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: A pigeon has made its nest on the window ledge of my son's bedroom. There are three eggs there. Should we perform shiluach haken? If so, how do we do it and what do we do with the eggs? Do we display them in our living room, as I have heard others have done?…
Question: My wife gave me a ring that I cherish. It helps remind me of my commitment to care for her in every way and my responsibilities as delineated in the kesuva. Do my rings act as a chatzitza regarding netillas yodayim, requiring me to remove them? Answer: A woman who wears a ring should…
Question: The issue with the crockpot has me concerned, not from a halachic perspective (I had the pleasure of learning hotmanah) but from a social one. Thousands upon thousands of upright, frum and yirei shomayim Jews have been using crockpots since they were invented. Year after year the family waited as the cholent was served…
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: מתי צריכים לעמוד בקריאת התורה? Answer: עמידה בקה''ת בסימן קמ''ו ס''ד פסק המחבר א''צ לעמוד מעומד בעת שקוראין בתורה, אבל הרמ"א מחמיר בזה וכתב ויש מחמירים ועומדים וכן עשה מהר''ם עכ''ל. ובמ''ב ס''ק י''ט כתב דאע''פ שהרמ''א מחמיר מ''מ הפר''ח והגר''א כתבו דהעיקר לדינא כמחבר וכן נהגו. וגם הב''ח בסימן קמ''א כתב דגם המהר''ם…
Question: I am flying to Canada the night of Shiv'ah Asar BeTammuz, arriving in Toronto at 6 a.m. (same time zone as New York). At what point in the flight does my fast start? Answer: The fast starts at amud hashachar, which is around 72 minutes before sunrise. To be accurate, it really depends on…