Question: Can I donate money set aside for ma'aser kesafim to Kehillas Shivtei Yeshurun? Answer: Anyone (whether a member or not) can donate money towards the building of the KSY library and deduct it – like any other donation for a devar mitzvoh – from his or her ma'aser kesofim. The restriction on a devar…
Question: בדבר שאלתך האם יכול לשלם דמי חברות לביהכ''נ (שנקבע ע''י הועד בסך 80 ש''ח לחודש) ולשלם לבנין ביהכ''נ שלכם (שהוטלה על כל הציבור שלך בסך $1000), ממעות מעשר כספים, ובקהילתך ע''י תשלום דמים אלו זוכה המתפלל בכמה הטבות, כגון מקום קבוע לתפלה, דיני קדימה להיות ש''ץ לשמחות ויארצייט, הנחות כספיות בתשמיש אולם השמחות וזכות…
Question: My parents are both very elderly, bli ayin hora. They live in England and I have not seen them for 2.5 years. My father is in a wheelchair and lives in the special medical wing of an old people's home and my mother lives on her own. Neither of them is physically able to…
Question: About a year ago, someone who works at city hall said he could help us get a permit to do some work in our new house. Shortly thereafter, our contractor's assistant called us and said that he could get us the permit, and that if we went through the other guy rather than through…
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: May one ascend Har Habayis provided he immerses in a mikve, removes his shoes, and only walks in those areas that are accepted as non-azoroh? Answer: It is forbidden to ascend Har Habayis as a tourist even if you immerse in a mikve, remove your shoes, and walk only in those areas that are accepted…
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: 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: 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: 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: