The AC in our rented apartment broke. Is the landlord obligated to replace it?
Question: We rent a floor of a house owned by a frum Jewish family. It came with an air conditioner already functionally installed into the wall of the house.…
Question: We rent a floor of a house owned by a frum Jewish family. It came with an air conditioner already functionally installed into the wall of the house.…
Question: We have a home alarm system and when a window or door is opened (if the alarm is active) it sets off an alarm. If the alarm is…
The Gemarah in various places teaches us that it is not proper to step/jump over another Jew in order to get to one’s place, as it is considered treating…
There is no reason to have 5 coins (though some are strict to have 120 grams). אף שכך המנהג אצל כמה, והביא המנהג באוצר פדה״ב יג הערה טז…
It is fine. בימינו ה״ז דרך מלבוש רגיל. ועיין בשו״ת אג״מ או״ח א, קט שכל שלובש בדרך מלבוש מהני גם כשאין לו שום תועלת מזה. ואכן, בצעיף נהוג…
Q. In a minyan of just kohanim, does the second aliyah go for the same kohen that received rishon ("bimkom levi") or we can give it to two different…
מהו האופן הנכון לכתוב את השם יכט/יאכיט
שאלה: קראנו לבת שלנו בשם "יכט" על שם סבתא שלי. והנני מסתפק מהו האופן הנכון לכתוב השם, דבכמה ספרי שמות נכתב השם יכט ובפרט שיש תשובה ארוכה מהדברי חיים…
My questions are: 1) Once I finished the meal, do I still need to bentch since I didn’t eat a כזית of bread? 2) Would I need to eat…
Question: After the 11 months in the shnas aveilus, I stop reciting kaddish, but is it customary to continue doing all the customs for the neshama of the niftar,…
Answer: He can say it after kaddish or after the haftorah. Sources: ברוח חיים פלאגי קמד, ג כתב לומר אחר ברכה״ת לפני הפטרה. וראה מה שהעיר על דבריו…
האם יש קפידא ללבוש הכובע עבור שנים מקרא?
לא. ראה סה״ש תרצ״ב (כ״ז מ״ח. ריגא) ע׳ 6. בקודש פנימה ע׳ 14. אבל להעיר מלשמע אוזן מדור אדמו״ר מוהרש״ב סו. #19408
Question: Hi, All my life I grew up thinking I was a Bechor of my family, but recently I found out I'm not. As I studied halacha a lot…
Since today the Challah is not given to the Cohen, any size portion is adequate. it is customary to separate at least a "kezayis". עיין רמ"א יו"ד שכב…
Lechatchila you should designate a bowl that would be used for Negel Vaser only. If it happened and you used a bowl that is used for food for Negel…
If it was used for either meat or milk, but didn't get used for both at the same time, it can be kashered either via libun kal which involves…
Question: I live in Ukraine and I recently came across a very influential criminal Ben Noach who is expressing a lot of interest in Judaism and is giving serious…
No. Sources: גבעת הלבונה או״ח נח. מהרש״ג ב, קיז. שש״כ כט, כח. שלחן שלמה שו, ד, ח, ב הערה ג. מנח״י ג, לד. חלקת יעקב ב, קב. שערים…
Question: There is an eruv chatzeiros in my Crown Heights building which is mostly filled with Yidden. Does that Eruv extend to include the building's roof? Nobody lives on…
One can rinse fruits in their plastic containers. These containers have holes and therefore there’s no problem with borer at all. If there are no holes it is still…
The Halacha is that a dish has to be toiveled by the owner or when it's being given as a gift, the recipient. If that is not possible, either…