Question: [Thursday, 7th Tammuz 5781] During the week, I am accustomed to use a breast milk collector cup in order to both save as much milk as possible, as well as prevent my clothing from getting wet. Is it permitted for me to use this on Shabbos? Answer: There […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Nursing mothers using a milk collector cup on Shabbos
Question: [Thursday, 7th Tammuz 5781] During the week, I am accustomed to use a breast milk collector cup in order to both save as much milk as possible, as well as prevent my clothing from getting wet. Is it permitted for me to use this on Shabbos? Answer: There […]
From the Rav’s Desk: The Reluctance to take someone to Beis Din in order to avoid Machlokes
Question: [Tuesday, 13th Sivan, 5781] There is a well-known individual in my community who owes me a large sum of money already for several years, and everything that I have tried to do to get him to pay has been futile, with him giving one excuse after another, and practically […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Reluctancy to take someone to Beis Din in order to avoid Machlokes
Question: [Tuesday, 13th Sivan, 5781] There is a well-known individual in my community who owes me a large sum of money already for several years, and everything that I have tried to do to get him to pay has been futile, with him giving one excuse after another, and practically […]
Paying rent on time
Paying rent on time: Rent of object:[1] It is an obligation to pay rent for an animal or item on time, and if one delays doing so he transgresses a negative command.[2] Rent of land/house:[3] Some Poskim[4] rule one who does not pay land related rent on time does not […]
Shmuel 2-Chapter 21: The famine and reburial of Shaul and his descendants
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com Chapter 21: The famine and reburial of Shaul and his descendants 1. The famine in the times of Dovid: In the days of Dovid there was a famine for three years. G-d reveals to Dovid the reason behind the […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Using one’s own hair to make a Sheitel
Question: [Tuesday, 12th Tammuz, 5781] I’m getting married in a few weeks IYH, and would like to know if it is permitted for me to cut my hair and use it to make myself a Sheitel. I have very long hair which I will anyways have to cut, and know […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Using one’s own hair to make a Sheitel
Question: [Tuesday, 12th Tammuz, 5781] I’m getting married in a few weeks IYH, and would like to know if it is permitted for me to cut my hair and use it to make myself a Sheitel. I have very long hair which I will anyways have to cut, and know […]
Must a married [or once married] woman cover every strand of hair of her head?
Must a married [or once married] woman cover every strand of hair of her head?[1] It is [Biblically[2], and at the very least Rabbinically[3]] forbidden for a married woman to reveal even a single hair of her head to the public, and hence all of the hair, must be covered.[4] […]
From the Rav’s Desk: 1) Toiveled vessel with a sticker; 2) Toiveling a rented vessel
Question: [Monday, 11th Tamuz 5781] I had someone Toivel my Keilim on my behalf and noticed afterwards that the stickers were left on the vessels and not removed prior to immersion. What am I supposed to do? Answer: If the stickers are not meant to stay on, such as if […]
