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: Is it forbidden to look into someone else's garden just as it is forbidden to look into someone's house? Answer: It is forbidden to look into another Jew’s yard and watch the people there (Ramo, C.M. 154:3, 154:7). If your Jewish neighbor will minimize his activities as a result, it is as if you…
Question: My fiancée and I were both married previously in different countries and are divorced. Now we wish to start a life together here in Eretz Yisroel and we are unsure of the local customs. What is the usual custom in Eretz Yisroel for choosing a mesader kiddushin? (My kalloh says that in the US…
Question: We use plastic washing up bowls (meaty, milky, parve) and over Shabbos (from Friday night until motzaei Shabbos) a pile of meaty things (properly meaty-dirty) was left, in water, in the parve bowl by mistake. I don't know how hot any of them were when put in the bowl. Would this have made the…
Question: At what age should one begin morning negel wasser on a baby? Answer:It is appropriate to train a child to wash 3 times on alternating hands when the child is capable of doing so himself. (That is the age of higia lechinuch for this mitzva). Generally that is around 3 -4 years old. Younger than…
Question: We recently bought an electric hot-water urn for Shabbos. Previously we just stored water in a flask. This last Shabbos I found myself pouring hot water from the electric urn directly onto instant tea – the same way I used to do from the flask. In case the Rav is not familiar with this…
Question: Answer: מצות הלואה מצד שכל האנושי וטבע האדם ומצות הלואה מצד חוקי התורה בהסכמת הנצי''ב לספר אהבת חסד שחברו מאוה''ג ר' ישראל מאיר הכהן, כתב הנצי''ב דגמילות חסדים היא קיום העולם והיא חובת האדם וצורתו. ואף אומות העולם מחוייבים להתנהג בחסד ומשו''ה נתחייבו אנשי סדום כלייה בשביל שלא החזיקו יד עני ואביון והשחיתו צורת…