This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy here May one eat biscuits, cakes, candies, chocolate, and the like, which have words/letters/pictures engraved on them?[1] To break it and then eat it:[2] It is forbidden to break the letters that are on a food, even if the letters are […]
Using secular dates
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com May one use the secular dates verbally or in writing?[1] The years: Some Poskim[2] rule it is Biblically forbidden to write secular dates.[3] Other Poskim[4] however rule it is permitted.[5] Practically, the custom is to be lenient as did […]
Checklist for putting on Tefillin-Part 2
Tefillin Shel Rosh Remove the Tefillin Shel Rosh from the bag and unwrap it from its case. Look at the two Shin’s of the Shel Rosh. [Kabbalah] Kiss the Tefillin. Many also kiss the Daled of the Tefillin. [Custom] Take hold of the Tefillin through holding onto the Bayis and […]
Tefillin wearing checklist [Chabad custom] -Part 1- Tefillin Shel Yad
Tefillin wearing checklist [Chabad custom] *See our upcoming corresponding Sefer for sources, soon to be published on our website General Preparation Immerse in a mikvah. This especially applies if one is a Baal Keri. [Hiddur] Some are accustomed to wash the skin and hair of the head and bicep before […]
The law of food that was placed under a bed
Todays Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy Here New! Source file included in end of article The law of food that was placed under a bed:[1] One may not place cooked foods [or other foods[2], even raw[3]] and liquids under a bed.[4] [A number of limitations to this […]
Tefillin fell on floor-Atonement of fasting and charity if one’s Tefillin fell on the floor
Tefillin fell on floor-Atonement of fasting and charity if one’s Tefillin fell on the floor:[1] Tefillin fell without casing: It is the custom of the world to fast when Tefillin falls from one’s hands[2] onto the ground without their cover. [This applies whether to the Tefillin Shel Rosh or Shel […]
Accidentally ate on Fast Day
One forgot and ate or drank on the fast day:[1] Is he to continue fasting that day?[2] If one ate or drank on a public[3] fast day, he is nevertheless required to continue fasting for the rest of that day, and is forbidden to eat or drink any further. [It […]
Spitting by Aleinu Lishabeiach
This Halacha is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy here Spitting by Aleinu:[1] No doubt, one of the more peculiar customs, attributed to Chabad Chassidim, is the act of spitting that we perform during Aleinu. Many are not aware that this spitting is actually not an original Chabad custom, and […]
The secret fast day of the 9th of Teves and its uncovering of the origin of Christianity
The Fast day of the 9th of Teves:[1] The Shulchan Aruch lists a number of days in which it is customary to fast due to tragedies that occurred on that day. Amongst the list of days in which tragedies occurred, and is hence proper to fast on, is the 9th […]
May one eat, drink, and say Lechaim, while wearing Tefillin?
May one eat, drink, and say Lechaim, while wearing Tefillin?[1] A meal: One who enters [while wearing Tefillin] to eat a set meal [i.e. bread] is required to remove his Tefillin.[2] He is to leave them on the table so they are available to him after the meal is complete, […]
