Borer: How Long Before the Meal May I Separate the Good from Bad?
Question: When I prepare my Shabbos meal, like cutting salads etc., I start way in advance because BH I have a baby and I need to stop in middle…
Question: When I prepare my Shabbos meal, like cutting salads etc., I start way in advance because BH I have a baby and I need to stop in middle…
The inside box that holds the Torah? The doors also? How about the entire design on the outside that makes it look larger and is part of the extended…
As long as it is clean and there are no particles of food, there is no problem to eat milchig and fleishig either cold or hot with the same false tooth and…
Question: A certain company which typically looks to hire talented help with experience in their specific field is having a problem, since it is very difficult, as there are…
A husband and wife are forbidden to have relations in front of a child who is able to speak if he is awake. From the simple reading of Shulchan…
If there is a chance that the goy will realize and it will thus cause a Chilul Hashem then one must inform the goy (therefore when possible one should…
B'yechidus with a hat, jacket and gartel. However you should be present when the Minyan davens and answer Kaddish, Kedusha etc. Sources: משום הכון לקראת אלוקיך, וכעומד לפני…
Question: I was recommended to do martial arts for good fitness and focus, with the bonus of some self defense techniques. Is this allowed? They claim to be Pareve…
Question: When I give my baby a bath, often the most comfortable position to do it is by kneeling, meaning to have my knees on the floor and bend…
An Amah by two Amos (48 cm. x 96 cm.), provided he can do the "ituf" with that size. It’s best to have it a bit larger, in case…
It is true that the Rebbe did usually not use an umbrella. However, I’m not aware of any indication that others should not use an umbrella. At times, others…
Ma'aser money may be used to purchase the raffle tickets, since the money is ultimately benefitting a proper Tzedakah organization. However, the prize would become the property of the…
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 need to…
Sometimes one is bombarded with people all day long, while learning and davening, or at home. Therefore, if one is in the middle of a Mitzvah, even if one…
I put the leftover salad in a fleishig plastic container with a piece of chicken. The milchig metal salad tongs and glass salad bowl were all in the fleishig…
אסור לאוכלו. מקורות: בצל ירוק בכלל בצל. ולו יהיבנא דהויא ספיקא - חמירא סכנתא מאיסורא. וראה חוט שני עניני סכנה ע׳ עה. גם אני אודך ענינים שונים ב,…
A holocaust survivor may technically forgive an individual Nazi Yimach Shemo for what he has done to him personally. Anyone else can not forgive a Nazi Yimach Shemo for…
There is indeed reason to approach this with care. • In a Yechidus with Mrs. Backman, a children’s book illustrator, the Rebbe instructed that when drawing Tzaddikim from Chumash,…
Haadama. Sources: ראה סדר ברה״נ ו, ז: מיני עצים רכין שהעלין והפירות יוצאין מהעיקר עצמו אינו נקרא אילן כלל לדברי הכל לענין ברכת בורא פרי העץ". ובקצוה״ש מט בבדה"ש סק״ו…
Question: There is this "instant pot" (pressure cooker appliance) that has its heating element in the lid of the pot, for air frying. The way this lid is designed…
