Avelut (23)
- Kavod Harav can a אשת כהן מעוברת enter a cemetery if we can take away the safek by doing a sonogram knowing that for sure it’s a boy and then there is only one safek נפל
- Shalom Rav a mom gave birth to twins, one passed away one day after. Do they do sheva, levayah? What’s the halacha in a case like this?
- Hi Kvod Harav can one who is in the first year of Aveilut for a parent go out to eat dinner with a few couples for his friend birthday? (No music)
- Is one allowed to shake an avels hand or hug him?
- Can I wear the shoes off someone who passed away?
Bein Adam Lechavero (23)
- Kavod HaRav, if one gets into their parent’s car and hears them listening to secular music, can one ask them to turn it off or is it not Kibud Av Ve’Em?
- If some who previously rented a bed in my Dira left a lot of things, and went back to America, and it’s been sitting around for the past 2 years. Everyone are scared to touch the items because it’s not theirs, but they are rotting and taking up lots of space. Is the Baal hadira authorized to throw out the items? (Not all the items are rotting some of them are still in good condition)
- Can one say lashon hara about a goy?
- Rabbi- if one eats a meal in his parents house does he need to say the paragraph for a guest during birkat hamazon
- In terms of privacy, if someone sent a message to the wrong person, are you permitted to read it?
Brachot (96)
- Kavod harav how do we make a bracha by the brit in front of the baby when he’s unclothed?
- Kvod Harav If one took off his tallith katan for more 15 min but less than 30 min, does he have to say a brecha to put it on?
- Good evening Rabbi, Is it possible for one to set a condition in advanced where saying a bracha on a food item (for example, Shehakol on water) once would cover all items that fall under that bracha for every meal /sitting (for example, you want to eat chicken that you didn’t think of having when having the water)? Or must one have have this “covering all food items of the bracha” kavana separately each time for each individual sitting/meal?
- Do you do afrashat challoh on 14 cups flour?
- Kevod Harav, what does one do if after coming out of the bathroom he needs to go again within 72 minutes of the first time, but he didn’t say Asher Yatzar for the first time. Can he still say it?
Chanuka (38)
Charity (19)
- Is there a issue with giving money to a mosque or church for their building maintenance as a house of worship?
- Does a person have to give maaser on unemployment checks from the government?
- How much should one give if he is making Kaparot with money. Can the money be given to a shul or does it have to be given to someone who studies Torah?
- Hi rabbi my wife is 6 months pregnant do I do capparot on the baby also?
- Can one use maser money to purchase a zechut (ex Neilah or an aliyah) on yom tov?
Daily Living (153)
- If someone throws out furniture but it’s in good usable condition, is it ok to take it?
- Kavod Harav can a אשת כהן מעוברת enter a cemetery if we can take away the safek by doing a sonogram knowing that for sure it’s a boy and then there is only one safek נפל
- Hi Rav, is there an issue cutting your nails on your hands and feet in one shot? I’m told it’s best to cut each part on different days. Is this true?
- Kavod harav can a person WORK In a wine store and sell as a cashier NOT OWN THE WINE? (Not kosher, and the owner of the wine is a goy.)
- Kevod harav, does plastic Tupperware require tevilla?
Fasts (30)
Hashkafa (42)
- Kevod Harav What is the din by a non Jew salting the tefillin straps? Who allows and who prohibits it?
- Kvod Harav, can we buy things from a store that doesn’t charge sales tax, is it considered lifnei iver?
- Kevod Harav, is it bedievad to have tefillin made from בהמות דקות? Also is it bedievad to have tefillin made form parts not one whole part?
- Kvod harav, for the first year of marriage is it permitted to have guests?
- Is it a hillul Hashem if a Jew wearing a kippa does not stand for the national anthem?
Israel and the nations (40)
- Is it a hillul Hashem if a Jew wearing a kippa does not stand for the national anthem?
- Where does it say in Torah Sh’Bichtav that we must refer to the Rabbanim, other than ‘lo taturu’, the karaim don’t listen to Torah Sh’Baal peh. Where in Torah sh’bichtav does it say we must?
- Shalom Rav, I watched your video on non jew cooking food. Is it good enough that the Jew started the fire and that’s it? He didn’t touch the food or stir it afterwards
- hi rabbi shavua tov..what is the halacha on inviting non jews to eat a meal in a succah on chag?
- shalom if someone moves to a new apartment that has a dishwasher was used by a goy can a jew use it after moving in?
Kashrut (111)
- Hi Rabbi, can lucite be used for meat and dairy?
- Hi Rabbi, do prunes need to be checked?
- Hi Rabbi, I bought these beans (first time buying this company) and when I opened it I saw it says ham flavor but there’s a kashrut on it. Is it ok to use?
- Does parboiled rice need hekhsher? (during the year, not pesach necessarily)
- Kavod harav, am I allowed to benefit (selling) from neveala meat, treafa and hazier?
