Question: איך דיין יכול לדון יחיד בזה''ז והרי בקצוה''ח ס''ג סק''ד פסק שלא להקל בזה כלל? ונראה דהוא משנה מפורשת באבות פרק ד' מ''ח שאסור ששנינו אל תהי דן יחידי שאין דן יחידי אלא אחד? Answer: עש''ך סימן ג' סק''י בסו''ד כתב דהאידנא לאו שפיר עבדי אותן שנהגו לדון לכתחילה אם לא שמפרש להדיא איני…
Question: A large pareve pot was on the stove with pareve soup in it. Alongside it I was frying some schnitzel and when I dropped a piece in the frying pan some of the fleishig oil splashed out and hit the side of the pareve pot. There was a pareve ladle in the pareve pot…
Question: To refine the question, as far as I know the oil splatters were from just "spitting" oil from the frying process – I don't know what might have splattered out when the schnitzel was added. The frying oil alone just "jumps" out of the pan. Also the pot was uncovered (I don't remember the…
Question: If we use a crockpot on Shabbat, what do we need to do to it so that it is not "problematic"? Answer: In answering this question I will assume that the reader has a basic understanding of הלכות שהיה, חזרה והטמנה. First, you have to examine your crockpot and answer some questions. Does your…
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…
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: Have you ever heard that a baby who hasn't grown teeth yet shouldn't look in the mirror? Answer:A classical Bubbe maase. BookID: Chapter:
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: 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: 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…