Looking in the Mirror
Question: Have you ever heard that a baby who hasn't grown teeth yet shouldn't look in the mirror?
Answer:A classical Bubbe maase.
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Question: Have you ever heard that a baby who hasn't grown teeth yet shouldn't look in the mirror?
Answer:A classical Bubbe maase.
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Question: Answer: כשנגלה ד' לעם ישראל בהר סיני גלה כבוד שכינתו, ולכן הזהיר אותם להגביל את ההר בכמה הגבלות. לא תגע בו יד כי סקל יסקל, רד העד בעם פן יהרסו אל ד' לראות, וגם הכהנים הנגשים אל ד' יתקדשו פן יפרץ בהם ד', והכהנים והעם אל יהרסו לעלות אל ד' פן יפרץ בם, הכל…
Question: On Shabbos morning, is my wife required to hear kiddush prior to eating anything, or is it enough to make berochos before eating in order to be able to nurse? Answer: It depends on how much your wife normally davens. If she does not eat until she davens shacharis, then she may drink water…
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: An uncooked Milchig pastry with cheese inside was put into a Parve oven. It cooked for several minutes and the oven was hot. There were also several empty non-stick teflon baking trays in the oven at the time. How can the oven and baking trays be made Parve again – neither have been used…
Question: Answer: בפרשת בהעלתך ד' מצוה למשה לעשות ב' חצוצרת של כסף. עשה לך שתי חצוצרות כסף מקשה תעשה אותם, (במדבר י.ב). חצוצרות אלו נצרכים לשלשה דברים: למקרא העדה ולמסע המחנות להריע בעת צרה כמלחמה ולתקוע על הקרבנות מצות עשה לזעוק בעת צרה והנה הרמב''ם לא מנה מצות תקיעת חצוצרות למקרא העדה ולמסע המחנות, ונראה…
Question: I am preparing a lease contract to rent out our car. I would like to include a clause stipulating that whenever a payment is late the renter will have to pay interest on the late fees. Does this involve a problem of ribbis or asmachta? Answer: Both issues you mentioned, ribbis and asmachta, are…