Is it true that it’s a Segula for Arichus Yamim (long life) to write a will?
If yes, is there a point in one's life where it would be inappropriate (such as when newly married or below a certain age)? Answer: True. While one…
If yes, is there a point in one's life where it would be inappropriate (such as when newly married or below a certain age)? Answer: True. While one…
(i.e. for someone who has BH until now had smooth natural births but still has fear of the pain in childbirth) Answer: There is no halachic objection to…
Question: I passed by my Shul’s Mikvah this past Friday night after davening, and I noticed that there was a steady stream of dryer exhaust/steam coming out of its…
How to use a toilet which flushes by a sensor? Where no other bathroom is available, you may use an auto-flush toilet by activating the sensor in an irregular…
Questions: I know that Shulchan Oruch allows one to have a snack while wearing Tefillin. We often have yahrtzeits in our minyan and after davening people say lechayim on…
Question: We're buying glasses for our public seder. For a number of reasons, the stemmed glasses are more desirable (nicer, cheaper, and overall more a keepsake). Is there a…
No. Sources: כן המנהג פשוט בכ״מ. וכן נהגו גם חסידים ואנשי מעשה. וכן מעשה רב כמ״פ בשנת תשנ״ג, וברבים. וכן הי׳ מעשה גם ביום א׳ דחגה״ס תשנ״ב. ואף…
No, though it would be ideal to include them too. Sources: ראה שיחת יט״כ תשי״ד לגבי חלוקת הש״ס: כל הש״ס ל״ו מסכתות שיש עליהן גמרא, ומה טוב גם…
In the immediate tefillah right before the siyum, Tachanun should be omitted. Sources: יש שכתבו לדמות להעדר אמירת תחנון בט״ו באב, שהוא לפי שמשלימים מצוה (רשב״ם ונמוק״י ב״ב…
A Siyum isn’t made on Shabbos. As for the custom of learning Mishnayos on the day of the Yartzeit, the common custom is to do so on Shabbos. …
Question: What is the step by step “protocol” in terms of saying modeh ani, washing nagel vasser, reciting birchos hashachar, or any other pertaining halachos, when waking up in…
Women should say hareini mekabel as it says in the siddur. Sources: בשו"ע הקצר פי"ט אות ז' כ׳ לומר הריני מקבלת (מדעת עצמו). ולהעיר מדוגמתו, מהמענה בנוגע שינוי…
Before lighting (although some say same as a woman, after the lighting). Sources: בקצוה״ש עד בבדה״ש יט: ומסתימת ל׳ אדמו"ר ז"ל משמע שגם איש המדליק יברך אחר ההדלקה.…
Question: Should we make Bracha Shehechiyanu when eating carobs? There is a note from rabbi Hodakov: אור לט"ו שבט, ה'תשח"י ברוקלין, נ.י. שאלתי את כ"ק אד"ש אם יש לברך…
Question: A patient in hospital semi-conscious with an open toilet in the room, no divider and no curtain. Do we put Tefillin on? with a Bracha? How about if…
Question: If someone hasn’t davened yet at chatzos are they mechuyav in kiddush? What about a woman? Meaning would she be unable to eat or drink before davening because…
Question: Concerning women who do not daven Shacharis on Shabbos morning (at least officially) - until what time may such women eat before kiddush? If her husband will make…
Question: If a husband is away from town, can he always rely on his wife’s candle lighting if the place he is in already has candles? What if there…
Question: If someone is in the hospital hooked up to a catheter, does he make an asher yatzar after each time he urinates? Does he need to wash his…
האם אפשר לזכות כלי עבור מקבל המתנה ואז להטבילו?
שאלה: ברצוני לקנות כלים חשובים וליתנם במתנה לכאלה שקרוב לודאי שלא יטבלו אותו לפני השימוש. האם עלי לטובלו לפני זה, וזה מספיק? או שהם צריכים לטובלו בעצמם כשמקבלים המתנה.…