Mezuzah on Store or office-Is a storefront or office obligated to have a Mezuzah and is a blessing to be recited?[1] Stores that are found in the marketplace are exempt from requiring a Mezuzah to be placed on their doorpost.[2] Temporary stores-Pop up shops, flee market, fare:[3] According to all […]
Mezuzah on Store or office-Is a storefront or office obligated to have a Mezuzah and is a blessing to be recited?
Mezuzah on Store or office-Is a storefront or office obligated to have a Mezuzah and is a blessing to be recited?[1] Stores that are found in the marketplace are exempt from requiring a Mezuzah to be placed on their doorpost.[2] Temporary stores-Pop up shops, flee market, fare:[3] According to all […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Yibum/Chalitza if late husband had children with gentile woman
Question: Hi, I am in my later years and going on a Shidduch with an older man who became a Baal Teshuvah and was previously married to a Gentile woman with whom he had children. His children have since converted to orthodox Judaisim. I am wondering if I would require […]
Yibum/Chalitza if late husband had children with gentile woman
Question: Hi, I am in my later years and going on a Shidduch with an older man who became a Baal Teshuvah and was previously married to a Gentile woman with whom he had children. His children have since converted to orthodox Judaisim. I am wondering if I would require […]
Order to be followed when bathing the body
Question: Is there any special order that should be followed when bathing the body? Answer: Yes. When bathing one’s body one begins with washing his head, as the head is the king of all the limbs. One then washes his right hand first and only then proceeds to his left. […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Order to be followed when bathing the body
Question: Is there any special order that should be followed when bathing the body? Answer: Yes. When bathing one’s body one begins with washing his head, as the head is the king of all the limbs. One then washes his right hand first and only then proceeds to his left. […]
Chai Elul-The occurrences and Directives
Chai Elul:[1] The occurrences: The Maharal of Prague, who was the great ancestor of the Alter Rebbe, passed away on Chai Elul, in the year [2] The eighteenth of Elul is the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov. The Baal Shem Tov was born on Monday, the eighteenth of Elul, […]
Until when can I still Daven Maariv if I fell asleep and woke up close to morning
Question: I was reading my kids a bedtime story and accidentally fell asleep prior to Davening Maariv and woke up at five in the morning. May I still Daven Maariv? Answer: Since five in the morning in your locality is past Alos Hashachar but before sunrise, therefore you are […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Until when can I still Daven Maariv if I fell asleep and woke up close to morning
Question: I was reading my kids a bedtime story and accidentally fell asleep prior to Davening Maariv and woke up at five in the morning. May I still Daven Maariv? Answer: Since five in the morning in your locality is past Alos Hashachar but before sunrise, therefore you are […]
May one use a handheld lemon squeezer to squeeze juice over salad on Shabbos?
Question: I purchased a hand held lemon squeezer which is meant to squeeze fresh lemon juice from a lemon into salad? I know that on Shabbos it is permitted to squeeze juice directly into salad. My question is if I can use this handheld nonelectric lemon squeezer to do so? […]
