Looking in the Mirror

Question: נשלחתי ע''י מנהל החברה שאני עובד בו לקנות מכונת צילום למשרדינו. המנהל בקש ממני לשלם מכספי והחברה ישלם לי בחזרה בהצגת קבלה. נכנסתי לחנות למכשירי משרד ובחרתי דגם מתאים, ולאחר שֶשִלמתי הפקידה מסרה לי מְהַדֵק (stapler) יקר במתנה והראתה לי פרסומת המוצגת שכל מי שקונה מכשיר צילום מדגם שקניתי מקבל מהדק יקר למתנה. למי…

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: May an ovel (mourner) send mishloach manos? May the family of an ovel receive mishloach manos? Answer: An ovel is responsible for fulfilling all mitzvos, including sending mishloach manos on Purim.[1] Although one should refrain from directing mishloach manos to an ovel, when a person has a relationship with any other member of the…

Question: Is it permissible to urinate or defecate on grass or dirt during Shabbos? Answer:It is permitted to urinate on grass (O.C. 336:3). It is also permitted to defecate on grass or dirt in a city. In either case there is no concern that human waste is helping the plants grow (see last Biur Halocho…

Question: My friends were in a store at the Malcha mall in Jerusalem and the clerk in a certain store told them that a customer left two brand new books in their store and they weren't able to return them to this anonymous customer since they didn't know who it was. They put up a…

Question: A fleishig plastic container was mistakenly put in the milchig sink (It was last used to microwave some parve hotdogs.) I made a cup of coffee with milk, stirred it with a metal spoon, and then threw the spoon in the sink. It landed in the fleishig container. Is it treif? Answer:Everything is still…