Washing and Al Netilas Yadayim on less than a Kebeitza of bread:[1] If one will not be consuming a shiur Kibeitza without its shell[2] [53.8 grams[3]] of bread within two times Kdei Acilas Peras [i.e. within 8 minutes[4]], each Kezayis within Kdei Achilas Peras[5] [i.e. 4 minutes[6]], then one is […]
What may a borrower use his borrowed money towards
What may the borrower use the money towards?[1] It is forbidden for the debtor to take the borrowed money and use it for a purpose that is not business related, in a way that the money becomes lost from the lender causing the lender to not have from where […]
The union of husband and wife in Gan Eden
The union of husband and wife in Gan Eden:[1] The union of matrimony is not only practiced in this world, but is also practiced in the next world, in Gan Eden. Those couples who were married in this world continue their relationship in Gan Eden as souls, and just as […]
Listening to wife singing
Singing during Nida:[1] It is forbidden for one to listen to his wife sing when she is in a state of Nida. [Therefore, the wife is to avoid singing in if her husband can hear her voice.[2]] During pure period:[3] Even when one’s wife is pure, and it is permitted […]
Subjugation of animal soul gives Hamshacha to Mitzvah
Subjugation of animal soul gives Hamshacha to Mitzvah:[1] Angels are not obligated and are not able to fulfill Mitzvos. The reason for this is because they do not have an evil inclination. It is the animal soul of a Jew which makes Mitzvos have the power of drawing down G-dliness. […]
Plastic vessels require Tevila
Do plastic vessels require Tevila?[1] Some Poskim[2] rule plastic vessels require immersion without a blessing.[3] Other Poskim[4] however rule that it does not require immersion.[5] Practically, many are accustomed to not immerse plastic vessels.[6] Others however are accustomed to immerse them without a blessing.[7] _____________________________________________________________________ [1] See Hakashrus 4/25; Ohel […]
Skipped a word in Keria
Skipped a word in Keria: A. Shabbos Shacharis:[1] If the Baal Korei skipped [a verse[2] or] even one word[3], or even one letter, in the Shabbos Torah reading of Shacharis he is required to go back and read the verse that contains the skipped part. [This applies even if seven […]
May one celebrate thanksgiving?
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy here or on Amazon.com May one celebrate thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is celebrated annually in the United States on the fourth/last Thursday of November and is considered a Federal holiday, in which people have off from work and spend time with family. Customarily, […]
Whose name do you mention-the father or the mother
Whose name do you mention-the father or the mother:[1] Mi Shebeirach/Praying for the sick:[2] When praying for the sick one is to mention his/her name and the mothers name. Thus, when saying Mi Shebeirach for the sick, one is to mention the mother’s name. Mi Shebeirach Leyoledes:[3] By the Mi […]
Changing a name due to illness
Changing a name due to illness:[1] It is customary to change the name of a sick person, as the changing of a name tears the evil decree against him.[2] [The name of a person is his channel of life and when the name is changed it has ability to bring […]
