Listen here to audio Melacha/work on Rosh Chodesh:[1] A. The law and custom: It is permitted to do work on Rosh Chodesh.[2] Nevertheless, those women that are accustomed to refrain from working are doing a proper custom.[3] [Practically, the widespread custom today amongst women is to refrain from work on […]
Yom Kippur Katan
Erev Rosh Chodesh-Yom Kippur Katan:[1] A. The name:[2] The day of Erev Rosh Chodesh is customarily called Yom Kippur Katan.[3] It carries with it various customs such as fasting, Selichos, Teshuvah, and other Minhagim. B. Fasting and saying Selichos: Fasting: Some pious Jews have the custom to fast on Erev […]
Shabbos Mivarchim
Shabbos Mevarchim Hachodesh: A. Blessing the new month:[1] [It is a vintage custom of previous generations[2] that] on the Shabbos prior to Rosh Chodesh we bless the new month [that it should be a month filled with good tidings for the Jewish people[3]].[4] [The blessing takes place after the reading […]
Chatas offering in future for the accidental sins he performed during Galus
Will one need to bring a Chatas in the future for the accidental sins he performed during Galus? From certain sources in the Talmud[1] and Poskim[2] it is implied that those which sinned accidently during exile will be required to bring a Chatas offering for those sins when Moshiach comes, […]
Yom Kippur in times of Moshiach
Will we celebrate Yom Kippur in the future when Moshiach comes? The celebration of Yom Kippur will continue even after the coming of Moshiach.[1] We will also fast on this day just as was done prior to Moshiach’s coming.[2] The purpose of this fast will be to atone for […]
Purchasing Life insurance
Purchasing Life insurance: Many Poskim[1] rule that it is permitted [and one is to be encouraged[2]] to purchase life insurance and doing so is not a sign of lack of Bitachon and the like. Others[3] however take a colder stance towards its purchase.[4] There is no clear directive of the […]
The Rebbes perspective on Yom Atzmaut
The Rebbe’s perspective on the Israeli day of Independence-Yom Hatzmaut: In a letter addressed to an educator of a school in Kfar Chabad in the year 1955, the Rebbe answered a query regarding how the educational institution should relate to the day known as Yom Hatzmaut. The Rebbe replied as […]
Remarrying after divorce or death of husband
How long must a widow or divorcee wait to remarry? A. Not pregnant and not after birth:[1] All widows or divorced women must wait 90 days from after the divorce, or death of the husband, prior to remarrying.[2] This applies even if the woman is not capable of bearing […]
Standing undressed in front of a candle
Not to stand naked before a candle:[1] One is not to stand before a candle naked as all that stand naked before a candle become crippled. [Nevertheless, in the Poskim we find a number of disclaimers towards this warning: Some[2] explain that this danger only applies when standing still in […]
Laws of Chinuch for children
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