Question We have an upcoming wedding of a family member after Lag Baomer, and my child’s hair is in desperate need of a haircut to look representable at the wedding. We are Chabad and generally observe the mourning customs of Sefirah until ערב שבועות and hence avoid haircuts until then.

Question If I strongly suspect that an individual in my community stole $150 from my wallet while I was in the mikvah, and I am personally convinced that it was him, am I permitted—if he is currently in the mikvah—to check his wallet and, if I find $150 there, take

Question: I have heard that Lag BaOmer is the day on which Rabbi Akiva granted semichah to his remaining students. However, I have not seen this stated explicitly in the classic early sources. What is the source for this assertion? Answer: The first source that explicitly formulates this idea is the

Question Dear Rabbi, I would like to give a bottle of wine as a gift to a gentile employee or acquaintance. I know that it is forbidden to give non‑kosher wine to a gentile because of the prohibition of yayin nesech. My question is: Is it permitted to gift kosher

Question I am seeking clarity regarding the parameters and severity of the prohibition against telling a child to perform an act that is prohibited for an adult—such as on Shabbos or with respect to any other prohibition in the Torah. I understand that it is forbidden to ask a child

Question Dear Rabbi, This past Shabbos, I noticed that we had forgotten to plug in our hot water urn before Shabbos, and as a result we had no hot water. We have a non‑Jewish live‑in maid. Of course, I did not ask her to heat water for us or to