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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 manner, for example walking away on your heels or sides… 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 manner, for example walking away on your heels or sides of the feet in an uncomfortable manner. Ideally, you should first place a tissue or paper towel over the sensor, in a manner that it will eventually fall off later by itself, so that the toilet won’t flush immediately when you leave the toilet. How to use water from a faucet which is operated only by sensor? You should…Show more
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 a small amount of mashke. Is saying a "… 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 a small amount of mashke. Is saying a "lechayim" considered "kalus rosh" while wearing Tefillin, or it is allowed? Is eating a piece of mezonos allowed lechatchila or it is a midas Chassidus to wait until after Tefillin is taken off? Is it - forbidden/allowed/better not - to have a small conversation while wearing tefillin? In all above is there any difference between Rashi and…Show more
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 minhag to have only stemless? Answer: Chabad custom is… 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 minhag to have only stemless? Answer: Chabad custom is not to use stemmed wine glasses, though it’s not halachically problematic. Sources: כן מנהג אנ״ש. וכן מעשה רב בהנהגת כ״ק אד״ש…Show more
No. Sources: כן המנהג פשוט בכ״מ. וכן נהגו גם חסידים ואנשי…
No, though it would be ideal to include them too. Sources: ראה שיחת יט״כ תשי״ד לגבי חלוקת הש״ס: כל הש״ס…
In the immediate tefillah right before the siyum, Tachanun should be omitted. Sources: יש שכתבו לדמות להעדר אמירת תחנון בט״ו באב, שהוא…
A siyum for a Yortzeit 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. Sources: כן המנהג הפשוט. וה״ט שהסיום הוא במקום תענית של״ש…
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 the middle of the night if: hungry/thirsty/using… 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 the middle of the night if: hungry/thirsty/using restroom/tending to baby or child? What if waking up multiple times for any of the above (as in a pregnant or nursing mother)? At what point/how many times does one say modeh ani and wash nagel vasser? Answer: Regarding Modeh Ani: See here: https://asktherav.com/18781-should-one-say-modeh-ani-when-waking-up-in-middle-of-the-night/ See a similar issue here: https://asktherav.com/2957b-1486-when-you-are-up-the-whole-night/ Regarding Negel Vasser: You should wash negel…Show more
Women should say hareini mekabel as it says in the siddur. Sources: בשו"ע הקצר פי"ט אות ז' כ׳ לומר הריני מקבלת…
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…
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 שהחיינו על באקסער (חרובים), ויען כ"ק אד"ש כי ברוסי' נהגו… 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 שהחיינו על באקסער (חרובים), ויען כ"ק אד"ש כי ברוסי' נהגו לברך. גם על הערתי כי מצוי בכל השנה, ענה הלא גם בר"ה מברכים שהחיינו על פירות המצויים, ושאין לחשש שמא הם פירות אשתקד. But other poskim hold that we should not. What is halacha lemaase for the Chabad community? Answer: In today's day and age when carob is no longer normally eaten, it is highly questionable if one can…Show more
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 we cover the toilet with a blanket? Visitors want to… 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 we cover the toilet with a blanket? Visitors want to daven say tehilim or learn. Answer: He can put on Tefillin without a Bracha (he also shouldn't daven in that room). If the toilet is covered with a blanket, a Bracha may be made and davening may be said. Visitors may say tehillim or learn. Sources: עיין בגמרא ברכות כו, א "והא אמר רפרם בר…Show more
