Removing Mezuzos

Question: Someone – one of the neighbors or a worker of theirs – left a ladder in my backyard some months ago. I didn't give permission, wasn't told about it, and am not too happy that it is here. I want to either get rid of it or own it. What is its status? I…

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: Sometimes bugs land on the upside-down foil trays we use for "on-top-of-a-pot" heating on shabbos mornings and cook themselves. Is there any kashrus issue with this? Answer: The suicidal bugs on your tin present no Halachic problem. Just be sure that you clean it every Saturday night so that you are not placing your…

Question: Just over a year ago, we were told that the machsan we were using did not belong to us, so we switched to a different machsan, which the vaad habayit "thinks" is ours (there are no numbers on the machsanim and nobody is actually sure which one belongs to whom). We were told that…

Question: I have a question regarding laundry on chol hamo'ed. I know that we can wash children's clothing that is needed for the chag if there's no replacement. We're in that position – the kids are growing so quickly that we don't buy replacements. We wash what they have and their clothes get dirty all…

Question: We are moving house soon, and I'm not sure exactly what standard of kashrus the previous owners keep. Is it necessary to ask them what hechsherim they rely on in order to see if we can continue using all the surfaces? They are taking their oven/stove so we don't have a question there at…