Misc. (223)
- Can one ask anything he wants on kippur not like rosh hashana?
- If one still Did not say Hataras nedarim can he still say it today (erev yom kippur)?
- If my wife is staying by her parents house for yom Kippur…does she light a candle with a beracha even though her mom will light the candle also?
- Hi rabbi my wife is 6 months pregnant do I do capparot on the baby also?
- Kvod harav, Can a father bless his son in law on Shabbat or before Yom Kippur
Monetary (11)
- Kavod harav, am I allowed to benefit (selling) from neveala meat, treafa and hazier?
- Does a person have to give maaser on unemployment checks from the government?
- Shalom kavod Rav if my friend at work laid out 9.71 for lunch one day, can I give him back $10 and tell him keep the change as a matana/ or tell him put it in tzedaka, or is this a problem of ribit?
- If one finds a $20 bill on the floor in a bathroom that belongs to a community center, what are they supposed to do with the money?
- If all i have on me is the kapparot money i used can i use that cash and then give the tzedaka later
Musar (17)
- Since a person only relieves heavenly punishment when he is 20, does a convert recieve heavenly punishment after 20 years of his comversion?
- The shulcha aruch in siman קסז writes that the botzeah should not pass bread to the people at the table in their hands rather put it down in front of them since it is a siman of avelut. Is this a rule only for the botzeah or for anyone at the table?
- Does it count as learning Torah if you don’t say the text out loud?
- What do you do if you by mistake eat meat and milk together?
- Mesilat Yesharim Part 13
Parasha (4)
- Kavod HaRav what’s the significance of the Torah telling us the whole background about who the kings were and how they went to war?
- Should jews take ayin hara seriously? Can u explain the concept from a torah standpt
- How does one fulfill the mitzvah of shnayim mikrah if he can’t read Hebrew?
- Kevod HaRav, If Hashem promised Avraham avinu that his offspring will be plenty like stars and sand, why are we such a small percentage of the world?
Rosh Chodesh (7)
- Are you allowed to file nails on rosh chosesh?
- Can I shave today for kvod Shabbat, because you can’t shave on Rosh Chodesh?
- I just had a mezonot dinner. But haven’t yet davenned arvit. Do I said al ha michya with Rosh Hodesh insertion?
- I forgot yalah veyavo by shacris (rosh chodesh) what sld I do now?
- Kavod harav can one cut nails on rosh chodesh?
Shabbat (108)
- Hi Rabbi, I forgot to say havdalah before I ate is it okay to do it now?
- Can I put up chulent 5 minutes before Shabbat?
- Kvod Harav, is one allowed to play with Legos on Shabbat?
- Hi Rabbi, in a big resort with acres of property can I go for a walk with the carriage on Shabbat?
- Are we allowed to take something to the tailor on a Friday even though it may cause the goy to work on Shabbat?
Succot (64)
- Does one need to buy daled minim or can he use someone else’s?
- Can I use any type of string to tie down the schach? Are plastic zip ties ok?
- How much can a Sukkah wall move to make it pasul?
- Hello Rabbi what is the significance of spending more on an etrog that is nearly flawless from imperfections and marks?
- Can I throw away esrogim from last year from isreal? It was “shmita”
Tefillah (69)
- Kavod harav can I answer amen to the bracha that is said by the person who is getting an alliha and doesn’t repeat the words after the bal kore?
- What pasuks in tehillim are best to read for the sick?
- Kevod HaRav, I pray in a minyan for Minha and we almost never have a shomer Shabbat minyan. I’m Sephardic and the nearest Sephardic shul, other than mine, is a half hour walk. Should I go to the ashkenazi ones, the other Sephardic one, or can I stay?
- Kevod Harav, is it bedievad to have tefillin made from בהמות דקות? Also is it bedievad to have tefillin made form parts not one whole part?
- Hi Rabbi, when’s the latest to read Minha?
Tvila (5)
Tzitzit/Tefilin (23)
- Hi my minhag is not to wear tefilin during minha of a fast- do I need to if im praying with rov wearing tefilin?
- Rabbi is this teffilin kosher
- Does one make another bracha if he changed his tzitzis in middle of the day i.e. Erev shabbos?
- Do sefaradim Put on tefilin on chol hamoed?
- Of one is unsure of the material of his tallit is it better to attach wool or cotton tzitzit strings?
Women (10)
- Do women also have the obligation to only eat mezonot over two ounces in the succah?
- Are pregnant women allowed to go to zoos/petting zoos?
- Is a sephardic women is required to eat more than kabesa of bread in sucka? How about ashkenazic women?
- If in my father’s home (in which I reside), my father designates my younger sister to light the chanukiah throughout the 8 days*, am I yotse the mitswah with that lighting?
- can we do laundry today?