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#40 - When the 10th of Teveth falls on Friday, why are we allowed to fast on Friday?
When the 10th of Teveth falls on Friday, why are we allowed to fast on Friday and not bump it back or forward as other fast days?...
#39 - Two Kitchen Kashrus Questions.
I have two kitchen kashrus questions. 1) My son’s babysitter used one of our parev knives to cut up carrots she had cooked in her home. She is not jewish. My understanding is that they were ...
#38 - Pouring vinegar or any salad dressing containing vinegar and salt into salads.
Q- Is it permitted to pour vinegar or any salad dressing containing vinegar and salt into salads, avocado, cabbage, tomato, lettuce, peppers, onions, endives, anise, carrots, corn, etc on the Sabbath ...
#37 - Wine made from grapes imported from Italy?
Would it be OK to drink wine a friend is making from grapes imported from Italy?...
#36 - Tolaim in Smoked Salmon with Hechsher
Since there is a problem with worms in the pacific salmon fish, does that include the pacific salmon lox with the OU certification?...
#35 - Cutting down a fruit tree.
Q - I have a grape vine that I am allergic to can I destroy it? If so, should I get a non-Jew involved? A - Darchei Teshuvah 116:51 writes that all fruit trees are included in the prohibition men...
#34 - Being Motzei a Brocho Achronoh with Berkas Hamazon.
Dear Rabbi, If a person is unsure if he ate enough cake to require a Brocho Achronoh, can someone who needs to recite Berkas Hamazon be Motzei him?...
#32 - Drinking Coffee Shavuos Night
Dear Rabbi, On Shavuoth night when we stay awake all night learning, if someone keeps on drinking coffee does he have to make a Brocho each time he drinks a cup or is one Brocho enough for all the nig...
#33 - Are the Branches Decorating the Shul on Shavuos Muktzeh?
Dear Rabbi, Are the branches decorating the Shul Muktzeh, if they fall down, or can you remove them on Yom Tov? Decorative branches that were placed on the Shul before Yom Tov are not Muktze. See...
#30 - Are the remainder of the pieces of matzoth eaten at the seder considered to be a used hefetz shel mi
Dear Rabbi, After Pesach Seder are the remainder of the pieces of matzoth eaten at the seder considered to be a used hefetz shel mitzvah, that has to be disposed accordingly and not thrown in the garb...
#31 - Can one buy fish, such as salmon or tilapia from Cosco or a fish market?
Can one buy fish, such as salmon or tilapia from Cosco or a fish market?...
#29 - Naming a Jewish baby girl born from a non Jew.
BS"D Dear Rabbi, Shalom, A friend asked me the following question. A Jewish woman who recently had a baby girl from a union with a non Jew. She wants to name her baby girl. What is the advised procedu...
#28 - Using Maiser for Fundraising Events
1) There is a Hilula at my kehila to raise funds for the Jewish religious school my daughter goes to: Can I use maiser money to pay for the tickets to the Hilula? (there is diner and refreshments serv...
#27 - Are the new airport x-ray scanners problematic for women?
Due to security measures, the airports are going to be putting in x-ray scanners that show people without their clothes. Is this going to be a problem for frum women?...
#26 - Attending a Simcha after Shloshim.
Good friends have invited me to a L'Chaim in honour of their son's engagement. It will be after my Shloshim observance for my Father. There will be no music and guests will be coming and goi...
#25 - Is there a deeper significance to the last word Itborach in the Ame Yehey Shemey Rabba line of the K
Is there a deeper significance to the last word Itborach in the Ame Yehey Shemey Rabba line of the Kaddish?...
#24 - Can I cook pizza in Fleishig oven
I would like to make Pizza, but I have only one oven in which I cook my fleishig food uncovered. Can I make the Pizza? How? Also, If I bake cakes in my fleishig oven, can I eat them with milchigs? Tha...
#23 - Is it Permitted to use Diapers with Indicators that Change Colour When Wet on Shabbos?
Both infant Huggies and Pampers (size N) have the "wet" line which will change color when the baby is wet. Is this also a problem on Shabbos as it seems from the post by Star K? Does it matter what ag...
#22 - Lost Track of Ma’aser.
I try to keep track of how much ma’aser money I owe. However I did lose track of some small amounts of money that I earned. How should I go about giving ma’aser for this money? A: Accordi...
#21 - Salads prepared on fleishik equipment
Salads prepared on fleishik equipment. Are they Permitted to be eaten with milk meals as they are botel b’sishim? Commercial markets in Los Angles selling food must meet Health Dept. sanitay requi...