Looking in the Mirror

Question: Answer: People often entertain themselves by poking fun at the ruthlessness and opportunism of lawyers, but when it is their turn to stand before a judge they invariably want the most aggressive, polished attorney at their side. For a defendant in a secular court of law this is acceptable; however, the legitimacy of an…

Question: I returned from a vacation to fact that our houseguest cooked two milkich cakes (liquid batter) and then one small pan of milkich muffins (also liquid batter) in our fleishik oven. Some of the stuff in new alum tins and some in pareve muffin tins. The oven is an Aino Ben Yomo fleishik. Normal…

Question: Does a glass saltshaker require tevilla? Answer: A saltshaker that has a glass container to hold the salt and a glass cover with holes in it needs tevilla with a beracha. Salt is considered a food item, and since it comes in direct contact with the glass, it requires tevilla. A glass container that…

Question: When eating cherries, does one have to worry about bugs inside the fruit? The question may seem simple, but since there are no holes in some of the cherries, the worms found inside seem to have grown inside the cherries. How does one check cherries? Is cutting them in half and searching for worms…

Question: While we were learning hilchos Shabbos last week, my wife had the following question (regarding the point that someone else cannot make one's possessions into a bosis since the other person has no right to effect a change). Can a husband cause something that his wife had been planning to use that Shabbos to…

Question: I am travelling from Ramat Beit Shemesh to Jerusalem via Shaar Hagai.  Am I obligated to say Tefillas Haderech? If so, where should I say the brocho. Does the same apply for travel from Jerusalem to Ramat Beit Shemesh? Answer: Tefillas Haderech should be said whenever one travels an uninterrupted distance of 9.216 kilometers…