Attending a Community Purim Seudah
Question: There is a Purim Seudah planned to take place this year. The way it's set up is family sitting (family per table). I don't know whether there are…
Question: There is a Purim Seudah planned to take place this year. The way it's set up is family sitting (family per table). I don't know whether there are…
Yes. It should be read with proper trop. Additionally, if there is a minyan on Purim you should have in mind when reading the Krias Hatorah of Vayavo Amalek…
ליל טבילה במוצאי תענית אסתר ליל קריאת המגילה. איך תנהג האשה? האם יכולה לטבול קודם מגילה? אם כן, האם זה הדרך הנכון?
אם אפשר לשמוע מגילה תחילה ברוב עם ואח״כ לטבול, עדיף כך. טעמים ומקורות: בשו״ת חוקי חיים ז, או״ח פח, ב כתב שיש דין קדימה לטבילה שלא להרחיק חפיפה…
There’s no need to, though there is room for such a hiddur, unless that is what the community custom is, as one should not deviate from what the community…
No. שו״ע אדה״ז רסג, י. ושו״ר שבשקובץ העו״ב ויקרא תשפ״ב כבר העירו במש״כ בקיצור שו״ע עם פסקי אדה״ז עה, י שזהירות זו לא הובאה בשו״ע רבינו – שהרי מפורש…
If the 8th string is intact for the entire length of the "Gedil" (the lower part of the Tzitzis containing the five sets of knots and the windings in…
Question: I recently heard that when one makes Hafrashas Challah on a dough, they should be careful to only use this dough for one purpose. Meaning, if one is…
Question: Someone told me that he heard from a bochur a baal dikduk that whenever there is a yud after a chyrik - that chyrik is pronounced like the…
Generally speaking: One may, as long as one makes it patently clear from the onset that he has zero intention of keeping the item. If it's a Jewish store…
Q. Can one be yotze Megillah if there are other minyanim and they are saying Kedusha etc.? A. If you make sure to hear every single word, though it…
Question: If I am making a dressing for salad on Shabbos with mustard and mayonnaise, should I add water to make it more liquidy, and should I use a…
אדם שעובר ניתוח ומוציאים ממנו אבר (למשל כליה), מה צריכים לעשות עם אותו אבר?
תלוי איזה אבר: כליות: כיון שכליות הוא רק בשר מן החי ואין בגדר אבר - דהיינו בשר גידים ועצמות - אינו צריך קבורה. - ראה שו״ת אג״מ יו״ד…
Question: Does the door of an accordion partition wall (like many public institutions have) need a Mezuzah? What if that wall is periodically folded up and then reclosed, do…
Question: I've seen many people bring dishes to the mikvah to toivel, after they first go to the mikvah. Is it a problem to toivel keilim while undressed? And…
Yes, if they normally eat out for Seudas Purim. Even one who doesn’t normally eat out on Purim, if the cost of eating at home is prohibitive, or if one…
Question: If a person cannot drink alcohol, what recommendations are there for them to fulfill the mitzvah of עד ולא ידע so that it affects their body on Purim?…
There is 7 and a half inches between the doors? Answer: In this case, a mezuzah is required only on the inside door. Sources: כבר דנו במקום שחלל…
Question: In an apartment with only one entrance: a sliding door (no tzir) between the dining room and a bedroom. (The bedroom has no other doors, but it has…
Question: I have visited a Sephardi place which has mezuzahs on doorways with real doors, but the other places without actual doors don't have. Is that a Sephardic thing…
No. But you should preferably ensure that Mezuzos which were on a door which is obligated מן התורה do not go on a doorway which is obligated מדרבנן or…
Question: We are traveling upstate to stay in a bungalow house. I expect us to stay there for 1-2 weeks, and we might do this a few times this…
Question: Do the halachas of a bathroom, such as using the water for Negel Vassar, or drinking the water etc. apply to a new, fully renovated bathroom that has…
Question: I went to acquire a collection of Jewish books at a residency in Manhattan earlier this week. The library is comprised of both Jewish and Christian books amongst…
Question: Does a sofer who knows the Megillah by heart and is writing מתוך הכתב need to say the words before he writes them, or is it the same…
Question: I just made a batch of waffles with a waffle mix that was mislabeled as being parve, but I see now that the ingredients include a dairy (chalav…
