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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Pasuk says this week that can't add or subtract from the Torah. My daughter, Elisheva wanted to know how the rabbanim can add rabbanic enactments (all the non doraisa commands). I didn't have a great answer. Regards E Answer: Shalom Elisheva, Very good question. The pasuk in Va'eschanan 4:2 Do not add or subtract…
Question: My mother would like to take my son Gavriel into her Reform temple to empty the tzedokoh box. She has made it his tradition to count the money. Is it a problem for a frum person to enter a religious building that is not used for Orthodox purposes? Does it make a difference if…
Question: According to the Gra, 3 women should bench with a mezumen right? But, wasn't the shita of the Gra that one person benches for everyone, how does that work when it comes to women? Answer: According to the Vilna Gaon, 3 women should make a zimun and one should lead the bentshing while the…