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 it’s already chatzos? Answer: The reason kiddush is… 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 it’s already chatzos? Answer: The reason kiddush is made after davening is because before davening one is not allowed to eat. The prevalent custom is that even those that do eat before davening in order to be able to concentrate better during davening (as is customary in Chabad), do not make kiddush beforehand, but only after shacharis (musaf). After chatzos, the time for shacharis has passed and…Show more
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 Kiddush for her late, can she eat "breakfast" until Kiddush?… 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 Kiddush for her late, can she eat "breakfast" until Kiddush? Is there a period of time before kiddush during which she should no longer eat? Answer: It is necessary even for women to Daven. However, if whatever reason you are not davening then you must make Kiddush before you eat. If you can’t make on wine you can make on coffee, and then eat. Sources: לכל מעשה שבת איש ואשה שוין (מג״א רצא, יא.…Show more
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 are no candles where the husband is, but there is… 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 are no candles where the husband is, but there is proper lighting, should he light candles (with a Bracha)? What if they are in different time zones? What if the husband is staying at their house alone, and the wife is lighting elsewhere, should he light? How many candles? Answers: Yes. Yes, he should light. Safek. he should be mishtatef. If he is eating from their food and…Show more
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 hands before saying divrei kedusha? (would be very hard,… 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 hands before saying divrei kedusha? (would be very hard, because he is confined to his bed) Answer: If the catheter is on only when needed, he should say when he's finished urinating and it's taken off. If it’s on the whole day, he should say it only once in the morning and have it in mind for the whole day. If he's aware that he's urinating, he should…Show more
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. האם אפשר לזכות עבור מקבל המתנה ואז להטבילו? יש לי… 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. האם אפשר לזכות עבור מקבל המתנה ואז להטבילו? יש לי כמה וכמה לחלק לבעלי בתים. האם מספיק כוונה כללית או שצריך לזכות לכל אחד ואחד וכו'? מענה: נכון לזכות בו עבור מקבל המתנה ע״י אחר ואז לטובלו בלא ברכה. ויש לזכות בכל כלי לכל אחד בפני עצמו. בכלי זכוכית - יש מקום להקל לזכות מראש למי שיעלה בידו אחר כך. אבל לכתחילה גם בזה יש לזכות לכאו״א בפרט. …Show more
שאלה: בוידיאו מט׳ שבט תש״ל במעמד הסיום לקבלת פני משיח צדקנו רואים ושומעים שהרבי לוקח פרי חדש בידו ואומר שהחיינו ואוכל. ונמצא שמעשה רב לברך בורא פרי העץ תחילה ואח״כ שהחיינו. האם נכון הדבר? מענה: לא. טעמים… שאלה: בוידיאו מט׳ שבט תש״ל במעמד הסיום לקבלת פני משיח צדקנו רואים ושומעים שהרבי לוקח פרי חדש בידו ואומר שהחיינו ואוכל. ונמצא שמעשה רב לברך בורא פרי העץ תחילה ואח״כ שהחיינו. האם נכון הדבר? מענה: לא. טעמים ומקורות: פס״ד אדה״ז מפורש בסידור בסדר ברכה״נ יא, יב לברך תחילה שהחיינו. בכדי להוכיח ממעשה רב שא״צ לעשות כן זקוקים לראיות מוכיחות. בוידיאו לא רואים ברכת בפה״ע כלל, גם לא לפני שהחיינו. האם ברור שלפנ״ז לא בירך כ״ק אדמו״ר בפה״ע על פרי אחר? (ולהעיר מהידוע ע״ד מנהג חסידים לברך ברכת הנהנין בלחש דוקא כשמסובים עם אחרים האוכלים, לחוש למ״ד שמצוות…Show more
