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 […]

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 […]

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:[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, […]

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 […]

Reading Tikkunei Zohar in Chodesh Elul: Some have a custom to read the Tikkunei Zohar during Elul, one each of the 40 days from Rosh Chodesh Elul until Yom Kippur.[1] They begin the reading on Rosh Chodesh Elul and complete it on Yom Kippur.[2] Some prints of Tikkunei Zohar contain […]

Parshas Ki Savo-Summary of Parsha 1) Bikurim: 2) Mitzvas Viduiy Maaser-Confessing the Maaser tithing 3) Moshe encourages Bnei Yisrael to follow the Mitzvos Click Here Parshas Ki Savoh-Parsha Bee Not Available Parshas Ki Savo-Parsha Insights Not Available Parshas Ki Savo-Mamar Likkutei Torah Rosh Hashanah and the acceptance of the oral […]

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? […]

The Torah portion of Ki Savo:[1] In the sixth Aliyah the Torah portion discussing the curses is read. Avoiding an interval by the curses: The custom[2] is not to make an interval of Aliyos by the curses of Ki Savo.[3] One is to read from at least three verses prior […]

The Rebbe’s position on smoking cigarettes:[1] Not to proclaim that it is prohibited to smoke: The Rebbe refused to personally come out with a proclamation or decree that smoking is forbidden according to Jewish law, and nor did he endorse such a proclamation by other rabbis. The Rebbe expressed several […]