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  • Taharas Hamishpacha, Uncategorized, Women
  • Machshavos Zaros, Tahara, women

What types of improper thoughts are prohibited for women?

  A woman should not indulge herself with matters which arouse erotic thoughts. From the verse “do not stray after your heart and after your eyes…” – we derive that…

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  • Sleep, Women
  • sleep, women

May I sleep on my back, and without a pillow? I am a woman.

  The prohibition of sleeping on one’s back does not apply to women. Generally, there’s no need to sleep with a pillow. However, there are health considerations too. These obviously…

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  • Mourning (Aveilus), Shidduchim, Women
  • hair, mourning, shloshim, waxing, women

May a woman who is in Shloshim do waxing, color hair, and pedicure?

The following applies solely to a married woman, or to a girl who is of marriageable age: Yes, you may wax and color your hair. Pedicure is permitted in case…

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  • Kiddush, Shabbos, Women
  • kiddush for someone else

Is it better for my wife to make her own Kiddush, or for me to make Kiddush a second time?

  Question continued: The Alter Rebbe in סימן רעג says that לכתחילה one shouldn't make kiddush for someone else if they have already been יוצא, unless they can't make Kiddush…

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  • Krias Shema Al Hamita, Women

Are women obligated halachically to say Shema before sleeping at night? If yes, what parts?

  Yes, women should say Shema before going to sleep. The minimum should be: שמע, ברוך שם, ואהבת, יושב בסתר, אשמנו, בידך אפקיד, המפיל The יהי רצון does not need to…

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  • Kiddush Levana, Tznius, Women
  • talking with women, מעשה רב

Questions about Sholom Aleichem by Kiddush Levana

  Q. What does one do by Kiddush Levana regarding Sholom Aleichem if he's saying it alone and there's no one else around (or there's less than 3 people around)?…

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  • Davening, Maariv, Shabbos, Women
  • women davening

Is there a special requirement that women Daven Friday night?

  Answer: According to all opinions, Maariv is optional for women and girls. However, some Poskim maintain that Maariv on Friday night has unique status (for various reasons), and, accordingly,…

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  • Tznius, Women
  • college, degree

Is there any issue with a girl getting a degree after seminary at a Frum place?

  Please see here: https://asktherav.com/college-applying-the-rebbes-position/     #11657

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  • Megillah, Women
  • bas mitzvah

Can a Woman Read the Megillah?

  Question: A community member’s daughter is becoming Bas Mitzva on Purim. He will be making the event- for girls only- in the local Lubavitch hall. He wants very much that…

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  • Davening, Rosh Hashana, Teffilos, Tznius, Women, Yom Kippur

Should women be kneeling during Aleinu on Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur?

  Women should not kneel.   Sources: כמו בביהמ״ק שנשים לא כרעו, דאשה בעזרה מנין, וגם שבעזרת נשים ל״ש השתחוואה, ראה רשימות שיעורים ברכות כא, א ע׳ רפח בהערה. הררי…

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  • Birchos Hashachar, Davening, Women

Do women in Chabad say the Brocho of שעשני כרצונו?

  The Alter Rebbe does not include this blessing in his Siddur (although mentioned in his Shulchon Aruch) and practices vary within the Lubavitch community. In some households it is…

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  • Chanukah, Who Should Light Menorah?, Women

Menorah for a girl alone in her apartment over Chanukah

  Question: If I will be alone in my apartment over Chanukah, should I still light there for myself? Should I also pay an extended family member to be part…

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  • Nine Days, The 3 Weeks, Tznius, Women
  • equality, reform, siyum

May I woman make a Siyum on a Mesechta (not for men)?

  Obviously not Kaddish... But enough to eat meat and say hadran alach, modim anachnu, yehi ratzon?   Answer: Halachically, a woman may make a Siyum upon finishing to learn…

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  • Davening, Women
  • aleinu, bowing, spitting, עלינו

Women Spitting & Bowing By Aleinu

  Question: Are women and girls suppose to spit when they say להבל ולריק? Also, regarding bowing by ואנחנו כורעים, what is the proper way for that to be done?…

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  • Tzitzis, Women
  • או"ח יד

Is a woman allowed to tie tzitzis for boys?

  A woman is qualified to attach tzitzis to a garment, Some authorities, however, disagree and hold they are not qualified to attach tzitzis to a garment, because they are…

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  • Taharas Hamishpacha, Women
  • Niddah, ohel

May a woman who is Niddah go to the Ohel?

  A. The custom is not to go during the days of the flow.   Q. Does the custom of not going to the Ohel during her period apply to…

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  • Tznius, Women
  • lo yilbash

Can a woman wear a man’s undershirt under her shirt so her blouse won’t be see-through?

  There is room for leniency when needed as long as it's not noticeable.   Sources: אף שמיוחד לאיש, וכתב הרמ"א רפב, ה אפילו באחד מן הבגדים אסור אף על…

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  • Hagomel, Women

Do women Bench Hagomel?

  Question: Can a woman recite Birchas Hagomel (on Shabbos) from the women’s section? Or at the Torah?   Answer: It is permissible to do so from the women’s gallery…

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  • Dress Code, Tznius, Women
  • leggings, pajama

Is it a Halachic issue for a woman to wear leggings? What about wearing woman pajama pants?

  Hashem made the Jewish people a גוי קדוש - - 'a holy nation'. The general idea of Tznius is 'modesty', this means that the parts of the body that…

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  • Tznius, Women
  • *, sheitel

Are Lace Top Sheitels Kosher?

  Question: There are new Sheitels on the market where there is a very comfortable lace as the cap from where the hairs are sewn in or tied into the…

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