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Leftover Hummus over Pesach

We are cleaning our fridge for Pesach and we are removing all the stuff no Kosher for Pesach. We are also removing all the leftover salads and dips we have. We have recently bought a large container of Hummus (we don’t eat Kitniyot) and I don’t want to throw it out. Can I keep in […]

‘Get’ from husband with no father

I am getting remarried after many years of being an Agunah. My Husband ran away from me and from Judaism. It took years to locate him in Los Angeles.  The Schlaich who contacted him was able to convince him to write a Get but he refused to tell him his father’s name. They wrote the […]

Saying Birkat Hamazon on Mezonot

I am sorry to bother you again but I am the one who ran out of the pizza shop and forgot to say BIrkat Hamazon. I said it on the bus. Now someone told me that he pizza wasn’t Hamotzi but Mezonot and I should not have said Birkat Hamazon but rather Al Hamichya. Should […]

Drinking a little water to help swallow the Matzah

I have  a chronic dry mouth so I find the Mitzvah of matzah by the Seder to be very very hard. My mouth dries up and I can barely swallow the shiur needed. Will be allowed to drink a little water or soda with matzah to make it easier to swallow?

Forgot to eat Kazayit of bread

I was planning to eat a little of bread to make a seudah , less than a Beitzah I washed without a bracha, said Hamotzi and took a bite of the bread. I put the bread on the side of my bowl of pasta and forgot about it. I washed Mayim Acharonim and realized I […]

Bircat HaLevanah

  It has been a pretty rainy winter and I wasn’t able to say Bircat HaLevanah on Motzei Shabbat.  It is still cloudy. Until when am I allowed to say Bircat HaLevanah?  

Separating containers on Shabbat

We usually have a Chalavi after Tefilla on Shabbat. We decided this week to have Leben this week. We took them out and realized that they were attached together, one to the other. We weren’t sure if were allowed to separate them on Shabbat or not so put them away. What is the Halacha are […]

Hot drinks in plastic cups on Shabbos

On Shabbat we are lenient to make tea in Keli Shlishi. In order to create a Keli Shlishi many times we pour from one mug into a plastic cup and then into another mug. Sometimes when we pour into the plastic cup it melts a little and charges shape. Is there a problem with that? […]

Renting a car during Chol HaMoed Pesach

We are planning to rent a car on Pesach  but I don’t if it will be checked for Chametz. Will I need to do a Bedikat Chametz in the car before I use it? Is there a difference if I rent from Jewish owned Rent a car or a Non-Jewish owned Rental company?  

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