Question: We would like to invite a family for the Shabbos day meal. However, they have a 15-year-old son and 2 daughters ages 11 and 8. We have a…
Question: We would like to invite a family for the Shabbos day meal. However, they have a 15-year-old son and 2 daughters ages 11 and 8. We have a…
באיזה אופן מותר לשאול שלום אשה, האם מותר לשאול בשלום אשה כששואל בלשון רבים – היינו, מה שלומכם, איך אתם?
אין הבדל בזה בין לשון רבים ללשון יחיד אא״כ עומדת בחבורה של כמה אנשים, ושואל בשלום כל החבורה. טעמים ומקורות: כן מוכח בלקט יושר או״ח עניני ט״ב בנוגע…
It's nothing specific to Lubavitch. Halacha mandates that the arm until the elbow should be properly covered. In a place where the common custom for women is to cover…
מהי גדר ניבול פה האסור ע”פ הלכה, ולא רק ענין של איידלקייט והשקפה וכדומה.
נבלות פה - היינו דברי עגבים ודברי חשק. וגם בלא זה, בכלל אין להוציא דבר מגונה מפיו. מקורות: כן מוכח מכמה מאחז״ל, וחלקם צויינו להלן בהעתקת ד׳ המס״י.…
Question: Can you go into an art gallery and see statues of naked people or is that against Halakha? What if you are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art…
Correct. The following is a quote from the Minchas Yitzchok: We are alarmed to hear of a new dreadful breach in the wall of tzniut in relation to female…
It would be acceptable provided that it is done in a צניעות way. ואין לדיין אלא מה שעיניו רואות. I am not aware of a Halachik problem as long…
Question: I am a bochur in 770 and I have a sister in Crown Heights for the year, and we would like to meet up sometimes on the street…
This depends on various factors. Firstly, do you know if she keeps the basic kosher standards that are not necessarily kept by all kosher consumers such as: Cholov Yisrael…
Question: Is it tznius for over Bas Mitzvah girls to daven in a place like Prospect Park (not while on the go, specifically going to park to daven there)?…
Question: If I am given a seat on an airplane between two women, is it absolutely forbidden for me to sit there, or are there ways to permit it?…
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: I have several grandchildren that will come to visit from overseas. They are my daughter's children. Till what age can I hug or kiss the granddaughters. Answer:…
Q. I taught my students the Sicha about shlomis bas divri - how she greeted and spoke to everybody. We know that a woman isn't allowed to greet a…
Question: I'm thinking of becoming an HHA (home health aide) I was wondering if there's a problem for a female to be taking care of a male? And if…
Question: I work as an assistant director of a BOYS day camp. We have campers age 6-12 and counselors aged 13-20. We have a "kiddies" bunk in camp, with…
If you are just reading with your eyes without saying the words there is no problem. To say the words is problematic. If it’s possible to turn away (not…
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: A lady who recently became observant used to play a musical instrument and give concerts in front of a general, mixed audience. Is it OK to continue doing…
Question: I teach a weekly class via zoom for Kindergarten age children. Most of the children don't use headphones, and it's very possible that others in their home are…
