No, a glass table does not need tevila. If one doesn’t put food directly on it then if for sure doesn’t need tevila. However, if one does put food directly on it then there is a discussion in the poskim as to whether it needs tevila, although the consensus of many poskim is that we […]
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Fish and meat
Read MoreThe Mishna Berura (סימן נה ס”ק מו) writes that one who desecrates Shabbat in public has the status of a non-Jew and cannot be counted for a minyan. There are, however, two sources to permit counting such a person for a minyan. The first source is Rav Moshe Feinstein. Rav Moshe quotes the Gemara(סנהדרין עד) […]
Read MoreAs long as the milk was not hot, it’s fine. Just clean the pot well (with cold water) before using it again for meat.
Read MoreWhen meat is salted properly, all the blood comes out. The red juice that you see in the meat when you buy it (or in rare meat) is not blood, rather מוהל, which is permitted.
Read MoreWhether glass can be koshered is a subject of debate among the Rishonim and Poskim. Many hold that glass never needs hagala, while others hold it needs hagala for pesach, and still others hold glass can not be koshered. Ashkenazim generally rule like the Rama for pesach, that glass can not be koshered. The rest […]
Read MoreIt is a tremendous mitzva that you are taking on to give maaser. It is worthwhile as you begin to say that you are taking this on “bli neder,” without binding yourself with a vow to this practice. The way to give maaser: One gives a tenth of his net income to tzedaka (charity). Net […]
Read MoreAbsolutely!! This is what maaser money is intended for–to give tzedaka (charity) to someone who needs.
Read MoreThe Gemara in Gittin (7b) indeed writes that it is forbidden to listen to music the whole year due to us being in a constant state of mourning over the churban. The Rambam (תענית פרק ה הל’ י”ד) rules that it is forbidden to listen to musical instruments at any time, and it is forbidden […]
Read MoreDuring temple times, where the shchina (diving presence) was palpably felt, we would prostrate and fall on our faces in sheer awe. However, today in galut (exile) where we don’t feel Hashem’s presence as much, it suffices to bow as a sign of deference and respect without falling completely on our faces.
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