Question: My husband was not given any Jewish name at birth and at his aufruf before our wedding, he was invited to choose a Jewish name. In our ketuba, his secular name was written followed by the Jewish… Question: My husband was not given any Jewish name at birth and at his aufruf before our wedding, he was invited to choose a Jewish name. In our ketuba, his secular name was written followed by the Jewish name he chose. There is some confusion as to what his Jewish name is. Would his Jewish name be what is written in our ketuba? (Secular name followed by the Jewish name he chose?) Or is it only the Jewish name he chose? I should also mention that he doesn't go by his chosen Jewish name regularly- - only…Show more
Questions: Do I need to wash Netilas Yadayim in the following cases: A) Washed any fruit and dried it. B) Didn't dry it but using a fork to eat it. C) Fruit (like cut-up watermelon) that was placed into… Questions: Do I need to wash Netilas Yadayim in the following cases: A) Washed any fruit and dried it. B) Didn't dry it but using a fork to eat it. C) Fruit (like cut-up watermelon) that was placed into a wet utensil. Answers: A) No. B) If the fruit is normally eaten with a fork (like a melon), you don't need to wash. if it's normally eaten by hand (like an apple) you need to wash. C) If the fruit got wet - as above. Source: סדר נט"י לסעודה ס"כ וכ"ב. #10211Show more
Question: When waking in the middle of the night, we wash negel vasser. Are we also supposed to say Modeh Ani, or is that only when waking in the morning? Answer: Yes, you are supposed to say… Question: When waking in the middle of the night, we wash negel vasser. Are we also supposed to say Modeh Ani, or is that only when waking in the morning? Answer: Yes, you are supposed to say it. Sources: ולא שנא מאלקי נשמה, שהמשכים לקום אומרו ללא חתימה…Show more
The Rebbe was of the opinion that it should be written with a hyphen. There wouldn’t be a problem with typing it on the computer, so long that it’s not printed. Sources: אג״ק ז, כו. ט ע׳ סב. כג ע׳ לו.…
אנחנו צוות מורות בגן, ויש לנו שאלה יסודית באופן לימוד א״ב. שאלה: האם יש חסרון בלימוד א״ב לתשב"ר ללמד להם צלילי האותיות, כי שמענו שיש טוענים שבהתוועדויות תשמ"ב ח"ד ע' 2197 מפורש שאין לאותיות מצד עצמן שום תנועה. וכן… אנחנו צוות מורות בגן, ויש לנו שאלה יסודית באופן לימוד א״ב. שאלה: האם יש חסרון בלימוד א״ב לתשב"ר ללמד להם צלילי האותיות, כי שמענו שיש טוענים שבהתוועדויות תשמ"ב ח"ד ע' 2197 מפורש שאין לאותיות מצד עצמן שום תנועה. וכן הביאו שגם לנקודות אין צליל בלי האותיות (כמובן ממכתב הרבי, וז"ל: "בתוך שאר הדברים אשר ה"אלף בית" שבהוצאת המל"ח שונה מזה ששלח לנו, הנה חילוק עיקרי ביניהם, הוא שהנקודות באלף בית שלנו מסומנות בשמותיהן קמץ, פתח וכו' מה שאין כן באלף בית האחר, שלבד שלא ילמד הילד משם לעולם את שם האמיתי של הנקודות, נקראות הן שם לא כשהן לעצמן…Show more
Question: Just had my Tefillin checked by the Sofer who mentioned there were unusual larger spaces in some of the words. But he said they are kosher. But the question is if they are "mehudar״ for a… Question: Just had my Tefillin checked by the Sofer who mentioned there were unusual larger spaces in some of the words. But he said they are kosher. But the question is if they are "mehudar״ for a chosid? Wanted to ask your opinion. See attached pic. Answer: Yes, they are. Sources: בשו״ת חת״ס יו״ד רסד, ושם ערה - וכ״פ בשבה״ל…Show more
Question: When making more than one Kriah on Shabbos (such as on the Shabbos before Yud Shvat) - is there a problem to remove two Sifrei Torah at once at the moment of Pesichas Ha'Aron, just like it is… Question: When making more than one Kriah on Shabbos (such as on the Shabbos before Yud Shvat) - is there a problem to remove two Sifrei Torah at once at the moment of Pesichas Ha'Aron, just like it is done when two Sifrei Torah are used (like on Shabbos Rosh Chodesh)? Answer: It's allowed. Sources: באפיקי מגינים קמז, ח כתב לאסור בהנהוג בשמח״ת עד״ז,…Show more
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