1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/12/2013 2:32 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/12/2013 2:31 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
#339 Yoga in mixed groups
|
|
|
Q. Hi Rabbi, I am ba'al thuva for 5 years. I just got back from Israel to Toronto. I have been teaching yoga about 4 years and practicing for 9. I really want to get back into classes.
The thing is all the classes are mixed - This ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/11/2013 4:04 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#338 Preparing instant soup on Shabbos
|
|
|
Q. We get ready made soups. Can we do the same thing on Shabbos with the soup like we do with coffee and tea? Do we put the water in first and then put in the pre-cooked noodles?
A. Poiskim disagree if instant soups are allowed in ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/11/2013 3:21 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#337 Washing your car during the nine days
|
|
|
Q. Can you take your car to a carwash (during the Nine Days) if it is very dirty?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller's Shlit"a opinion is that there is no prohibition in washing a car during the Nine Days. (See similar opinion in Nitey Gavriel ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/11/2013 3:18 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#336 Buying small appliances at a sale
|
|
|
Q. If there is a significant sale of small kitchen appliances, can I buy stuff now and used after the nine days?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit"a indicated that there is no prohibition on buying small kitchen appliances even during th ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/11/2013 3:16 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#335 Can a house helper launder during the nine days
|
|
|
|
Q. The day care helper as part of her normal work duties launders clothing without me having to tell her, can I let her if it is done in the basement where no one else notices (no one is at home) and it will not be used until after the nine days?
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/11/2013 3:15 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#334 Ironing during the nine days
|
|
|
Q. Am I allowed to iron clothing during the nine days that was washed before the nine days?
What if I don't plan on using it but just want to get it out of the way?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 551: 3) includes ironing in the proh ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/11/2013 3:13 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#333 Making Havdolo without a flame
|
|
|
Q. How do we make havdala (in hospital or prison) if we have no flame or a flame is forbidden?
A. Some Poskim maintain that one should not recite the Bore Meorei Hoesh brocho over electric light since there is no flame visible. They ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/5/2013 7:44 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#332 Ovulating during the 7 clean days
|
|
|
|
Q. A woman ovulates during her 7 clean days and therefore cannot get pregnant. Is it permissible to use a method whereby the husband would produce his seed into a syringe and the woman would then insert it herself during her 7 clean days (while sh ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/5/2013 1:34 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#331 Torah learning for Noachides
|
|
|
|
Q. Let me respectfully inform you that (I'm a Noachide and) I have been really engaged in studying the Torah, at least with the resources I can get on my own. Nonetheless a Sephardic Rabbi, who is a very kind and knowledgeable Rabbi, told me that ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/5/2013 1:03 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/4/2013 3:17 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#329 Reciting Kidush Levanah indoors by a window.
|
|
|
|
Q. What about Kiddush Levana (in prison)? Last night was the first time I saw the moon in 21 months. I made the Kiddush Levana through the window. Was that proper? Do I have to be outside to say the prayers? I could not be outside as I am always i ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/4/2013 3:09 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 7/2/2013 6:04 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#327 Shopping at the Salvation Army
|
|
|
|
Q. I would like to know if it is permissible to shop at thrift stores such as the Salvation Army. Stores such as these were established to provide funding for their churches, programs and charities. Since they are a religious based organization wou ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 6/28/2013 5:07 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#326 Cutting an old Shaitel during the 3 weeks
|
|
|
Q. Are you allowed to cut an old shaitel during the 3 weeks?
A. Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 551:7) rules not to craft new clothing during the nine days. Mishna Berurah (ibid. 68) explains that even the beginning of the design is included i ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 6/28/2013 4:58 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 6/21/2013 4:29 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#324 Eating Kosher in prison
|
|
|
Q. My friend is 6'4, 220 lbs. the problem is the food (in prison) is very meager. For me, I have a small frame so I am okay but he is always hungry. Can he eat treif (non kosher) for survival?
A. It seems unlikely that someone would ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 6/21/2013 3:57 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#323 Using community hot water machines on Shabbos
|
|
|
Q. Can I use the (prison's) hot water machine for Shabbos and add milk into the coffee?
A. If the hot water urn only dispenses hot water and nothing else, and when you take out hot water, no fresh cold water enters automatically to ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 6/21/2013 3:51 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#322 Using a not kashered microwave oven.
|
|
|
Q. Can one use (in prison) a microwave that all the non-Jews are using for their cooking and warming up?
The problem is that the staff just does not cater to just Orthodox Jewish people.
How do I kasher it? Can I kasher it? < ....
|
|
|
|
|
Posted 6/21/2013 3:48 PM |
Tell a Friend
| Ask The Rabbi |
Comments (0)
|
|
|
Important Numbers
