You may sit down. Sources: או"ח קב א. ואפילו בעומד כנגדו. ואף שבכ״מ כתבו לאיסור - בפמ״ג קלא בא״א ה. משנ״ב י. ועוד (ופמ״ג קב א״א ז ומשנ״ב…
Sefer HaMinhagim, p. 34, quotes a letter from the Rebbe describing the directive received from the Rebbe Rayatz concerning the recitation of Kaddish after this Torah reading: “After the reading, the sheliach tzibbur begins…
Question: I’m staying at a family for Pesach and their toilet has a green soap inside the water tank so that every time I flush, the water turns out…
Or is there some tumah in there which is not appropriate for the food? A. It may be done. Q. Any reason to refrain? A. No. Some…
Question: I have a 13 year old son who is learning a blat of Maseches Sotah each day with another 13 year old chavrusa. Is it spoken about in…
Question: Regarding children not being exposed to non-kosher animals, is there an issue with pictures of birds (for example, this wallpaper)? And for that matter, every time a children's…
Question: I am in shidduchim and learnt that certain restrictions during the omer are waved when it comes to shidduchim. Is it allowed for a woman to trim her…
If the peeling is done merely as a Chumra because of a concern that perhaps it came in contact with Chometz (which is usually the case), there’s room to allow…
Question: My son placed a bag of individually wrapped chocolate bars (which he had prepared to bring to class for a siyum) on his desk under a loft bed…
האם יש איזשהו הידור לא לקנות חמץ אחרי פסח ממקומות שבהם המכירת חמץ היתה בלא ערב קבלן?
לא. אין הידור שכזה. גם כמעט ול״ש במציאות כיון שברובא דרובא אין מקפידים בזה, ולכן גם אם ידוע בבירור שבעל המאפי׳ מכר חמצו בע״ק - כמעט ולא ימלט…
Eating on Erev Yom Yov: One should not eat a meal from the 10th hour on Erev Pesach. You may serve light food up, not including matzah or mezonos…
I am going on merkas shlichus and if I see that someone won't make it through all 4 koisois, should I push them for at least 1/2/3 of them?…
Another Question: Can I look through Haggados on Shabbos and put paperclips on pages that I want to revisit after Shabbos? (i.e. to prepare Dvar torahs for my students)…
Doing it online is permitted. One may perform a Kinyan even when doing through this method. See details here: https://asktherav.com/mechiraschometz/ However, there are multiple Halachic advantages of doing it…
One may be lenient regarding airplane seats. There is room to be lenient regarding regular chairs too. This rule applies at all times, day or night. Additionally, in general,…
If it was a regular commercially produced egg, the knife remains kosher and there's no need to kasher it. Sources: See here: Halacha2go #468: Checking Eggs …
Can I use it for both milchig and fleishig if I bring my own milchig and fleishig pot? Answer: The stove may be kashered. See guidelines here: https://asktherav.com/download-kashering-made-simple/…
Question: The oven in the new apartment is completely cleaned, but not brand new. I tried to kasher it by turning it to the highest setting (550) and for…
Question: I’ve seen many people folding their Tallis on Motzei Shabbos right after Maariv, or as they wait for Kaddish after Shmoneh Esrei. However I’ve also heard that there’s…
If the oven was clean from meat and wasn’t used for meat during the last 24 hours, then the cookies may be eaten. Otherwise, the cookies should ideally be…
Question Details: A non religious Jewish guest cooked chicken in a fleshig pot. However, he cooked on my milchig burners on the stove top. He also put a fleishig…
If it wasn't washed together with treife keilim, it does not have to be kashered. יו״ד קלה, ח. וגם הרמ״א לא הגי׳ - ראה מג״א תנא, מט. ובמנ"י כלל…
Question: We only have one sink in our apartment. We have separate buckets for milchig and fleishig. On Thursday I mistakenly put the milchig pan and other keilim in…
A. Yes, by placing something in between (a blech, silverfoil, metal hanger). Q. Is one allowed to use a tea kettle of a non Jew who only uses…
