that it may be…
Question: Are you allowed to demolish a non working chimney (which starts from the ground all the way up to the roof)? I have heard that it may be…
Rabbi Yehuda HaChossid writes in his tzavaah (will) that one should not completely close up doors or windows in one’s home. If one wishes to close up a door or a…
Question: We are starting a new kehillah on a development site. A third of the development was bought and houses were built before we bought there. We purchased the…
None of the above should be done. While looking momentarily is not a problem, one should not gaze intently at the deceased. Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid writes that parents should…
Question: Is one allowed to seal off a hole in the wall to the outside, which was used for ventilation of a dryer or so and is no longer…
Although this is permissible, it is not recommended. Sources: ראה בצוואת ריה״ח לג. ושם: בעיר אחד. (וראה אגרא דכלה וישב עה״פ וירד יהודה). אלא שידוע ומפורסם שלא נהגו…
Question: 1. I believe that it is mentioned in seforim that one should not move an oven in their home. Is this something that we follow? If someone wants…
מותר. מקורות: כללא כיילו לן בכ״מ לנקוט ד׳ ריה״ח בצוואתו כפשוטם, והבו דלא לוסיף, ולילה שלאחריו בודאי אינו בכלל היום. ולהעיר ממילי דחסידותא מג בסופו לענין חזרה מנסיעתו…
Question Someone I know cut down a fruit tree. Since fruit trees are not supposed to be cut down, but in this case, it was already done, would a…
Question: It says here that "Being that this is a complex Halachic question involving a Sakana from Rebbi Yehuda Hachasid, you should ask three Rabbonim...." In the notes, it…
Being that this is a complex Halachic question involving a Sakana from Rebbi Yehuda Hachasid, you should ask three Rabbonim whether they agree that it is permitted to be…
We found out that the apartment we are living in had a window sealed up years ago. It is not evident where the window actually was. In order to…
Question: I am doing construction in my house and I am getting rid of an opening in the wall of an air conditioner and closing the opening. I remember…
Q. It is brought in Tzava'as Rebbi Yehuda Hachassid (55) that a mother should start nursing on the left side. Is this the practice L'poel too? A. Yes, where…
Question: We purchased our house several years ago. Our backyard came with two trees. It seems as if one is a cherry tree and one is a pear tree.…
